Architect
Visual Artist
Born 1980, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Based in Frankfurt am Main since 2013.
Education
1998–2004
BA & Postgraduate Diploma in Architecture.
De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom.
Student placement at HSSP Architects, Melton Mowbray, UK. (Residential projects).
Professional Background
2005–2013
Architect (Residential - Commercial Planning), Thessaloniki-Athens, Greece.
Firms - Organizations: Aris Anthis Architects, ALUTOTAL S.A, GEA Energy S.A, Easy Facilities S.A, OPAP Services, Architecture of Humanities-ALIAS Architects.
2013–2024
Architect (Residential & Industrial Planning), Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Firms: Görg Architekten, City1 Group, Aecom, WRL Architekten GmbH, TTSP Planungsgesellschaft mbH.
On-going Exhibitions & Projects
March/September 2026
Group Exhibition
“a.t.o.m.e – A Taste of Meta-Modern Expression”
Pavillon am Milchhof, Berlin
Role: Exhibiting and Co-curating a group exhibition featuring 16 Frankfurt-based artists
03.10-30.10 2025
Group Exhibition
"How 2 sexgyngym"
Necktar127 Galerie, Stuttgart
Past Exhibitions & Projects
2025
Theater Play: “The circle”
Theater im Löwenhof, Frankfurt am Main
Role: Stage Design, Costume Concept, and Performance
(A production by ActingUP Collective)
2024
“Broken, Fragmented Forms”
Kunstraum44, Kelkheim
2023–2024
“In Between”
Galerie KunstinAndärenRäumen (KIAR), Frankfurt am Main
2023
“Who I Am”
Internationales Theater, Frankfurt am Main
2021–2023
Permanent Exhibition
Galerie Brücke54, Frankfurt am Main
2021
“Genesis”
Galerie Textor 74, Frankfurt am Main
2019–2020
Fundraising Collaboration with mborw
Limited Edition T-shirt design against violence toward women
Bio
Aikaterini Kontou (b. Thessaloniki, Greece) is a visual artist with a background in Architecture based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Working primarily in painting, she is best known for her large-scale portraits and figurative compositions that merge personal experience with broader reflections on identity and femininity.
Her paintings are rooted in autobiography and a psychological examination of the woman’s place in male-dominating societies. Using mixed media—often acrylics, ink, charcoal, and layered surfaces—she presents fragmented figures, masks, and veils to probe the complexities of female subjectivity, oppression, vulnerability, and resilience. Works such as Hidden Abuse (2021), Broken-, Fragmented (2024), and the “mask inspired” and “geishas inspired” mini-series reflect her characteristic interplay of abstraction and figuration, of inner wounds and outer forms.
Aikaterini Kontou first exhibited her work in a solo Exhibition in 2021 in Galerie Textor74. Ever since she participates in solo and group exhibitions in Frankfurt and beyond every year. She is also involved with the theater collective Acting-Up Collective, which informs her interdisciplinary understanding of presence and persona. In addition to her artistic practice, she is acting as curator for an upcoming group exhibition in Berlin in 2026. Although rather new in the art scene, her works are already held in private collections, and her participation in exhibitions and curatorial projects continues to expand her visibility in contemporary art circuits.