Biographies

Nikos Karakonstantis

He was born in Patras in 1951. He served in the Hellenic Army Academy, from where he graduated as a Second Lieutenant of (Engineers Arm, Class of 1975), the School of Corps of Engineers of the Hellenic Army (1980-1982), the Hellenic Supreme War College and the Hellenic National Defence College. He obtained a master’s degree…

Maria Stefanoudaki

Married and mother of two. She has been working on icon painting and portraiture for the past few years. During her first visit to Sinai, she saw and learned about the encaustic icon painting technique. Enchanted by this technique, she decided to work on Fayum encaustic art portraits.

Vassilis Gratsias

Vassilis Gratsias was born in Athens in 1946 and his family originated from Filoti, Naxos. Since 1983 he has been living in Heraklion, Crete. He studied drawing under P. Tetsis, graphic design under D. Gounaridis and art history under E. Vakalo, at the Vakalo Art and Design School. Until 1980 he worked as graphic designer.…

Evangelia Theano Metaxa (Loula Metaxa)

Born in 1988, Loula Metaxa resides in Heraklion, Crete. She studied Psychology (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) and Business Administration (American College of Thessaloniki) before pursuing postgraduate studies in Human Resources Management (Athens University of Economics and Business). She holds the position of Human Resources Director at Metaxa Hospitality Group. She recalls herself painting as a…