The work of Giorgos Kontis (b.1981, Athens) focuses on abstract painting, on its relationship to a sense of a minimum and to a language that is both latent and elliptical. The function of the painted image and the relationship it may build with the viewer become central in his practice. Giorgos studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts, at the Academy of Visual Arts (AdBK) in Munich and at the University of Arts (UdK) in Berlin. He holds an MFA from the St.Joost Academy in Breda, the Netherlands, and a PhD in Painting from the Royal College of Art in London, on the notions of authenticity and the image. 

Recent shows include: stillstand (reminiscence), Fahrbereitschaft, Haubrok Foundation Berlin (solo, organised by Franziska Kreuzpaintner); Encore: New Greek Painting, Municipal Gallery of Athens (curated by Eleni Koukou, Christoforos Marinos, Theofilos Tramboulis); Ground Diaries, Atelierhaus Aachen (solo, curated by Stephanie Wagner); matter: echoed, BARK Gallery Berlin Lab (solo, curated by Polina Piagin); Ground Suspended, CRAMA Showspace Berlin (solo); Rebetiko, City of Athens Arts Centre (curated by Christoforos Marinos); Mother Tongue, Crux Galerie Athens (solo, curated by Katerina Nikou); I see something that you don't see, works from the Bergmeier Collection, Alien Athina Foundation, Kunstsaele Berlin

Awards and Scholarships
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• 2026 Grant Wood Fellowship in Painting and Drawing (2026 - 27)

• 2021 ARTWORKS Fellows

• 2014 Royal College of Art Bursary (2014 - 16)

• 2014 Constance Fairness Foundation Scholarship (2014 - 16)  
• 2013 Finalist at YOUNG MASTERS European Graduates '08-'13, Glazenhuis, Lommel, Belgium
• 2006 Erasmus Scholarship, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich