Titos Kontou (1980) - Crâne

Technique: Huile sur Toile (Châssis)
Signature: Hand signed
. . . An elemental palette. Earth: ocher, browns. Fire: coal black. Airy grays. Aquatic blues. Archaic hues summoning cave painters, underground and instinctive forces. The material is worked in thickness, in density. . . Violently but serenely. . . It is the paradox which captures the attention. Titos Kontou is gentle, humble, almost shy. His “rage” is in his painting….
Painter of solitude, Titos Kontou multiplies the canvases and sculptures representing the human being, coming from the earth, and surrounded by it. . .
The message is determined, impactful and strong. It invites reflection on the Origin, our condition, that of our world.
Titos is an involved artist who shakes up some pre-established codes.
Man and Nature, in interaction, transmit a feeling of harmony possible in our current world. . .
Born in Athens in 1980, Franco-Greek, Titos Kontou lives and works in Toulouse (France) .

Sans-Titre (2) is accompanied by its Certificate of Authenticity.

2022 Member of the ''Mardis Gras'' collective in Toulouse
2022 Guest of honor at the Art sur le Fil show in Alençon
2021 Permanently at Galerie 21, Toulouse and Bruno Matthys Gallery, Brussels
2021 Guest of honor at the Ae. N show in Bayeux
2020 Winner of the jury prize at the international film festival on contemporary artists - MIFAC
2020 Guest of honor at the Grand Salon d’Art de Vaison-la-Romaine
2020 Guest of honor at the Art’Avranches biennial in Normandy
2019 Guest of honor at the Salon des Laureates in Pont-Farcy in Normandy
2018 Winner of 1st prize at the Vire Contemporary Art Biennale “Pont sur l’Art” and the “Artedomus” gallery in Vincennes
2018 Artist residency and exhibition in Brazil
2018 Retrospective of his work at the Maison des Arts Barcarès
2017 Member of the board of directors in the Mix’Art Myrys collective
2017 Retrospective of his work at the ARKAD Art Center
2016 Exhibited in the new Philippe Aini Museum
2016 Referent to the visual artists division at Mix'Art Myrys
2016 Obtained the J-A Akoun Rating
2011-2020 Works in Toulouse as part of the artist collective Mix’Art Myrys (until March 2018) .
2009-2011 Lives in Paris, various personal and group exhibitions
2009 Choice of one of his works by the Benaki Museum in Athens, public collection
2006-2009 Period of work, creation in his workshop in Athens, multiple exhibitions
2003-2006 Master in Applied Arts, IEK, Public Higher School of Piraeus, Greece
2000-2003 Bachelor in Visual Arts and Technology, AKTO, Athens, Greece
1980 Born in Athens to French-Greek parents