“Bildakt” duo consists of Maria Tsiroukidou and Kosta Gourtzis.

Maria Tsiroukidou was born in Kozani. She studied painting at the Department of Fine and Applied Arts of the School of Fine Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and completed the Postgraduate Program “Audiovisual Arts in the Digital Age” at the Department of Audio and Visual Arts of the Ionian University. She has been living and working in Thessaloniki for the last few years, while she is currently exhibiting her work regularly in Greece and abroad.

Kostas Gourtzis was born in Kavala. He studied painting at the Department of Fine and Applied Arts of the School of Fine Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and completed the Master of Visual Arts at the School of Fine Arts in Athens. He lives and works in Thessaloniki. Since 2019 he teaches at the First Painting Studio of the School of Fine Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.