Founders
Nora Kontostergiou
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Nora Kontostergiou was born in Athens, grew up in Thiseio, and attended the 25th Gymnasium-Lyceum of Plaka. After finishing high school, she experimented with visual arts and theater before being drawn to the science of psychology, a field that provided answers to her questions through the writings of Freud, Fromm, Nietzsche, Hesse, and Sartre.
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She pursued her passion for psychology by earning a degree at the American College of Greece (Deree) in 1996, where she received a full scholarship for all four years. Nora further advanced her expertise in England at the University of Kent, specializing in psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy over a seven-year period. During this time, she underwent personal psychoanalysis and worked at the pioneering NHS Mount Zeehan Unit, gaining invaluable clinical experience as both a clinical psychologist and psychoanalytic psychotherapist.
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Upon returning to Greece in 2004, Nora worked at the Institute of Mental Health's Adult Department under P. Sakellaropoulos while establishing her private practice. Since 2011, she has continuously enriched her education and personal growth by attending seminars, participating in self-awareness groups, and engaging in individual and group therapy through visual arts at the CAP center under N. Anagnostopoulou. The call of visual arts remains integral to her identity, evolving alongside her contributions to psychotherapy and her work as an independent artist.
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Harikleia Papapostolou
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Harikleia Papapostolou is a mixed-media artist based in London and Athens, working across large-scale textile installations, painting, sculpture, and immersive environments. Her work explores the Womb as a universal symbol of creation, transformation, and connection, drawing from ancient cosmologies, metaphysics, and the cyclical nature of existence.
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Deeply informed by feminist theory, trauma response, and meditative practices, she approaches embroidery and textiles not only as materials but as psychological and ritualistic processes. The repetitive act of sewing becomes an act of healing, an intimate meditation on time, memory, and resilience, transforming fragments of personal and collective experience into evolving forms of renewal. Her spiralling, layered compositions, which she refers to as “wombs,” reflect the continuous rhythms of life, trauma, and rebirth, creating spaces for introspection and self-connection.
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By engaging with touch, materiality, and perception, Papapostolou’s work bridges vulnerability and strength, inviting viewers into a dialogue with the unseen. Her installations function as retreats, meditative landscapes where art, psychology, and embodiment converge. Incorporating principles of art therapy, psychoanalytic exploration, and existential inquiry, her practice highlights the transformative potential of art as a tool for healing and empowerment.
She holds an MA in Textiles from the Royal College of Art, an MA in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Arts, and a BFA in Visual and Applied Arts from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
