Global Student Art Competition Results

The Organizing Committee of the International Student Painting Competition
“The Kore of Thira – Across Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow”, co-organized by the Union of Parents & Guardians Associations of the Municipality of Thira and the Cultural Association “Citizens of Oia”, with the support of collaborating institutions and the local community, officially announces the completion of the evaluation process and the selection of the distinguished participants in each category.

The competition constituted an important educational and cultural initiative with a strong social and developmental impact, bringing together student participations from Greece and abroad, while highlighting Santorini as a meeting point of culture, education and creativity.

RESULTS BY CATEGORY

1st Category – Kindergarten Students

🥇 Kousteni Agapi – D. Vrilission Painting Workshop, Vrilissia, Greece
🥈 Spyridon Gkerekos – Akrotiri Thiras Kindergarten, Santorini, Greece
🥉 Bampoulis Achilleas – MINI UNIVERSITY Private Kindergarten, Larisa, Greece

2nd Category – Primary School Students (Grades 1–3)

🥇 Pala David – Church Art School of St. Nicholas, Slovakia
🥈 Giorgos-Panagiotis Angelis – 10th Primary School of Xanthi, Xanthi, Greece
🥉 Chatziarsenis Giannis – 109th Primary School of Ano Toumba, Thessaloniki, Greece

3rd Category – Primary School Students (Grades 4–6)

🥇 Katzioti Katerina – 6th Primary School of Kallithea, Kallithea (Athens), Greece
🥈 Sarafidou Maria – 1st Primary School of Panorama, Panorama, Thessaloniki, Greece
🥉 Sotiropoulou Aikaterini – 4th Primary School of Tripoli, Tripoli, Greece

4th Category – Lower Secondary School Students

🥇 Indriksone Adriana – Ventspils Art School, Latvia
🥈 Delinikola Christina – Artistic Lower Secondary School with Upper Secondary Classes of Ampelokipoi, Thessaloniki, Greece
🥉 Amaxas Apostolos – Artistic Lower Secondary School with Upper Secondary Classes of Ampelokipoi, Thessaloniki, Greece 

5th Category – Upper Secondary School Students

🥇 Bouzi Dimitra – General Upper Secondary School of Agios Nikolaos, Chalkidiki, Greece
🥈 Kampra Zoi – 5th Vocational Education Center of Ilion, Ilion, Greece
🥉 Tsiagkouri Fratzeska – ART.T.OS Visual Arts Workshops, Santorini, Greece

6th Category – Adult Secondary Education Students

🥇 Sohana Khatun – Adult Secondary Education Student, India
🥈 Kizek Dominik – Church Art School of St. Nicholas, Slovakia
🥉 Sozou Vasiliki – Lower Secondary School with Upper Secondary Classes of Zitsa, Ioannina, Greece

The Organizing Committee extends its sincere congratulations to all participating students and announces that commemorative certificates of participation will be awarded to all participants in recognition of their creative contribution and presence in the competition.

The commemorative certificates of participation will be sent or distributed to participants following relevant notification by the organizers.

The award ceremony will take place at the Belonio Cultural Center, in Fira, Thira (Santorini), on Saturday, May 23, 2026, at 18:00.

The event is open to the public.

For the Organizing Committee of the International Student Painting Competition
“The Kore of Ancient Thira – Across Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow”

The President
of the Union of Parents & Guardians Associations
of the Municipality of Thira

Mr Dimitrios Toulis

The President
of the Cultural Association “Citizens of Oia”

Ms Georgia Nikologianni