- The icon painter Adamantia Karatza was born in 1965 .She lives and has her own workshop in Athens. She studied in the department of decoration at VAKALO school of arts in 1987 to 1989.From 1992 to 1997 she was apprenticed by the hagiographer Dimitris Hatziapostolou at the following schools:''Center of Art and Civilazation" and "Painting Religious i... [Biography - Adamantia Karatza - 2Ko - 2013]