Anthi Kougia was born in Athens in 1989. She is a performance maker and since 2015 she works as creator, director and dramaturge. After graduating from the Department of Theatre Studies at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, she completed an MA in Performance Making at Goldsmiths, University of London, as well as another course under the title of  PACAP- Advanced Programme of Creation in Performing Arts in Forum Danca, Lisbon. Her work has been presented in the UK, Germany, Greece, Portugal and Italy  [Nunnery Gallery, London (UK), Camden People’s Theatre, London (UK), Spazio Teatro NO’HMA, Milan (IT), Performance Art Depot, Mainz (DE), ZdB Negócio, Lisbon (PT), Rua das Gaivotas / Teatro Praga, Lisbon (PT)]. Recently, she completed her first collaboration for the Alternative Stage of the Greek National Opera with the queer opera Orfeas2020 conceived by FYTA.

Regarding her artistic practice, the visual environment plays a significant role in her performance pieces. She works with speech, movement, sound, video and almost always in collaboration with other artists.

Keywords of her performance practice that keep appearing in her pieces are the following: waiting room, change of given perspectives, distortion, absurdity, the invisible, absence, irony, kitsch and entertainment.