Fofi Kouka was born in Athens. Along with her high school studies, she was taught the technique of oil painting by the painter Fani Galanos, a professor of the A.B.C. School of Popular Arts in Paris, and the pastel technique by the Heraklion painter Botis Thalassinos. Its exhibition activity began in 79 and continues until now. Her works are in private and public collections in Greece and abroad.