Stylists

Alexey Kats is the Owner and creative director at Architeqt Salon and Gallery, located in Washington Square west and co-owner at Salon Indy  in Fishtown Philly.

With over 2 decades of experience, Alexey has worked in various facets of the hair industry including as a platform educator, backstage at various fashion shows including NYFW and he’s contributed to photoshoots for TV personalities, magazines, boutiques and universities. Alexey designed his own line of cutting and styling tools and educates both hairdressers and clients on hair cutting and styling. In addition to doing custom color and keratin treatments, Alexey has been perfecting his dry-cutting technique for years and considers haircutting a form of sculpture.

In addition to being behind the chair, Alexey loves to bring innovation to the industry through several start-ups he’s created through the years including multiple hair coaching and education models, Artificially intelligent chatbots for customer service and new ways to service clients at their location.

Though generally managing Architeqt Salon and Gallery, Alexey can also be found working at Salon INDY on occasional Thursdays. 

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Pricing:

Women’s Haircut $130

Women’s Dusting Cut (No Styling, Dry Hair) $80

Men’s Haircut $75

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Sequoya knew her path involved hair styling at a young age when she began braiding everyone’s hair in her family! Graduating from Jean Madeline in 2008, she apprenticed under a master stylist before getting behind the chair. Shortly after, she decided she wanted a change of pace, and was off to the Rocky Mountains. There, she learned a great deal about natural beauty, and her desires transformed into creating natural, wearable hair. Her passion has developed not only with her love of doing color, but also with dry cutting, which has become a new element of her growing love for this industry. From bridal styling to extensions to soft color or bold, bright tones, she continues to research, learn and play through the art of hair.

Graduating from Jean Madeline in 2011, Allison Condon had an idea of where she wanted her career to excel. She apprenticed top stylists Alexey Kats, Artur Kirsh and Tonia Day at Studio CL. She later joined Tease Salon as a stylist, gaining experience in color and editorial work. She has continued her education with companies such as L’Oréal, Redken, and Davines. Reaching a peak in her career, she decided to branch out, becoming a part of the Architeqt team by finishing her apprenticeship in dry cutting. She has a trained eye for color, whether she’s creating dimensional blondes and brunettes or customizing Balayage for each individual.

Brianne graduated from Jean Madeline Aveda Institute and started her apprenticeship with Architeqt in the fall of 2014. Learning Alexey’s dry cutting method, Bree trained under Brittiany and Jessica in color techniques. Since completing her apprenticeship, Bree has been certified in Hot Head extension and is in the process of completing her certification for Balayage through L’Oreal Professionnel where she is mastering French highlighting techniques. Photoshoots and editorial work are Brianne’s next focus.

Alba discovered her passion for hair at a young age, but knowing how difficult it was to pursue a career in styling in her native country of Albania, she began a career in graphic design. As a graphic designer, her eye was trained to see shape and color in a new way and she uses these skills behind the chair every day to give each guest a look specifically tailored to them. In 2015, Alba graduated from Jean Madeline Aveda Institute. Shortly after, she joined the team at Architeqt Salon and began apprenticing under founder Alexey Kats. Since then, she has excelled in her career; she takes as many furthering education classes as she can and in 2019 she became a color educator for Goldwell. Alba loves everything about hair and thrives when she gets to do a full look-cut and color from start to finish. She particularly loves textured bobs and beautiful lived in color.

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Leonid Vartas, originally from Belarus joined Architeqt’s team in 2020 with 15 years of hairstyling experience. 

Before coming to the US, Leo worked with famous fashion magazines such as Vogue Paris, Marie Claire Spain, Elle Russia, L’OFFICIEL Russia, Cosmopolitan Russia and Hello Russia. He Organized shows at fashion weeks in Europe and Russia while also working as a brand ambassador/educator for the Moroccan-oil Russia team. 

“I really love art and beauty in any form. Many people tell me that I have a heightened sense of beauty. I Hope it’s true”

In 2013 Leo completed additional training from the Vidal Sassoon School of Hairdressing in London. In 2017 he trained at the MOROCCANOIL academy in Barcelona and in 2020 completing an expedited apprenticeship in dry-cutting  under Alexey, he is now a stylist on the Architeqt team. 

Leo is also in love with art, his favorite artists are impressionists such as Kandinsky, Degas, Monet, Matisse and Soutine. Leonid is inspired by their works all his hairdressing life.

And thanks to them, Leo chose Philadelphia to practice his inspiration. 

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Devon initially moved to Philadelphia to pursue a career as a Physicians Assistant after obtaining a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Pittsburgh. However, after working in a hospital she realized that wasn’t what she wanted to do with her life. Instead, she turned to something else she had been passionate about for many years: hair.

Devon started as a hair stylist in the Mainline after graduating from Jean Madeline Aveda Institute. She then found her home at Architeqt, where she went to learn dry-cutting and natural, lived-in color.

She loves making people feel confident through her work, and is glad that her unconventional path brought her to Architeqt.

 

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Since a young age Elisa knew she wanted to pursue a creative career. She experimented with her own hair, then moved to make up and became a self taught makeup artist. It was after attending Temple University for Information Systems that she realized she had to do a major shift. She enrolled and then graduated from Jean Madeline in January 2018, Elisa began her career at Architeqt salon a week later where she finished an apprenticeship under Sequoya and founder Alexey.  Since then she has advanced her skills and continued her education with the  Goldwell Master Colorist program and Hot heads extensions. Elisa loves making people look and feel beautiful.

 

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From a young age, Sithia always had a passion for the arts. It was in High School she discovered her own talent and honed her skills through mixed media. Being heavily influenced by a family friend’s salon during her teenage years, Sithia developed a passion for the beauty industry. Sithia graduated from Jean Madeline Aveda Institute in April 2016 and took a coveted position with Architeqt North as an apprentice. Sithia has apprenticed directly under all of the stylists at Architeqt North. Sithia has perfected Balayage techniques and Architeqt’s dry cutting methods.

Her passion and creativity is a strong force behind the chair. Sithia’s dedication to making all her clients feel and look great is the perfect representation of this industry.

 

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