[1] After his graduation Vikatos earned a scholarship and moved to Germany where he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich under Nikolaos Gyzis and Ludwig von Löfftz.

[1] Agenor Asteriadis, Giorgos Gounaropoulos, Spyros Papaloukas, Yannis Tsarouchis, Sofia Zengo Papadhimitri, Yiannis Spyropoulos, Sophia Laskaridou and Victor Ioannides were among his students.

His paintings show the influence of German academicism and also of the 17th century Flemish School.

[8] To a lesser extent he painted historical and religious compositions, still lifes and landscapes.

[9] Vikatos participated in solo, group and international exhibitions, including the Bordeaux International Exposition in 1907 (gold medal), Rome in 1911, Paris in 1937 and the Venice Biennale in 1934 and 1936. in 1937 he received the national Medal of Arts and Letters, and in 1951 the Academy of Munich elected him an honorary member of the Fine Arts.