Nikos Podias (b. 1974) graduated from the Athens School of Fine Arts, where he studied under Dimitris Mytaras, and went on to complete an MA in Scenography at Central Saint Martins – College of Art and Design in London.

In his artistic practice, he collects, transforms, and reanimates fragments of history, culture, and everyday life, creating associations and narratives. He chooses fragile materials that evoke decay and processes them with methodical care; through preservation and “nurturing,” he revives unconscious and collective memories.

His works focus on opposing notions such as materiality and immateriality, fragility and hardness, the ephemeral and the enduring, the incomplete and the whole, the structured and the free composition. His technically refined works reveal detail, time, care, and devotion — elements that attest to the ritualistic nature of his process.

He was awarded a scholarship by the A. S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation (2000). Since 2005, he has been a member of the curatorial team of Video Art Miden, an independent organization dedicated to the research and promotion of video art. His work has been presented in numerous site-specific installations and group exhibitions in Greece and abroad.