Nikos Podias was born in 1974 in Thessaloniki, Greece. He graduated from the Athens School of Fine Arts in 1999, where he studied painting and scenography. In 2001 as a fellow of the Onasis Foundation he completed his postgraduate studies at the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London and Hochchule fur Gestaltung und Kunst in Zurich. His works have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions. Lives and works in Athens, Greece.