Evanthia Tsantila was born in Thessaloniki, Greece.
Since 1998 she lives and works in Berlin. She studied at the Academy of Fine Art in Dusseldorf with Yiannis Kounellis, where she graduated in 1997. She represented Greece in the 48th Biennale of Venice (1999), while she has presented her work in important solo and group exhibitions in countries such as Greece and Germany.