Born in Athens in 1945.
He studied printmaking at the Athens School of Fine Arts (1963-1968) with a scholarship (I.K.Y.) and then with a scholarship from the German state (DAAD), he studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich (1970-1976). He developed collective activity and participated in many groups of artists: group “A” (1960s), art group of the magazine Art Review, group “New Greek Realists” (1971-1973 as a founding member), Center for Visual Arts (Athens 1974-1976 as a founding member), artistic group “10/9” of Munich (1975).
He was a guest scholar of the West Berlin DAAD art program in 1977 and lived in Berlin until 1986, while from 1986 to 1992 he lived and worked in Brussels.
In 1994 he was elected professor at the Athens School of Fine Arts, taught until 2012 and in 2013 was declared professor emeritus.
He has held many solo exhibitions in museums, galleries and institutions and has taken part in many important group exhibitions in Greece and abroad (France, Germany, Luxembourg, Spain, Yugoslavia, Romania, Ireland, Albania, Cyprus, USA, China, Japan, Sweden, Israel, England, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Turkey, Egypt, Italy, Canada, etc.).
He has published essays on art and his work has been presented in many publications.