He was born in 1934 in Kiato (Korinthia). After taking his first painting lessons with Theodoros Lekos (Errikos), he studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts under Yannis Moralis, taking, at the same time, lessons with Eleni Zongolopoulou. His first solo exhibition was presented in 1956 in Athens (Monica Pane gallery). Then he left for Paris, where he studied painting at the studio of Andre Lhote, mosaic and fresco at the studio of Gino Severini and lithography at the École des Beaux Arts.