Born in Piraeus/Greece of Cypriot parents, He spent his childhood years in Larnaca.
He studied Law and Political Science at the Univesrity of Athens. In 1946 he joined the diplomatic service from which he resigned in 1959 when he was appointed professor at the School of Fine Arts, a position he held until 1982.
He is a self-taught artist who begun to pain systematically at the end of WW2, experimenting with various techniques, such as oils, tempera, watercolor and encaustic art.
During his stay in Paris (1950-52) he was able to follow closely contemporary visual trends. He had numerous individual exhibitions in Athens, New York and elsewhere.
He has represented Greece in the Biennale of Sao Paolo (honorable mention), Alexandria and Venice.
He also applied himself to literature, publishing his own books.
In 1995 he was honored by
the Academy of Athens with a distinction in Fine Arts and other awards