Yanis Zagorianakos is a self-taught craftsman and painter. He has a BSC in Industrial Chemistry and Design from The City University London, making him an artist with a highly developed scientific interest and an inquisitive approach. Born in Athens, he grew up between Athens, Johannesburg and London. He moved permanently to London at the age of 17, where he studied and worked as a Project Scientist & Designer carrying out research. After 15 years he moved back to Athens, gave up working as a scientist and started traveling to India, where he got introduced to Arts & Crafts. For the next 10 years he regularly visited India and took seminars in various crafts and numerous workshops in painting in London and Athens while working as a full time artist/craftsman for the last 25 years. He now lives between the islands of Aegina & Amorgos where he works.