Haralambos Katsatsidis was born in Athens in 1959. He graduated from the School of Fine Arts in 1982. He has been distinguished in 1983 with an IKY scholarship, for three consecutive years and with a scholarship from the Kefallinos Foundation, for one year. In 1984 he received a degree in Aesthetics-Philosophy from the Sorbonne University ( Diplôme d ‘Etudes Approfondies, Sorbonne, Paris I ), while for the next three years ( 1984-87 ) he continued his postgraduate studies ( Master of Arts ) at the Royal College of Art of London.