Nikos Liaros is an archaeologist and ceramicist. Born in Athens in 1974, he studied Archaeology and Art History at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, followed by a postgraduate degree at the University of Crete. Since 2004, he has worked for the Greek Archaeological Service, carrying out excavations and curating museum exhibitions. He learned pottery-making from the traditional potters of Koroni and Crete, and since 2008 he has been Curator at the Centre for the Study of Modern Ceramics in Athens.