Lydia Dokatzi was born in Thessaloniki where she still lives and works. She graduated from the School of Visual and Applied Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 2008 after she had completed studying Italian Language and Literature in the Faculty of Philosophy of the same University. She is currently attending an MA programme in Cultural Policy and Development at the APKY . She has participated in many group exhibitions both in Greece and abroad and she has got ongoing “public art” projects in her portfolio.