Takis Kozokos was born in Athens, Greece, in 1960.

He graduated from the Tynos School of Fine Arts where he was distinguished and then he continued his studies at the Athens School of Fine Arts under the professors: Th. Panouryias, D. Kalamaras and V. Papaioannou.

During 1990-1997 he worked as a sculptor and maintainer at the ancient Acropolis of Athens and later as a sculptor at the Acropolis Museum, until 2000.

He is a member of the Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece and he is often honored by his colleagues for his critique at its decisions.
He is a member of the Sculptors’ Union of Greece where he served as a President during 1998-2000.

Since 1988, he is also working as an Art Teacher and he has organized together with other colleagues the Fine Arts Workshop for the Municipality of Agia Paraskevi in Athens.

Today (2002-2010) he is directing the Arts Workshop of Agia Paraskevi, which consists of 21 teachers and about 500 students, and he is also organizing and directing (2003-2005) the Arts Workshop for the Municipality of Pallini in Athens.

Takis Kozokos is also a Assistant Professor at the School of Architecture and Engineering, at the Demokritos University of Thrace (D.U.Th), Greece. Since 2001 he is working with the Fine Arts team of the University (Y. Parmakelis, A. Michaelidis, N. Thomas, A. Mandrali).

He has done 5 solo exhibitions and he has participated in many group exhibitions in Greece and abroad.
He has participated in 10 Stone Sculpture Symposiums.
His works are placed in public spaces and included in private collections in Greece and abroad.

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