Elena Chirdaris was born in Medellin, Colombia from Greek parents. In 1994 she finished Fine Arts in La Verne University in Athens and continued  her studies at Sotheby’s Institute of London finishing in 1996. She has participated in 9 solo exhibitions and in more than 35 group exhibitions in Athens, Barcelona, Belgium, Copenhagen, Medellin, Miami, NY City, and in several other cities in Greece and Europe. She has taken part in several important charity exhibitions and events. Chirdaris' artwork is in the permanent collections of the Corfiot Gallery (‘Kerkyraiki Pinakothiki’), the American College in Greece, in private collections in Colombia, United States and Europe.