The sculptor and painter Nikos Koutoulas was born in 1943 in Thessaloniki, where he lives and works.
He began engaging with artistic creation in 1970, and since 1995, he has focused primarily on sculpture, typically working with iron and aluminum.
He has presented his work in solo exhibitions in Thessaloniki (e.g., French Institute 1994, Old Archaeological Museum 2000, Vafopoulio Cultural Center 2002, Municipal Art Gallery 2008), at the “Techne” Macedonian Art Society in Kilkis (1999), and in Kavala. He has also participated in forty group exhibitions across Greece (e.g., Thessaloniki, Naoussa, Kavala, Lamia) and abroad (e.g., Sofia, Plovdiv, Ingolstadt in Germany).
He is a member of the Association of Fine Arts Artists of Northern Greece (SKETBE).
His works are held in the Art Gallery of the Society for Macedonian Studies, the Rectorate and the Senate of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, the Municipal Art Gallery of Thessaloniki, the collection of the “Techne” Macedonian Art Society in Kilkis, the Prefecture of Kavala, as well as in municipal and private collections in Greece and abroad.