Nikos Xenos born painter. He belonged to those people that their fate be specified in a class even before birth. And the Stranger category limit set was the artistic.

Nikos Xenos was born on the beautiful island of Zakynthos in 1908. But he did not have to feel the beauty of the motherland, because economic reasons forced the family to leave the Zakynthos in 1910 to try to find luck in Athens.

In 1924, he met C. Iakovidis, who was then Director of the School of Fine Arts, who recommended him when he saw his plans to study at the School painter. There would be able however to attend the school for economic reasons, though in the same year he met Paul Mela, the aide of the then President of the Republic Admiral Kountourioti. At the instigation of the President, which had recommended the Stranger Melas, Alexandra Choremi undertook to help him.

He joined the School of Fine Arts in 1925, he attended near the great masters of the brush C. Iakovidis C. Roilos and Sp. Vikatos and finished the faculty in 1932. Once he graduated, he went to his birthplace of Zakynthos and he made his first exhibition. The local newspaper "Seven Islands" wrote about the report it. "The works of the Law. Foreign astonish with the observing and studying, both in attracting. This young artist, although deprived of the few media managed to reach in this supreme technical point to be considered, and probably rightly teacher incumbent long experience, rather than a short time before he that was disciple."

In solo exhibition in Parnassus in 1939, Z. Papantoniou wrote in the newspaper "Free Step" 05.14.1939. "And this time the pure vision could give us an impression of classic ruins like ceramic, painted with firmness and clarity. Depending qualities we see in the Greek landscape." The Sp. Panagiotopoulos newspaper "Ethnos" 02/16/1970 wrote. "The most important gift Xenos is the ability to express with the harmonic tones sung by Palama" Divine nakedness "of the Attic landscape and dry climate. Faithful of impressionism from the start of following the path of no return. "

His works are in the National Gallery of Greece, the P. D. in Athens Averof and Greek and foreign private collections.