Sotos Zachariadis was born in Thessaloniki in 1960. He studied with local painters in his hometown. He had his first solo exhibition in Thessaloniki in 1984 and in Athens in 1985. Since then he has presented his works in Greece, Europe and the USA. In the 80’s he engaged in performances culminating in Sound Performances at the Royal Theater of Thessaloniki in 1989. From 1989 to 1994 he invited Greek and foreign artists to the Art Gallery Sotos
From 1992 to 1997 he organizes the International Art Festival Art Village in collaboration with the foreign institutes of his city. Since 1983 he has been teaching painting in the Eptapyrgi prison of Thessaloniki and in the Psychiatric Hospital successively. He has excelled in painting competitions and scholarships such as the Fulbright Scholarship at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, USA. He lives and works in Thessaloniki