Nikos Viskadourakis was born in Heraklion in 1956. He held his first exhibitions at a young age in Heraklion (1973, 1976) and then, at the urging of the painter Thomas Fanourakis from Heraklion, he left to Thessaloniki where he studied painting at the Thessaloniki School of Fine Arts, at the workshop of Teta Makri.

Following his graduation, he settled in Heraklion. He has presented his work in solo and group exhibitions in Greece (Athens, Thessaloniki, Preveza and Crete), Cyprus, Germany and Belgium. He has also participated in international events such as the 6^th Art Athina (Athens, 1998) and the MiArt 2000 (Milan, 2000). He is a member of the Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece.