Triantafyllos Vaitsis (/tri.anˈda.fi.los vaˈi.tsis/) was born in Sarantaporo, Greece, on February 16, 1976, where he grew up. He studied Environmental Engineering at the Polytechnic School of the Democritus University of Thrace, in Xanthi. He worked as an environmental engineer from 2003 until 2013, when he turned completely to art. From the early stages of his life, he explored various forms of art as an amateur – wood carving, complicated constructions with wire and metal, painting, theatre and poetry – until 2008 when he discovered the Trash Art. Fascinated by it and seeking various techniques to delve deeper, he came across a “shadow sculpture” (Shadow Art).

Since 2010, he has been working almost exclusively with shadow art, as in 2013 he decided to quit the profession of environmental engineer. He has embarked on a journey of designing and creating shadow art installations whilst communicating his thoughts, emotions and concerns on perpetually current topics. Time, knowledge, change, evolution, philosophy and politics as well as concepts of our times like the way the human brain processes ideas and notions are elements where he draws inspiration from.

He is a member of the Chamber of Visual Arts of Greece. Since 1994, he has lived in Xanthi and in 2014 he created “The House of Shadow”, in the old town of Xanthi.