Xara Marantidou was born in 1975 in Athens, Greece. A graduate of the School of Architecture, National Technical University of Athens (2000). In 2003 she continued her studies at the Athens School of Fine Arts receiving her diploma in 2007. She participates in exhibitions showing art installations and artists’ books. In 2007 she began her collaboration with KLAB architecture assuming responsibility for its art direction and researching interconnections between art and architecture. Since 2010 she is mostly orientated in objects and books design.