Lily Kendaka was born in Athens and now calls Paris home. She is graduate of the National School of Fine Arts in Athens and the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. She later studied scenery and costume design at the Scala di Milano.

Since 1986, Kendaka has been working in Theatre, opera and film.. Her latest credits include the operas “Simon Boccanegra” by Giusseppe Verdi and Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten at the Operade Nancy in Fance. Kendaka also designed the costumes for the production Aeschylus’ “The Oresteia”.