Michaela-Maria Karathanou-Nikolaidi (MiMa) is a visual artist living and working in Athens. She grew up between Athens and Grevena — two different environments that shaped her relationship with nature, space, and human experience. For as long as she can remember, creation and artistic expression have been an inner need and a way of understanding the world.

Her academic journey began at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), where she studied Mining Engineering and completed her postgraduate studies in Underground Works (2014–2019). In 2021, she was admitted to the Athens School of Fine Arts (ASFA), where she developed her artistic practice through painting, mixed media, installations, and marble sculpture.

Her relationship with matter is a central axis of her work, bridging the structural approach of materials science with the emotional and morphological exploration of art.