Vassilis Politakis was born in Heraklion Crete in 1965. Since 1990 he has worked to understand and recreate the pottery of the Aegean and Cypriot bronze age. His expertise is supported by collaborations with the British School at Athens (BSA), The Italian arch. school, the American Study Center of Aegean Prehistory (INSTAP-EC), the Heraklion Archaeological Museum, The Greek Ministry of Culture , the University of Crete, the Official Hellenic Institute of Material Science (Demokritos) and several individual academic archaeologists.

Since 2017 he is a member of the Hellenic Chamber of fine arts.

As a painter, his aim is to recapture the characteristics, styles, and artistic spirit of the Aegean bronze age period. As a potter, he relishes the challenge of exploring the manufacturing techniques developed in those earlier days. Through his work he passes his understanding of these ancient art forms on to you.