Nilaa Krishnan was born in 2010. He showed interest in drawing and painting right from the age of four. He later started photography when he was around seven years old. His predominant interests were nature around him and the natural abstract patterns around him.
His first solo show of paintings, titled Nira Nilaav’ was held at PhotoMuse-The Museum of Photography at Kodaly in 2019. He is a fourth standard student at the SNVM School, Kodaly, in Thrissur District of Kerala.