Born in Salvador - Bahia , Brazil

• SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
• 2002 Ira Pinto Gallery, Washington D.C. , USA
• 1999  Casa dos Contos e Palhano Júnior, Belo Horizonte , Brazil
• 1998  Espaço Cultural Trianon, Belo Horizonte , Brazil
• 1998  Espaço Cultural do Minas Casa, Belo Horizonte , Brazil
• 1997  Galeria Vitallis, Belo Horizonte , Brazil
• 1995  Hotel Meridien, Salvador , Brazil

• SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
  • 2005 & 2003 Sharon Fine Art Gallery , Bethesda , MD , USA
  • 2002 & 2001 Ira Pinto Gallery , Washington , DC, USA
  • 2000 Strathmore Hall Arts Center , Rockville , MD , USA
  • 1999 Salão da Telemar, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
  • 1998 Galeria de Arte Sette e Zucheratto, Belo Horizonte , Brazil
  • 1998 Galeria de Arte Paulo Guimaraes, Belo Horizonte , Brazil
  • 1998 Galeria de Arte Prof.Herbert Magãlhaes, Bahia Arte, Salvador , Brazil
  • 1997 Casa da Cultura, Passos , Brazil
  • 1997 Fundação Belgo Mineira, Sabará , Brazil
  • 1997 Arts Center at Minascentro Convention Center , Belo Horizonte , Brazil
  • 1996 II Salão de Artes Plásticas, Prefeitura Municipal de Arujá, Arujá-São Paulo, Brazil
  • 1996 Fundação Belgo Mineira, Sabará , Brazil

 

• STUDIES:
  • Studies in Belo Horizonte, Brazil (1979-2000), under the following artists:
    • Selma Weismann - Acrylic painting and mixed media
    • Luma Ramos and Belkiss Diniz - Sculpture
    • Euclides Botaro - Oil Painting
    • Murilo Melo - Painting, oil, acrylic, mixed media and drawing
    • Solini Bossi - Oil and acrylic painting
  • Other studies have included (1979-2005)
    • Drawing, Federal University of Mias Gerias, Brazil
    • Painting, Corcoran School of Art, Washington, DC, USA
    • Sculpture, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD, USA
    • Woodcarving, Cambridge, England