Born in 1937 on Santa Maria Island, Azores. É degree in Painting from the Escola Superior de Belas Artes de Lisboa. 

Between 1985/1986 he was Resident Artist at the Center for Modern Art and, in 1987, a scholarship holder at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. During the year  1988 attended the Center for Advanced Visual Studies at M.I.T. – Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with the scholarship received by the Luso-American Foundation. He was distinguished with the following awards: Domingos Rebelo Award, Regional Directorate of Culture, Azores (2000). AICA Exhibition – Philae, Lisbon, 1st; Prize; III Exhibition of Plastic Arts Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon (1986). “The Future is Hoje”, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon; 1º Biennial of the Azores and Atlantic, Açores, Honorable Mention from SREC.

Dedicated to different disciplines, such as painting, sculpture and installation, his portfolio includes several works of public art and intervention in architectural spaces , as an example, the walls of the main altar of the Main Church of Almada,  at the invitation of architect Nuno Teotónio Pereira. 

In 2010 he was awarded the Autonomous Insignia of Recognition by the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of the Azores

He passed away on January 14, 2018.