Born in 1962 in Huambo, Angola.

He studied painting at the Escola Superior de Belas Artes in Lisbon.

His main solo exhibitions were: 1988, Galeria Municipal de Vila Franca de Xira; 1989, with Délio Abrantes, Galeria "Viragem", Cascais; 1992, Galeria Quadrum, Lisbon; 1994, "Don't look at me with that face", Cooperativa Árvore, Porto; 1996, "Braqueanas", SNBA, Lisbon; 1997, "jeansear", Clube 50, Lisbon; 1999, "Who takes a chisel takes a pen", with Délio Abrantes, Galeria Esteta; 2000, "Cartas de Marear", SNBA, Lisbon; 2001, "Zanzibar 2000 and such", Galeria Esteta, Porto; 2002, Galeria Artela, with Cristina Troufa, Lisbon; 2003, "The flowers of the Holy Queen", Galeria Esteta, Porto; 2005, "I have no words to express", Espaço Esteta 7, Porto; 2006, "The flowers of the Holy Queen", Galeria CiDi, Lisbon and "Like a ring in the I-Z curvature of your little finger", SNBA, Lisbon.