Born in Lisbon in 1959, he graduated from the Escola Superior de Belas Artes de Lisboa during the 1980s. In 1984, he joined, together with Fernando Brito, Ivo, Manuel João Vieira, Pedro Portugal and Pedro Proença, the Homeostética group, recently the subject of an exhibition at the Serralves Museum. This group, in addition to a unique activity when it comes to His artistic intervention, in a certain way, came to clarify a post-modern trend that was beginning to become evident in these years. In 1984, Xana moved to Lagos and works as a visual artist in the areas of painting, sculpture, scenography, performance and installation, among others. We can consider that it is part of a neo-pop trend,