Born in Porto in 1944, Helena Justino was a licensed architect from the School of Fine Arts in Lisbon and a painter from the School of Fine Arts in Porto. Having spent her childhood in Mozambique until the age of 10 and later in the bush of Angola, she captured from those places a unique style of composition, especially the vibrant and intense colors that characterize her work. She held her first solo exhibition at the Museum of Luanda in 1963 and has since regularly exhibited in Portugal and Germany, starting in 1985. Among the individual exhibitions throughout the country, her strong relationships with Angola have resulted in notable exhibitions. She has also participated in numerous group exhibitions, including in the municipality of Cascais, where she exhibited at the Estoril Casino and the Albatroz Hotel. Her work has gained international recognition with shows in Santiago de Compostela and other locations in Galicia, New York, and Madrid. Her graphic work includes several serigraphs dedicated to various themes, as well as illustrations for book covers and interiors. She is mentioned in dictionaries of Portuguese painters and sculptors, and her works have received widespread recognition, with comments in the press from figures such as Cruzeiro Seixas, Francisco Relógio, Rocha de Sousa, and various poets and writers. In 2008, her work and life were represented in a film directed by Álvaro Queiroz at the Telheiras studio, which is part of the archive of the Portuguese Cinemateca. Helena Justino passed away in 2019.