Born in Vila Viçosa in 1940, this artist completed a Bachelor's Degree in Sculpture at ESBAL between 1957 and 1960. Since their first solo exhibition in 1955, they have presented around seventy individual exhibitions, showcasing their work in drawing, printmaking, painting, sculpture, and urban interventions. They have also participated in collective exhibitions in Portugal, Spain, France, and England. In terms of graphic work, they have released various prints and serigraphs through different publishers, including the Sociedade Cooperativa de Gravadores Portugueses, Kompass Internacional, Cooperativa Árvore, Galeria Triângulo 48, Centro Português de Serigrafia, and Edições de Autor. From 1979 to 1987, they served as a Drawing professor at the Institute of Visual Arts, Design, and Marketing (IADE) and became an Academician at the National Academy of Fine Arts in Lisbon. They have received several awards in different areas, with one notable achievement being the Coty Award - Coin of the Year in 2000, given in the United States. This artist has numerous sculptures displayed in public spaces and their works are present in the collections of various museums, such as CAM - Centro de Arte Moderna - Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian in Lisbon, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Lisbon, the Drawing Museum in Estremoz, the Museum of Évora, and the Diogo Gonçalves Contemporary Art Museum in Portimão. They passed away in 2014 in the city of Porto.