Ilídio Salteiro was born in Alpedriz, Alcobaça, in 1953. He graduated in Fine Arts / Painting from the School of Fine Arts in Lisbon in 1979, where he studied under Rocha de Sousa, Gil Teixeira Lopes, Jorge Pinheiro, Lagoa Henriques, Lima de Carvalho, Matilde Marçal, Conceição Ferreira, and Rogério Ribeiro. He holds a Master’s degree in Art History from the Nova University of Lisbon in 1987, studying under professors Artur Nobre de Gusmão, José Augusto França, Horta Correia, Margarida Acciauoli, and others. He is currently an assistant professor of Fine Arts – Painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon.
He has been a professor of Fine Arts – Painting (theoretical and practical subjects) at various institutions, including the School of Decorative Arts of the Ricardo Espirito Santo Silva Foundation, the School of Technology of Tomar, the School of Conservation and Restoration of Lisbon, the Camões Secondary School in Lisbon, and the Padre Alberto Neto Secondary School in Queluz.
In 1972, he began a journey into comics in partnership with João Monsanto. This journey led to their work being featured in newspapers such as “A Mosca” (directed by Stau Monteiro from Diário Notícias) and “O Sempre Fixe”. They also published a fanzine called “o Fanzine” and organized the 1st National Comic Exhibition at the A.M. Pereira in Lisbon at the end of 1974.
Between 1976 and 1979, he was a grantee of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. He is a founding member and supporter of various cultural associations such as A Barca – a cooperative for cultural promotion, the Artever group, the Portuguese Association of Art Historians, the Association for the Development of Conservation and Restoration, and ACADE – Association for Culture, Environment, Sports, and Education.
In March 1979, at the ESBAL Gallery in Lisbon, he began a series of public visual interventions and exhibitions. He exhibited paintings and drawings alongside Amadeu Escórcio. He has participated in numerous solo, group, and collective exhibitions, including LIS’81-2nd Drawing Biennial, the tribute
