Born in S. Pedro do Sul, Portugal, in 1945, lives and works in Malveira, Portugal

EDUCATION

António Arroio School of Art, Lisbon, Portugal

SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selection since 1980)

• 2010 “gravura, outra”, Arthobler Gallery - Lisbon
• 2009 Sculpture – Macedo de Cavaleiros Cultural Centre, Macedo de Cavaleiros, Portugal
• 2008 Valbom Gallery - Lisbon, Portugal
• 2007 D. Luís I Foundation - Cascais, Portugal
• Munsterland Festival: Kloster Bentlage - Rheine, Germany
• Kunstverein Ahlen - Ahlen, Germany
• Fundación CIEC - Betanzos - A Coruña, Spain
• Palácio dos Capitães Generais - Angra do Heroísmo - Açores, Portugal
• 2006 Valbom Gallery - Lisbon, Portugal
• Casa da Cerca Gallery - Almada, Portugal
• Jorge Vieira Museum - Beja, Portugal
• Arthobler Gallery - Oporto, Portugal 
• 2005 Prova de Artista Gallery - Lisbon, Portugal
• 2004 Neither - Opera de Morton Feldman and Samuel Beckett - Scenery Direction -
• S. Carlos National Theatre - Lisbon, Portugal
• Arthobler Gallery - Oporto, Portugal
• 2003 São Lourenço Cultural Center - Almancil, Portugal
• Enes Gallery - Lisbon, Portugal
• 2002 Ara Gallery - Lisbon, Portugal
• Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain
• Museo del Grabado Español Contemporáneo, Marbella, Spain
• 2001 Évora Museum - Portugal
• 2000 Cooperativa Árvore - Oporto, Portugal
•  São Lourenço Cultural Center - Almancil, Portugal
• 1999 Estiarte Gallery - Madrid, Spain
• 1998 João Fragoso Museum - Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
• Ara Gallery - Lisbon, Portugal
• 1997 Estiarte Gallery - Madrid, Spain
• São Lourenço Cultural Center - Almancil, Portugal
• 1996 Hong Kong Arts Centre (Goethe Institut) - Hong Kong
• David de Almeida, 25 Anos de Gravura, Palácio Galveias - Lisbon, Portugal 
• Cooperativa Árvore - Oporto, Portugal 1995 São Lourenço Cultural Center - Almancil, Portugal
• Ara Gallery - Lisbon, Portugal
• 1993 Estiarte Gallery - Madrid, Spain          São Lourenço Cultural Center - Almancil, Portugal
• 1989 São Lourenço Cultural Center - Almancil, Portugal
• 111 Gallery - Lisboa, Portugal
• 1990 LA Art Fair, LA 90 - Quadrum Gallery (Lisbon) - Los Angeles, U.S.A.
• 1988 Tórculo Gallery - Madrid, Spain
• 1986 Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation - Lisbon, Portugal
• 111 Gallery - Lisbon, Portugal
• 1985 Zen Gallery - Oporto, Portugal
• 1984 São Lourenço Cultural Center - Almancil, Portugal
• L’Angle Aigu Gallery - Brussels, Belgium          111 Gallery - Lisbon, Portugal
• 1983 Zen Gallery - Oporto, Portugal           Presença Gallery - Coimbra, Portugal           Nadar Gallery - Casablanca, Morocco
• 1982 La Forge Gallery - Brussells, Belgium
• Tenda-Idéo Bava Gallery - S. Paulo, Brazil
• 111 Gallery - Lisbon, Portugal
• 1981 Nadar Gallery - Casablanca, Morocco
• Zen Gallery - Oporto, Portugal
• 111 Gallery - Lisbon, Portugal
• Bell Gallery - Brown University, Providence, U.S.A.
• Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation - Lisbon, Portugal

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection since 1980)

• 2009 1/150 Gravar e Multiplicar – engravings from the Collection of the Modern Art Centre of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Casa da Cerca, Alamada, Portugal
• Portugal – works from the collections of António Prates and António Cachola
• 30th Portuguese Congress of Cardiology, Contemporary Art Centre of Vilamoura, Portugal
• 16 Anos de Cumplicidade na Arte, 1993-2009, Centre for the Arts and Cultura of Ponte de Sôr, Portugal
• 31st Cultural Festival of Arzila, Marocco
•  2008 30 anos da Bienal de Cerveira - Museu da Bienal de Cerveira, Portugal
• Anos 80 - Centro de Arte Manuel de Brito - Algés, Portugal
• À volta do papel - Centro de Arte Manuel de Brito - Algés, Portugal
• 2007 Premio de Gravado Máximo Ramos - Torrente Ballester Centre, Ferrol, Spain
• Aforismos de Lichtenberg - Artra Gallery - Betanzos, Spain
• I Premio Internacional de Arte Gráfico Jesús Nuñez - CIEC Foundation, Betanzos, A Coruña, Spain
• 2006 50th years of Portuguese Etching. S.N.B.A. - Lisbon, Casa das Artes de Tavira - Tavira and Cupertino de Miranda Foundation, Portugal
• 2004 Estampa Madrid, Spain - (CPS, Lisbon, Arte y Naturaleza, Madrid, and Editions Laurier Dubé, Paris)
• 6th European Exhibition, James Gallery - Pittsburg, U.S.A.
• VIII Bienal Internacional de Grabado Caixanova 2004 - Ourense, Spain
• 2003 ArtExpo NY - New York, U.S.A.
• Salon International de L’Estampe - Paris, France
• Artsud - Beyrouth, Liban
• Estampa Madrid, Spain - (Editions Laurier Dubé - Paris and CPS, Lisbon)
• 2002 Falutriennalen Euro Print , Dalarnas Museum - Falun, Sweden
• 2001 Selección Premios Villa de Madrid - Madrid, Spain
• Selección Premio Nacional de Grabado - Valencia, Madrid, etc. ,Spain
• VII Premios Nationales de Grabado 1999 - Museo del Grabado Español Contemporáneo, Spain
• 2000 Estampa Madrid, Spain (Boza Editor-Barcelona)
• ARCO, Contemporary Art Fair - Madrid - (Estiarte Gallery, Madrid, and Boza Editor, Barcelona) 
• The Masters of Graphic Arts - Györ, Hungary
• 3rd Egyptian International Print Triennale 1999 - Giza, Egypt
• 1999 Kunst aus Portugal - Düsseldorf, Germany
• Art Multiple - Kunstmesse Düsseldorf, Germany (Boza Editor) 
• 1998 ARCO, Contemporary Art Fair - Madrid, Spain (Estiarte Gallery, Madrid)
• Hors Texte - 49th Frankfurt Book Fair - Frankfurt, Germany
• 1996 15 years of São Lourenço Cultural Centre. - Commemorative exhibition - Almancil, Portugal
• X Bienal Iberoamericana de Arte - México City, Mexico
• 1995 Norwegian International Print Biennale - Fredrikstad, Norway
• 1994 Triennnial of Contemporary Art of India - New Deli, India
• International Print Trennial - Cracow, Poland
• Manuel de Brito’s Collection - Chiado Museum - Lisbon, Portugal
• 1993 Salon de Mai - Grand Palais - Paris, France
• 1992 Macau Gravura 92 - Macau
• Euroamericana de Gravado 3/92 - La Coruña, Spain
• 3ª. Bienal de Gravura da Amadora, Portugal
• 2ª. Bienal Internacional de Gravado 1992 - Orense, Spain
• 1991 Portuguese Contemporary Art - Galeria H - Marbella, Spain
• Europália 91 - “L’Univers Pessoa” - Centre Culturel de la Communauté
• Française Wallonie - Brussels, Belgium
• Marie & Volker Hüber’s Collection - Palácio Galveias - Lisbon, Portugal
• 1990 Antológica 10º. aniversário Galeria Tórculo - Tórculo Gallery - Madrid, Spain
• Art Portugais - Ipso Gallery - Brussels, Belgium
• Salon Comparaisons 90 - Grand Palais - Paris, France
• 1989 Portugal Hoy - Centro Cultural El Conde Duque - Madrid, Spain
• Carte Blanche a Anita Nardon - Galerie du Parvis - Brussels, Belgium
• L8th International Biennal of Graphic Art - Ljubljana, Slovenia
• 1988 Grand Prix Eur. des Arts et des Lettres - Nice, France
• 1987 Premio Internazionale Biella per L’incisione - Italy
• 17th International Biennal of Grafic Art - Ljubljana, Slovenia
• 4ª. Mostra Internazionale di Grafica - ICA - Catania, Italy
• ARCO, Contemporary Art Fair - Madrid - Madrid, Spain (Galeria 111, Lisbon, Portugal)
• 1986 Le XXème au Portugal - Centre Albert Borschette - Brussels, Belgium
• III Exposição de Artes Plásticas - Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation - Lisbon, Portugal
• 1985 16th International Biennal of Graphic Art - Ljubljana, Slovenia
• Pintado en Portugal - Mérida, Spain
• 1984 20 Anos da Galeria 111 - 111 Gallery - Lisbon, Portugal
• Press Papier 84 - Strasbourg, France
• Portuguese Contemporary Graphic Art 1970-1980 - Sinebrychoff Art Museum - Helsinky, Finland
• 1983 Petit format de papier 1983 - Belgium
• Biennal of Seoul - Korea
• Neolithic Stone Engraving - Biennal of S. Paulo, Brazil
• Art Prizes in Portugal - Quadrum Gallery - Lisbon, Portugal
• 1982 Seventh British International Print Biennal - Bradford, England
• Norwegian International Print Biennale, Norway
• Portuguese Contemporary Art - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo - Montevideo, Uruguay
• 1ª. Exposição Nacional de Arte Moderna Arús - Oporto and Lisbon, Portugal
• 1981 14th International Biennal of Graphic Art - Ljubljana, Slovenia
• Bienal de la Jeune Gravure Contemporaine - Paris and Chateauroux, France
• Trienalle Europea de l’Incisione - Grado, Italy
• 4. Moussem Culturel de Asilah, Morocco
• III Exposição Nacional de Gravura - Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation - Lisbon, Portugal
• 1980 Norwegian International Print Biennale - Fredrikstad, Norway

MUSEUMS / PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

• Angra do Heroismo Museum, Azores, Portugal
• Lisbon National Library, Lisbon, Portugal
• Grão Vasco Museum, Viseu, Portugal
• Cultural Ministry, Lisbon, Portugal
• Foreign Affairs Ministry, Portugal
• Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Modern Art Museum, Lisbon, Portugal
• Museo del Grabado Español Contemporáneo, Spain
• Rio de Janeiro Modern Art Museum, Brazil
• Bibliothèque Nacional de Paris, France
• Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje, Macedonia
• Musée du Petit Format, Couvin, Belgium
• Museum of Modern Art, Bagdad, Irak
• Calcografia Nacional, Madrid, Spain
• The Kendall Whalling Museum, Sharon, Massachussets, U.S.A.
• Arzila Museum, Morocco
• S. Paulo underground (Conceição station), Brazil
• Caixanova Collection, Ourense, Spain
• Médiathèque Hermeland, Saint Herblain (Nantes), France
• Banco Comercial Português, Portugal
• Liberty Seguros, Portugal
• Würth Collection, Germany

AWARDS (selection)

• Edition Prize, 1st National Print Exhibition, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal
• Gold Medal, Associación de Grabadores Españoles, Madrid, Spain
• National Print Prize, Lisbon, Portugal
• Great Print Prize, Biennial of Vila Nova de Cerveira, Portugal
• Acquisition Prize, III Exposição de Artes Plásticas da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
• Painting Prize, Internacional Biennial of Bagdad, Irak
• National Print Prize, Biennial of Amadora, Portugal
• National Print Prize Maria de Salamanca,  Museum of Spanish Contemporary Etching, Spain
• Mención Honorífica, VIII Premio Nacional de Grabado, Calcografia Nacional/Philip Morris, Madrid
• Bronze Medal -VIII Bienal Internacional de Grabado Caixanova, Ourense, España
• 1st. International Print Prize Jesus Núñez, Betanzos, A Coruña, Spain