Born in Vieira do Minho, in 1957. In 1979 he held his first painting exhibition.
After the first uses of glass as a sculptural support, in 1989 at Fábrica-Stephens in Marinha Grande, he exhibited some of these works in Leiria. In 1991 he opened his studio. in Janas, Sintra and, after his first participation in the International Triennial of glass sculpture in Liége (Belgium) in 1992, he joined, with the sculpture “Vestígios”, the set of works on permanent exhibition at the Liége Glass Museum.
In 1995 he was awarded the acquisition prize at the Exposition Internationel de Verre, in Alizay, France and in 2000 he began to systematically use two-dimensional records, developing multidisciplinary projects.
