He was born in 1941 in Lourenço Marques.
He worked as an advertising and architectural designer and as a decorator of pavilions for international trade fairs in Mozambique. He designed sets for stage productions and illustrated several books.
From 1982 to 1985, he was a Spanish government fellow in Madrid, studying ceramics (Taller Azul) and zinc etching (Óscar Manezzi).
In 1986, he received a scholarship from the Portuguese government and has lived in Portugal ever since, devoting himself exclusively to painting.
Since 1967, he has exhibited his work in solo and group shows, both in Portugal and throughout the rest of Europe, as well as in the Portuguese-speaking African countries (PALOP). Between 1973 and 2020, he has received several awards and honorable mentions. In 2012, he was honored at the multidisciplinary cultural event PLAST&CINE, organized by Editorial Novembro in partnership with Eixo Cultural do Douro.
He is featured in various dictionaries of Portuguese painters and sculptors and in national and international art magazines.
He is also the author of numerous book illustrations for works by African and Portuguese writers of national and international renown.
He has developed countless initiatives, notably including cultural trips to significant sites, meetings with other artists, concerts, colloquia, and artistic workshops for children, youth, and adults.
Color, vibrancy, exuberance, boldness, inspiration, the unexpected, ornamentation, figurative art, representation, abstraction, freshness, and vigor are just a tiny fraction of the terms used to describe his vast body of work.