1964 Born in Coimbra ,Portugal 86~87 Degree in moulds for the ceramic industry 87~88 worked in the ceramic industry, Portugal 88~90 Oporto Fine Arts school, sculpture dep. 90 Left for holidays in Asia 90~93 Traveled in Asia, lived in Macau,working as graphic designer 93 left to Japan, worked with japanese ceramic artists 93~94 artist in residence, Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park 95~96 part-time assistant teacher, ''Kyoto University of Art & Design'' ceramic dep. 96~ work as independent artistin Kyoto, Japan solo exhib. .Casa de Portugal, MACAU .gallery ESPRIT NOVEAU, OKAYAMA .gallery MARONIE, KYOTO .gallery AKANE, KYOTO .TAKASHIMAYA DEP.ST., KYOTO .gallery NISHIKAWA, KYOTO .gallery HAKU, OSAKA .gallery NAKAI, OSAKA .MAM, Macau Art Museum, MACAU .INAX gallery, TOKYO .gallery KITANOZAKA,KOBE .gallery RERUN, TAKARAZUKA .gallery JIKU22, KAWANISHI .gallery BONTON, KOBE, .gallery YUYUBON,KYOTO .Albergue SCM gallery, MACAU .gallery TACHIBANA , TOKYO .gallery fundacao RUI CUNHA, MACAU .gallery TOYODA, KYOTO
competitions /prizes . 1ST EXIHIB. OPORTO ARTISTS, PORTUGAL,textile award . CERVEIRA INTERNATIONAL ART BIENNALE, PORTUGAL . '94 ASAHI MODERN CRAFT EXHIBITION'' JAPAN, award . SHINCHIYUMEIKAI,MIHO MUSEUM, SHIGARAKI,1999 award . 3/4 PORCELAINE IZUSHI TRIENAL, IZUSHI . 52 FAENZA CONT. CERAMIC ART COMPETITION, ITALIA .1ST ART BIENNAL DE MACAU . 2000/2, 5/6MINO INT. CERAMIC COMPETITION,JAPAN . 2004, 7MINO INT. CERAMIC COMPETITION, bronze award . 2008, ANDENNE INT.CERAMIC BIENNAL, BELGIQUE
coLECTIONS . SHIGARAKI CERAMIC CULTURAL PARK . MAM, MACAU ART MUSEUM . FAENZA COMTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM .
group exhib.
workshops/demonstration/events
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. Int.Ceramic workshop, Key West USA,2000 . 2 weeks ceramic work shop, (c/ Macau Museum of Art) Macau, 2003 . 2 Days artist talk,14 japanese / european ceramic artists, Espace Culturel Bertin Poiree,Paris 2005 .Gallery BonTon,Kobe .......Vessels and Food EVENT1 , 2010 .kyoto Machya, 5artists,Gallery Utsuwakan ,Kyoto ........Vessels and Food EVENT2 , 2010 .restaurant ITOU ,Kyoto .......Vessels and Food EVENT3 , 2011 .Ateliers da Casa de Portugal Macau / Ceramic Studio, Macau 2011 ...... Ceramic Modeling I / instructor 10 days ceramic course .Restaurant Wontana,Kyoto .......Vessels and Food EVENT4 , 2013 .Albergue SCM, Macau / Politecnic Ceramic Studio, Macau , 2014 ...... basics of silk screen printing on Ceramics / 40hours intensive course .Gallery restaurant Yuyubon .......Vessels and Food EVENT5 , 2014 .Gallery restaurant Yuyubon .......Vessels and Food EVENT6 ... tea ceremony , collaboration work with Okada Roshiw , 2015 .Albergue gallery , Macau, Politecnic university of Arts Intensive course, studio glasss silkcreening printing 2015 .Centre for creative Industries, .Creative Macau, Kintsugi mending with Gold, the japanese laquer mending tecnique . Intensive course 2016 & 2017
OPEN AIR CLAY WORK IN KYOTO '94 1st MACAU BIENNALE, MACAU, YAMAGAZAKI WAVE*WAVE SHIGARAKI TACHIBANA gallery,TOKYO 2 ARTISTS SHOW, SpaceTRY, TOKYO SELECTED ITEMS, SpaceTRY, TOKYO 2 ARTISTS SHOW, Port.Embassy , TOKYO OSAKA DAIMARU Dep.store, OSAKA gallery SUKI, NAGOYA INAX gallery, TOKONAME gallery UTSUWAKAN, KYOTO NIKKI gallery SATSU , TOKYO galleryBERTIN POIRE, PARIS gallery KITANOZAKA,KOBE gallery CLAUDIA BOLLAG, SUISS Space GYRE, Omotesando, TOKYO