About the artist:

1943 Born in Olimpia, Sao Paulo State, Brazil 1957 Moved to Sao Paulo, Brazil 1968 Formed the “Grupo de Osasco” together with the naïve artists, Neuton de Andrade, Americo Modanez and Dirceu Carvalho Lives in Sao Paulo, Brazil Solo Exhibitions 1968 Atrium Gallery, Sao Paulo 1982 The Lively Arts Gallery, Sarasota, Florida Group Exhibitions 1977 Praxis Gallery, Buenos Aires 1978 Sarasota Gallery, Florida 1978 Sagzola Gallery, Buenos Aires 1979 Fenix Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela 1980 Plastic Arts Salon of the Sao Judas Tadeu College, Sao Paulo 1984 “Mito e Magia del Colore”, Castel dell’Ovo, Naples, Italy 1984 “Mito e Magia del Colore”, Sarasota Gallery, Florida 1999 Jacques Ardies Gallery, Sao Paulo 2004 GINA Gallery of International Naïve Art, Tel Aviv 2004 Gallery Pro Arte Kasper, Morges, Switzerland 2005 “The Brazilian Naives and their Color Carnaval”, GINA Gallery of International Naïve Art, Tel Aviv 2007 "Simple Pleasures, Bygone Days: The Naives of Brazil and Argentina", GINA Gallery of International Naïve Art, Tel Aviv Prizes 1980 Outstanding award, Plastic Arts Salon of the Sao Judas Tadeu College, Sao Paulo 2004 2nd Prize, Suisse Prize and Europe Prize of Primitive & Modern Painting, Gallery Pro Arte Kasper, Morges, Switzerland Public Collections MAN Naïve Art Museum, Beraut, France Bibliography “Naifs du Monde Entier”, Albert Laporte, 1998, France “Naïve Art in Brazil”, Jacques Ardies, 1998, Sao Paulo