Born in Porto in 1957. Graduated in 1985 at AR.CO in Lisbon. Since then he has been working professionally. Currently lives and works in Mafra.

Assistant to the sculptor Pierre Székely, at the International Symposium of Stone Sculpture, Évora 1983/85: Training course at the Monastery of Batalha; International Symposium of Stone Sculpture, Oporto 1991: XVIII International Stone Sculpture Symposium, Iwate, Japan 1994: 1st Symposium in Pêro Pinheiro 1996: Stone Week, Aveiro 2002: 1st Sculpture Symposium in Alfândega da Fé 2006: Sculpture Symposium Vila Pouca de Aguiar. 2007: 1st Soares da Costa Sculpture Symposium, Oporto 2008: DST Sculpture Symposium, Braga. Seixal Sculpture Symposium. International Sculpture Symposium 2009 in V. N. de Gaia.