1969 Born Porto, Portugal
Education
1999 Master of Fine Arts - Tufts University and School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1994 Licenciatura, Fine Arts - Painting - Faculdade de Belas-Artes da Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Awards
2006 New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Artist Fellowship - Painting
2006 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition - 3rd Prize. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
2002 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
2002 Alumni/aeTraveling Scholarship - School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2000-2001 The Space Program Grant - The Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation, New York, NY
2000 Massachusetts Cultural Council - Artist Grant - Painting
1999-2000 Post-Graduate Teaching Fellowship - School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1999 Dana Pond Painting Award - School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1997, 1998, 1999 Graduate Teaching Fellowship - School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1996-1998 Two years full scholarship - Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and Luso-American Foundation for Development, Lisbon, Portugal
1996 Honorable Mention - School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
1994 Erasmus Scholarship - European Community
Other Professional Affiliations
Member by Invitation of the Artist Pension Trust, New York
Part Time Faculty, The New School University, New York
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