Multidisciplinary artist born in Lisbon. Formally an industrial designer, my professional experience began in the Stage Department at a prestigious theater in Caracas. I would continue designing spaces within the Art Department for film and television sets in the US and Spain as well as a collaborating on the pages of architecture, travel and design editorials for Condé Nast in the areas of photographic editing, producing, set styling and authoring. The focus remains currently solely on film.

From an early age and throughout my design school era I was heavily influenced by film particularly Noir, french New Wave, realism and surrealism. For me, the last transcends the screen or perhaps first began with my understanding of Dadaism through the work of Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray and Frank Ernst, whom within their style, alternated between photography, drawing, graphic design, sculpture… I understood that artistic expression did not have to be limited to one discipline and that, in the contrary, when delving deep they feed from each other. I understand this as the reason why, personally, surrealism blossoms.

My young practice has morphed from strictly sculpture, to scenography and back to sculpture to later realize I myself was part of this imagery therefore becoming a prop in my compositions and photo collages.

I bring both my academic knowledge and my professional visual experience mainly as production designer and observer of places, time and people to my artistic discipline on this ópera prima collection titled SETS.

I live and work in Los Angeles, California my home for the past ten years.