CV

Artistic education

2008–2013

BA in Visual Arts and Multimedia (180 ECTS) · University of Évora · Multimedia specialization · Graduated 12 September 2013. Final project: Internércia, supervised by Prof. Claudia Giannetti.

2004–2007

Pequenos Cantores do Estoril · Mestrina Maria Repas (children's choir in Estoril → Cascais → now the Conservatório de Cascais).

Admitted by public audition to the Conservatório Nacional de Música de Lisboa, Voice / Tenor class; attended one year (audition piece: Selve Amiche, Antonio Caldara, rehearsed with Maria Repas).

1997–1999

Coro de Niños Cantores de Caracas · Núcleo San Agustín of the Orquesta Sinfónica Infantil (later renamed Orquesta Nacional Infantil de Venezuela) · El Sistema · Caracas, Venezuela. Three years (two years of choir under the direction of Mestrina Irina Capriles and voice tutelage of Mestra Tupac Amaru Rivas; one year of classical viola). Annual vocal soloist in the núcleo's three Cantata Navideña productions (1997, 1998, 1999), in the role of Herod. Concerts in the José Félix Ribas and Ríos Reyna halls of the Teatro Teresa Carreño, including the Cantata Criolla (Antonio Estévez) in the Sala Ríos Reyna on 12 February 1999, conducted by Felipe Izcaray, with the Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar and the Orquesta Nacional Infantil. Institutional carnet preserved (17 September 1999). Public recording.

Further training

2024

AI Engineering Bootcamp · Ironhack, Lisbon.

Distinctions and endorsements

2024

Hackshow Winner, Ironhack AI Engineering Bootcamp, with the project Diaries of the Upheaval, a generative conversational agent with voice cloning.

2012

Public in-person endorsement by Joan Fontcuberta of Internércia, at the public presentation of the final degree project at the University of Évora (supervised by Prof. Claudia Giannetti).

Screen and stage (selection)

2009

Ubu Cornudo (after Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi) · Grupo TEIA (Teatro Eborense Independente Amador) · Sociedade Recreativa e Dramática Eborense, Évora · in the role of King Ubu · Public recording.

c. 2005–06

Christmas gala · Grande Auditório, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon — chorister with the Pequenos Cantores do Estoril in a multi-choir production with live orchestra; repertoire from Annie, The Sound of Music and The Wizard of Oz, with traditional carols.

2004

O Telescópio na Casa da Lua — play written for the Ler-a-par youth reading club (Alcabideche municipal library) and performed for patients at Alcoitão Hospital.

1990–1997

Television commercials, Caracas — child actor in national television advertising: Kellogg's Sonrisa (first commercial), Frito-Lay TazMania Vuelatazos (Concept Publicidad, 1995), and multiple campaigns for the clothing brand Graffiti (last commercial). First paid work in front of a camera. 35mm reel recovered, 2026.

Exhibitions and showings (selection)

2016

Cosmopolitical City · Latina Middle East Festival, Exhibition of Latin American Artists · JW Marriott Marquis, Dubai · Curated by Mariana Turcho.

2015

Park · Large-format visual intervention (illustrative vinyl panels on glass) · Park Outdoor Lounge, JW Marriott Marquis, Dubai.

2012

Internércia · Final degree project · University of Évora · Two-channel video installation with a 48-hour performance. Supervised by Prof. Claudia Giannetti.

2011

Expensive Title (True Tales) · Video-performance (DV PAL, 4'23'') · II Mostra de Vídeo-Performance, 8th edition of the Escrita na Paisagem Festival (theme "Mitologias"), Évora, 22–25 September 2011 (Church of S. Vicente; former EPAC granaries) · Artistic direction: José Alberto Ferreira · Curated by Olga Moreira (Colecção B in partnership with CHAIA, University of Évora) · Public recording.

2003–2004

Article 21 — Tile mural of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights · Inscrire / Inscrever os Direitos do Homem project (Françoise Schein) · Escola de Alcabideche · four tiles, permanent installation.

Ongoing series

2025–present

Coro Interno · Immersive architectural installation with a multi-agent artificial intelligence system, video and positional sound. In development. Direct continuation of Internércia (2012).

2025–present

Cromática Diaspórica y Arrecha · Mixed-media series (toner and heat on watercolour paper, recomposed on card; and object-pieces on India-ink-painted board). First piece in a private collection.

2015–2016

Cosmopolitical City · Body of 24 works in toner on watercolour paper, produced entirely in Dubai.

2024

Diaries of the Upheaval · Generative conversational agent with voice cloning (RAG with LangChain + ChromaDB + Whisper + ElevenLabs). Hackshow Winner, Ironhack.

2014

Nepal · Photographic series · Kathmandu Valley, Pokhara, Chitwan National Park.

Collections

Works from the Cosmopolitical City and Cromática Diaspórica y Arrecha series are held in private collections in Portugal and the United Arab Emirates.

Languages

Portuguese (native) · Spanish (native) · English (fluent) · Italian (intermediate, B2) · French (basic, A2).