He studied architecture at the University Santa Ursula, Rio de Janeiro. In this period he also took a course in Semiology with Professor Umberto Eco and History of Urbanism with Professor Leonardo Benévolo. In his last year of university he participated with the project “Rehabilitation of the Catete Neighborhood” of the competition organized by the International Union of Architects where he received a Medal of Honor.
In 1982, after his graduation, he travels to New York and takes courses at Parsons School of Design. In 1983 he returns to Rio de Janeiro marries Carla Carneiro da Cunha and has two children, Carolina and Luiza Tendler. In 1986 makes his first individual painting exhibition, showing works in lacquer on wood, technique that he developed in his atelier/furniture factory. In 1990 he moves to Recife and starts to work in his atelier in Poço da Panela. During this period he makes the interior design of the restaurant Mafuá do Malungo, house where the poet Manuel Bandeira was born. In 1992 exhibits at the Museum of the State of Pernambuco. In 1993 is invited to show his works in Belgium.
Between 1993 and 2000 he had annually exhibitions in different cultural centers in Belgium. During this period participates of the Biennial of Latin America Art in Santiago de Cuba. In 1999 publishes his first book “001.” with critics on his work by Raul Córdula, Edson Nery da Fonseca and Luk Vermeerbergen. In 2000 moves to Belgium. In 2001 gives a workshop in the European School with pupils of the last year of arts, resulting in a panel of 10 meters of length whose the subject is “the Man and the Environment”. Between 2002 and 2004 teaches in the cultural center De Warande in the city of Turnhout, Belgium, where he carries different workshops, such as “Chaos and Creativity”. In 2003, after an ambitious project, he publishes his second book “365 - a Visual Diary”, with introduction of the art critic Mario Helio Gomes de Lima. Between 2005 and 2007 he participates actively in the project of participative diplomacy from the ambassador in Belgium, Jeronimo Moscardo and he helped in the creation of the space Darcy Ribeiro and the gallery Marcantonio Vilaça.

Painting Projects

2000 - panel about the “500 years of European culture in Brazil”. Canvas of 16 meters of length by 1,60 of height. Displayed in the National Museum of Fine Arts (Rio de Janeiro) (2000) and in the Castle Den Ouden Bareel, Vosselar, Belgium (2000).
2002 - “365 – a Visual Diary”. It consists of one watercolor per day and one canvas per month, in the dimensions of 1,40 x 1,40 m. throughout one year. This project was displayed in the Vromans Gallery in Amsterdam (2003) and in the Cultural Center Het Werft in Geel, Belgium (2006).
2003 - publication of book “365 – A Visual Diary”. Accomplishment of the project “Valencia - 117 drawings”. 2004 – Promised Land - Canvas of 6 x 1,20 meters about the Old Testament. This project was displayed in the headquarters of the periodical Le Soir in Brussels (2004) and at the Fort Napoleon as part of the Project Fort Europe in Ostende, Belgium (2007).
2005 - Project 6 cities. Six cities had been chosen, one in each continent. In each one of these cities the artist stayed at least ten days painting and collecting material for the accomplishment of the project. Chosen cities:
Rio De Janeiro - Brazil (South America). Los Angeles - U.S.A. (North America). Brussels - Belgium (Europe). Cape Town - South Africa (Africa). Sydney - Australia (Oceania). Tokyo - Japan (Asia). The project finished in January 2007.
2007 - Undedun project “One who brings inside the One other”.
Project in mixed media on paper. This project was displayed in the Casa do Brasil in Brussels (2007) and at the University Candido Mendes in Rio de Janeiro (2008).
2008 - UndeSire project “One who wants to be inside the One other ”.
Project made in a book format - 80 pages with drawings in mixed media.