Identification

Name	João Graça
Date of birth	1937
Place of birth	Ponto do Sol / Santo Antão
Country	Cape Verde
M/F	M
Address	R. Unidade Africana, 7, 1º A Mindelo S. Vicente - Cabo Verde

Artist's works

Education

• Attended High-School.

Auto Classification

• Artisan

Professional activity

• Retired from Angola Railroads. Began to dedicate himself to arts in 1980 in Cape Verde as result of trauma in colonial war. Made Disney figures in plaster, painted bottles, painted stones, pictures with stones. Materials used: plaster, glue, toilet paper, potter's clay, paint, seasand, fish bones etc.
• Began to dedicate self to arts in 1980. Made Disney figures in plaster, made painted bottles, painted stones, pictures with stones.

Exhibitions

Year	Type	Title	Location	City	Country
		.		Santo Antão	Cabo Verde
			Centro Cultural do Mindelo	S. Vicente	Cabo Verde
			Arquivo Histórico Nacional	Praia	Cabo Verde

Notes

At age of 9, went to Malange, Angola.

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