João Carqueijeiro, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

João Carqueijeiro

Portuguese artist

Date of Birth: 25-Feb-1954

Place of Birth: Lobito, Benguela Province, Angola

Profession: sculptor, ceramist

Nationality: Portugal

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

João Edmundo Lemos Carqueijeiro was born in Lobito, Angola on 25 February 1954.
He is a Portuguese plastic artist. Until he was twenty years old he lived in Lourenço Marques (now Maputo), Mozambique and in 1974, after the Carnation revolution, he went to Porto, Portugal. It was there that, in 1982, he concluded his High Graduation in Drawing (under the direction of the master Sá Nogueira) at the Cooperativa Árvore (ESAP).
He also graduated and specialized in Wheel, Raku and Glazes at La Bisbal Ceramic School, in Catalonia. He has taught Ceramic Arts since 1985.