Policarpo José Ribeiro was born in Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo, in 1966. He is a Brazilian visual artist who started his career in the 1980s, inspired by Picasso and Braque's Cubist works and the sensitive forms and colors of Paul Klee's art. Over time, his art evolved towards Expressionism, both figurative and abstract. His paintings often feature various materials on different surfaces, with dark backgrounds from which luminous forms emerge, s ...