Cássio Markowski was born in Guaratinguetá/Brazil, 1972 and currently lives and works in Almada/Portugal.Navigates drawing and painting, venturing into video and installation to expand his practice.The artist’s production encompasses a process of documentation on different socio-cultural aspects of Afro-Brazilian history. This approach relies on a constant search in archives, image databases and flea markets from where the artist collects ancient books, photographs, illustrations, newspapers, advertisements or old family albums. Markowski’s visual universe, simultaneously auto-biographic and fictional, political and poetic, theatrical and oneiric fuses his own personal memories with collective experiences and trauma. Your particular aesthetic compose images that explore aspects related to memories, fantasies, ethnicity and childhood creating a universe in which the nature emerges as a metaphor for reframing and healing.Completed a BA in Visual Arts in the Arts Center of the University of Santa Catarina State (Brazil) in 2007. He also completed an MA in Research and Creation (2011) and in Performing Arts and Sciences (2010) at the University of the Basque Country (Spain). After working as a scenographer and professor of performative arts in the Basque Country and as an illustrator in Poland, Markowski settled in Portugal where he entirely dedicated himself to his artistic practice. His work has been displayed in collective and individual shows in Brazil, France, Spain and Portugal.Development of projects in the areas of visual arts, contemporary art, urban art, photography, scenography, design and illustration.