António Dulcídio was born in Portugal in 1959. He begins painting with 12 year old. With an academic background in Marketing and Advertising, studied art at the National Society of Fine Arts in Lisbon. He is the founder and President of the Galeria Aberta - Artists Association. He defines Art as communication, dream, emotions, protest, aesthetic, and the ultimate human realization. "The good things in life, are made with art". The need to communicate and personal fulfillment is what he needs to create. Inspired by the emotions, but more importantly, Dulcídio find his personal balance when creating a painting. From the public expects to understand the message of this work and receive criticism. The indifference of public bothers him most. He is the manager of galeriaaberta.org, galeriaaberta.com, and galeriaaberta.ning.com.
Represented in several collections: Portugal, Spain and Denmark.