Tunga was born in Palmares, in 1952, and he lives in Rio de Janeiro; his artistic career began in the 1970’s. He has a degree in architecture, completed in Rio de Janeiro, and his first solo exhibition was held in 1974, at the Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro. With exhibitions held in an international scenario, during the last two decades, his work has been widely exhibited in Europe and Latin America since the 1970’s, has been significantly been exhibited in the United States of America since the 1990’s. Tunga’s work includes sculpture, installation, performance, drawing, poetry, cinema among other; he investigates different languages, including literature, poetry, philosophy, psychoanalysis, theatre, and science.