Julião Sarmento One Frame Year 2017 Medium Acrylic and graphite on paper Dimensions 30.1 x 21.5 cm Top pick artist Vanessa Jackson Date and country of birth 1948, PT> About the artist Julião Sarmento (b. 1948, Lisbon, Portugal) lives and works in Estoril, Portugal. Studied painting and architecture at the Lisbon School of Fine Arts. Throughout his career, Sarmento has worked in a wide range of media – painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, film, video and installation. Julião Sarmento represented Portugal at the 46th Venice Biennale (1997). He was included in Documenta 7 (1982) and 8 (1987); the Venice Biennale (1980 and 2001) and the São Paulo Biennale in 2002. He has had numerous solo and group exhibitions throughout the world over the past four decades. His work is held in many public and private collections in North and South America, Europe and Japan.