ROBERTO Chichorro was born in 1941 in Lourenço Marques. Worked as advertising and architectural designer, decorator and as pavilions for international fairs in Mozambique. He sceneries for shows and illustrated several books. In 1982/85 is fellow of the Spanish Government in Madrid, for ceramics (Taller Blue) and zincography (Oscar Manezzi). In 1986 the Portuguese government is fellow, living in Portugal since then and devoting himself exclusively to painting.