Augusto SAMPAIO  (b.1962 Indaiatuba, Brazil) studied BA in Architecture at University of Sao Paulo (1981/87); Lato Sensu: Multimedia/Cinema, Video and Photography at FEBASP (2003/05).

Selected groups exhibitions include:  International Print Triennial, Krakow, Poland, 2021;  9th Douro Printmaking Biennial, Douro, Portugal, 2018;  International Print Biennale, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, 2016;  Contemporary Brazilian Printmaking, IPCNY, New York, US, 2014;  IN.PRINT.OUT, Kunstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria, 2013;  VII  and  lX Biennale Internationale de Gravure Contemporaine, Liege, Belgium, 2009/2013 ;  Cutting-Edge Printmaking, Centrum Sztuk Uzytkowych, Wroclaw, Poland, 2013;  International Print Triennial Krakow/Falun, Dalarnas Museum, Falun, Sweden, 2013;  Where is Printmaking? In Search of New Meanings, Contemporary Art Gallery, Opole, Poland, 2013;  International Print Network, Oldenburg, Germany, 2010.

Recent prizes include: Award from the III Itamaraty Contemporary Art Prize, BR, 2013.

He lives and works in Sao Paulo/Brazil.