ics ▁mag ▁Animal ), ▁and ▁worked ▁as ▁a ▁fre el ance ▁illustr ator ▁for ▁Fol ha ▁de ▁S . Pa ulo ▁newspaper ▁and ▁D P Z ▁advert ising ▁ag ency . ▁ ▁In ▁his ▁early ▁tw ent ies , ▁after ▁a ▁year ▁studying ▁visual ▁arts ▁at ▁Par s ons ▁School , ▁New ▁York , ▁he ▁worked ▁as ▁an ▁assistant ▁to ▁theatre ▁director ▁and ▁visual ▁artist ▁Robert ▁Wilson ▁in ▁several ▁stage ▁produ ctions ▁in ▁Europe ▁and ▁the ▁US . ▁He ▁moved ▁to ▁Barcelona ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 5 , ▁where ▁he ▁continued ▁his ▁studies ▁and ▁helped ▁create ▁the ▁XXX ▁collect ive , ▁with ▁which ▁he ▁presented ▁performances ▁in ▁museum s ▁and ▁festiv als ▁in ▁Spain ▁and ▁Portugal ▁( F unda ció ▁Mir ó , ▁C CC B , ▁Ex po 9 8 ), ▁and ▁which ▁received ▁the ▁K RT U ▁prize ▁from ▁the ▁Government ▁of ▁Catalunya ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 6 . ▁ ▁On ▁his ▁return ▁to ▁Brazil ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 8 , ▁he ▁was ▁awarded ▁the ▁A part es ▁Sch olar ship , ▁from ▁the ▁Brazil ian ▁Ministry ▁of ▁Education ' s ▁C AP ES ▁Institute , ▁for ▁post grad uate ▁studies ▁in ▁Visual ▁Arts ▁at ▁G olds m ith s ▁College ▁London , ▁where ▁he ▁is ▁t utor ed ▁by ▁artists ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Chap man ▁Brothers , ▁Li am ▁Gill ick , ▁Martin ▁Mal oney , ▁Cer ith ▁W yn ▁Evans , ▁Pierre ▁B ism uth , ▁Richard ▁W ent worth ▁and ▁Michael ▁Craig - Martin ▁among