Caetano de Almeida was born in 1964 in Campinas, Brazil. In 2005 he completed his formal education in the arts with a Master of Fine Arts from the University of São Paulo, and even while still in the midst of his studies, he had his first exhibitions. As early as 2003, for example, the Museu de Arte Moderna in São Paulo put on a comprehensive retrospective of his work. This was followed in 2007 by a retrospective at the Museu de Arte Moderna in Rio de Janeiro.
Over the course of his career, the artist has become the undisputed master of the line. This geometric element forms the basis for his wide-ranging artistic engagement with both nature and human being. De Almeida‘s works express not only the artist‘s love of mathematics and history, but also his great passion for fashion and garments. Furthermore, the artist profoundly engages with social issues in numerous of his works. Greatly appealing and, at the same time challenging, de Almeida's pieces combine his delight in colour and great technical virtusoity.
The artist is presented in numerous exhibitions in South America, the USA, and Europe. Of particular note is his presence in the exhibition Horizontes – A Paisagem Nas Coleções MAM at the Museu de Arte Moderna in Rio de Janeiro in 2018. Today, his works can be seen in major institutions such as the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, the Peter Stuyvesant Foundation in Amsterdam, the Museu de Arte Moderna in São Paulo, the Museu de Arte Moderna in Rio de Janeiro, or the Centro de Arte Contemporânea Inhotim in Brumadinho, to name just a few.