Gustavo Sumpta (Luanda, 1970), lives and works in Lisbon. He is a visual artist, performer and movie actor. As a visual artist, the following solo exhibitions stand out: I came to bury Ceaser at CAPC, Coimbra (2023); Mourning, Galeria da Casa A. Molder, Lisbon (2020), Coser a Língua ao Céu-da-Boca, Rosalux, Berlin (2017), Gustavo Sumpta, Ar Sólido, Lisbon ( 2015), Good time to work, A certain lack of coherence, Porto (2014), While the blood rushes, Parkour, Lisbon (2013). Amongst his group exhibitions, the following stand out: Dark Safari, Foz Côa (2022); Curar e Reparar, Anozero – Coimbra Contemporary Art Biennial (2017), O Tempo e o Modo, for a portrait of poverty in Portugal, Pavilion 31, Lisbon (2015), A Natureza laughs da Culture, Museu da Luz, Alqueva (2013), Gyumri Biennial, Ethnographic Museum of Gyumri, Gyumri (2009), EDP New Artists Award, Central do Freixo, Porto (2008). As a performer and author, Gustavo Sumpta premiered Sempre-em-Pé at Festival Temps d'Images (2020) and Levantar o Mundo at Festival Cumplicidades, Lisbon (2020), Pó de lámpara, at Galeria Pedro Oliveira, Porto, and at ZDB, Lisbon (2015), Ghost Train, at Calçada do Combro, Lisbon (2012), Aroot da Fruta, at Point d'Impact Festival, Geneva (2010), So you won't go far at Re.al, Lisbon (2008), Amigo from my friend is not my friend at the Vila Flor Cultural Center, Guimarães (2006), and Vitória, Vitória, the story is over (Toxic Project) at the Oeiras Foundry.