Antonio de Campos was born in Natal, Brazil, and grew up between Rio de Janeiro, the Amazon Rainforest, and Salvador da Bahia, where his roots remain. These early shifts between landscapes and cultures shaped his understanding of space as fluid and alive. He studied architecture and filmmaking at the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), grounding his artistic language in structure, light, and movement.
Working across drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, and installation, he merges analogue and digital methods with materials ranging from ink and foils to mirrored polyester, metal, and even coffee or wine. His practice transforms architectural thought into luminous forms that blur the line between presence and absence.
For over a decade he collaborated closely with Zaha Hadid, helping expand her artistic vocabulary while refining his own. Exhibited internationally, his works invite audiences to encounter architecture not as static matter but as a breathing, shifting force.

1987- Emsemble/collective exhibition at MAM-Solar do Unhão,Bahia-Brazil 

1992-Great Utopia: Drawings and paintings for Zaha Hadid Architects for the Russian Avantgarde exhibition-Solomon Guggenheim New York-NY.

1992-Finalist for the exhibiton of selected works at“Spree Bogen competition”, Berlin-Germany

1994-“Last Shower”,Bockenheimer Anlage-6, Frankfurt-Germany

1996-High Speed and Flashbacks- Gallery Casanova Wiesbaden-Germany

2004-Kenny Schachter-Rove Gallery-London. Pantings for Zaha Hadid Architects.

2005-Solomon Guggenheim Museum New York-NY:Paintings for the Zaha Hadid retrospective

2006-Die Halle-Painting about Architecture,Frankfurt

2006-Buchmann Galerie Cologne- Paintings for ZHA

2007-Gallery La Viande-British Creative Exchange, Artistic License,Londres,UK.

2008-Lisbon Exhibiton at Parque das Naçoes for Zaha Hadid Architects.

2008-paintings at Jahrhundert Halle-Frankfurt, for Atelier RANG.

2010-Die Halle, LightShadows:Vortrag for Wolfgang Rang, Frankfurt, Germany

2011-Ceiling Sculpture for ZHA-Chicago-USA

2011-Relief-LUNAR and paintings for ZHA, exhibited at Gmurzinsca Gallery-Zurich-Switzerland

2012-Buchmann Galerie Berlin, paintings for ZHA

2012-Studies and installation-The Petal Room, for YabuPushelberg New York and Toronto.

2013-Reina Sofia-Madrid. Paintings for Zaha Hadid Architects.

2014-Tokyo City Opera Art Gallery. Paintings for  ZHA

2021-DAM, Deutsches Architekturmuseum, Frankfurt, Retrospective Exhibition Antonio de Campos Concepts For Zaha Hadid 

2022-FUGA Museum, Budapest:Retrospective Exhibition Antonio de Campos Concepts For Zaha Hadid  

2023-DW Deutsche Werkstätten Galerie, Dresden:Retrospective Exhibition Antonio de Campos Concepts For Zaha Hadid  

Academic work: Lectures and workshops at FH-Frankfurt-Germany, Staedelschule-Francfurt-Germany, TU-Berlin-Germany, Universität Salzburg-Austria, UFBA-Brazil, UNIFACS-Brazil, University of Malaya-Malaysia and The University of Sydney-Australia.