Dudu Quintanilha was born in Bauru, Sao Paolo, Brazil, in 1987. Works and resides in Sao Paulo.
He began his career as a self-taught artist and in 2004, he began teaching art and photography courses, clinics and seminars and working as an assistant for prestigious photographers. He attended the Visual Arts Program of the Instituto Universitario Nacional del Arte (IUNA) for two years. He also participated in artistic residencies including Q21 at Museums Quartier, Vienna; the Red Bull Station, Sao Paolo; Casa das Caldeiras, Sao Paolo; the collective residence at Casa do Povo, Sao Paolo; and the LEA of the Faena Arts Center, Buenos Aires.
In September 2015, he co-founded an organization with Anita Silvia de Mexa, which works with vulnerable populations in Sao Paolo by carrying out different activities with a wide range of artists. Since 2009, he is also part of the collective entitled Cooperativa Guatemalteca, developing ‘’agitation art’’ projects.
His individual exhibits include Passinho (2016, Dot Fifty One Gallery, Miami), Ingobernables (2015, Mite Galería, Buenos Aires) and Young at Heart (2014, Solo Projects from ARCO madrid, Madrid); as part of collective exhibits, his work has been shown in: Touch the Reality (2016, Kunstraum NÖ, Viena) and Tempo Forte (2016, Casa das Caldeiras, Sao Paolo). He also develops film projects with Daniel Favaretto, such as the short film Eu vou me piratear, screened in many international festivals and winner of the ISAT First Prize at Asterisco, the LGBT festival of Argentina.