Cau Gomez was born in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, in 1972. He trained as an artist at the Guignard Minas Gerais School and began drawing in 1988. He currently lives in Salvador, Bahia. His work has been published in various major newspapers and magazines in Brazil and other countries (Playboy, Piauí and Continente magazine, Courrier International, Le Monde Diplomatique Brasil, O Estado de S. Paulo and A Tarde Newspaper). He has taken part in numerous competitions and national and international exhibitions in Brazil, Cuba, Spain, Turkey, the European Union, Japan, Portugal, Macedonia, France, Greece, Colombia, Iran and Kenya.
