![Arlindo Maunde](/sites/default/files/artist_profile_image/Arlindo%20Americo%20Maunde%202.jpg)
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Born in Mozambique in 1969 Arlindo left his home country to escape the civil war at the age of eighteen. A manager at the South African Breweries where Arlindo worked as a deliveryman recognized his talent and encouraged him to pursue his art. This motivated him and in 1996 he decided to become a full-time visual artist. With no formal art education Arlindo has become a successful artist who has triumphed over adverse circumstances and whose works have been exhibited in South Africa, Italy, Australia, USA, Germany, Portugal, UK and Dubai.