Nelo Teixeira was born in Luanda.

He did his training in painting and sculpture in the workshops of UNAP (National Union of Plastic Artists) and has training in carpenter and set design.

Nelo Teixeira exhibits individually since 2000, his work is highlighted through permanent exhibit in the Costa Lopes Studio Luanda and Lisbon.

The first years of his artistic career are linked to the affirmation of movement and the National Art front. His artistic action is intense and consensually considered as the most prominent Angolan Artist in the field of recycling and reutilization of solid materials.

One of the most prominent Angolan expressionist Artists. He belongs to a generation of Angolan painters that totally revolutionized the way of making or experimenting abstract painting. The abstract expressionism displayed in Nelo Teixeira’s body of work creates an immediate intimacy between the Artist, the piece and the observer (spectator) who comes into contact with the piece.