The son of a Portuguese furniture maker, born in Bronx, he began his venture first with painting. In the early 90's, he studied art throughout Europe, and briefly, under the direction of painter Nuno Siqueira. Once back in the United States, he enrolled in the Newark School of Fine & Industrial Arts, and then in 2003 moved to Puerto Rico and attended Inter-American University where he graduated with a BBA in Marketing and MBA in Finance. By 2007, He moved back to New Jersey to continue painting and showing his work and in 2010 Herlanderart LLC was born.
Herlanderart is a designing/fabrication company specializing in furniture for retail, office and personal use. We also build sets and props displays for fashion shows, events and photoshoots. We approach each project as an artist then as a craftsman. We take pride in our personal customer care and stride to over exceed clients exceptions.