Brazilian artist Lucia Nogueira moved to London in 1975. Nogueira attended the Chelsea School of Art and the Central School of Art. She gained recognition from the late 1970s. She completed a residency at the Fondation Cartier, Paris, in 1993, and in 1996 was the recipient of a Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award for Visual Artists. Nogueira's work has been exhibited at venues including the Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin; Tate Modern, London; The Drawing Room, London; and Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London.