Jairson Lima was born in 1986 in Bela Vista, São Vicente but at the age of eight was taken to Santo Antão in Ribeira Grande. He showed interest in art and he began to sketch his first traces at the age of 12.
He developed from dry to wet techniques with various themes, including landscaping and still life. At 18 he “truly” discovered his tendency: painting canvases and freehand drawing.
Jairson developed the technique of acrylic on canvas, giving tones and contrasts of light and shadow to his works, which earned him more than 15 exhibitions between the islands of São Vicente and Santo Antão, in addition to other islands and in Europe.