Nascido em 1953 no Rio de Janeiro, José Andrea cursou a Escola de Desenho Industrial e nos anos 80 migrou para a publicidade com trabalhos em design de logotipos e ilustração. Nos anos 90 criou sua própria grife de camisetas em Paraty com sua assinatura e, a partir de 2007, montou um atelier de aquarelas na mesma cidade histórica.Atualmente trabalha em seu home office.

Born in 1953, Rio de Janeiro, José Andrea studied at the High School of Industrial Design and, during 80's, he produced logos and illustrations to the advertising market. Along the 90's years, he created his own griffe producing t.shirts with his signature in a historic city near Rio de Janeiro and during the following years, he opened his studio of watercolor art, at the same historic city, Paraty.  Nowadays, he is working in his homeoffice.