Born in Bahia, Brazil, Paulo Mariotti moved with his family to São Paulo in 1978 where he studied Graphic Arts at the FAAP Foundation . With his diploma in hand, he moved to Paris in 1991 where he continued his university studies, this time he chose a course in Letters at the University of the Sorbonne. Text and images have always been a part of his professional life. In the 90s, he made storyboards for short and feature films and worked in the creation of characters for animated films. In 1999 he began to illustrate for the press and advertising, in France and abroad. At the same time, he took on the post of permanent correspondent of Vogue Brazil magazine in Paris (as a journalist). In 2013, after four years as artistic director in communication agencies, he became a correspondent for the Brazilian 24-hour news channel Globo News. Since then Paulo Mariotti has pursued his career as an illustrator as well as that of a journalist. In September of 2014 these drawings are the subject of an exhibition at the gallery of the Brazilian Embassy in Brussels. This exhibition was the first part of a tour that has the support of the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In February 2015 the drawings of "Crônicas Cariocas" were exhibited at the Palazzo Pamphilj gallery, space of the Brazilian Embassy in Rome.