Born in Tapiratiba (São Paulo) in 1927, Loio-Pérsio lived and worked in Curitiba (Paraná), São Paulo (São Paulo), Vitória (Espírito Santo), Belo Horizonte (Minas Gerais), Petrópolis (Rio de Janeiro), Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro), Paris (France), among other cities. In 1955, he graduated in the Law School in Curitiba. His first solo exhibition was in 1947, at the age of 20. Between 1959 and 1961 he participated in the Bienal de São Paulo [Sao Paulo Biennial]; had a solo exhibition at Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro  [Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro (MAM-RJ)] and was chosen to participate in three of the most important artistic events back then: the 30th Venice Biennial, the 2nd Paris International Biennial and in the group exhibition of contemporary art held by Guggenheim Museum in New York. In 1960 he also participated and was awarded in the second edition of Inter-American Biennial of Mexico. In 1963 he was granted a travel award by the Salão de Arte Moderna [Salon of Modern Art] and traveled to Europe. In his final years, he received a grant from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. His last exhibition, entitled "Brasil Sempre", took place in Anna Maria Niemeyer Art Gallery and simultaneously in the Museu Nacional de Belas Artes [National Museum of Fine Arts of Rio de Janeiro] in Rio de Janeiro; posthumously in 2011, his work was featured in the Europalia art festival (Brussels, Belgium). Among the various public and private collections that his work integrates are: the Roberto Marinho Collection, Gilberto Chateaubriand Collection, Israel Klabin Collection, Marcio Espíndola Collection, João Sattamini Collection.