Jair Correia was born in São Paulo in 1956.
Has a path clearly marked by the artistic quality of their work and seriousness of his proposals: to exhibit begins at age 14, works in newspapers as an illustrator and art editor to enter the theater, becoming involved in virtually all areas of art to receive the award for Best Film Director of 1982 by APCA - São Paulo Association of Art Critics, with the film "Two strange women."
It has the most dedicated film critic at the time Ruben Biafore, the newspaper O Estado de Sao Paulo, the highest praise for his talent as a director and artist.
He also directed the feature "Spoken Portrait of a Woman with no shame" (82) and "Shock" (83), which earned him several other awards.
In the visual arts, developing a personal work is present in major art fairs in the country, including being the only artist in the state of São Paulo to attend the 21 th International Biennial of Sao Paulo in 1991.
Installed since 1984 in Ribeirão Preto, acts directly on the city's cultural production. At Atelier 253, along with other artists, produced dozens of works by spreading the concepts of contemporary art of the highest quality, chaired the 17 th Contemporary Art Exhibition of Ribeirao Preto, participated as a jury member of other salons and make the visual design of the group outside the 92 series since.
With Donato Sartori, considered the main mascareiro live in the western world learned the methodology of mask making. Participated in the International Seminar on masks in Rio de Janeiro in 1995 where he learned cartapesta mask techniques. Then, at the Laboratorio Internazionale Seminar at the Center and Maschere struttura Sign in Padova in Italy in 96 and 98
Researched for a year the rich history of this object, its influence on the trajectory of humanity and its complexities to run the video documentary Journey into the World of the Mask (99).
He is currently Executive Producer of Group Outside the show has directed three shows, the last, O Auto da Barca do Inferno was nominated in the category Shell Award for costume design. Develops work with media and modern technologies and offers workshops specific to enable a true understanding of artistic creation and its use. He is also Professor of Scenography and clothing and Interpretation for Film and Video Course Performing Arts Center University of Baron of Maua in Ribeirão Black.