Born, Bombay.

Attends St Xaviers (Junior) School for Boys in Bombay.

Attends St Mary's Senior Cambridge School, Mount Abu, Rajasthan.

Attends St Xaviers High School for Boys in Dabul, Bombay.

Travels to a post-war England on the P&O steamship 'SS MOOLTAN' to study accountancy but abandons this soon after. Stays with his artist brother, FN Souza, in London's Chalk Farm.

Lodges at the International Language Club in East Croydon while studying for his accountancy exams.

Studies life drawing at St Martin's School of Art, London.

Travels extensively around Europe, primarily to avoid conscription. Explores jewellery manufacture and design.

Conscripted into National Service in the Royal Air Force and is stationed in West Kirby, England and Dumfries, Scotland.

Returns to India on the P&O 'CHUSAN'. Works with the Life Insurance Corporation in Bombay, writing poetry and painting at this time.

Starts painting professionally.

First one-man exhibition at Bombay Artist Aid Centre.

Commissioned by Dr Homi Bhabha to paint a 12-foot 'Urban Landscape' mural for Tata Iron and Steel, Bombay.

Gives poetry readings sponsored by the British Council, Bombay, the Bombay English Association and the Max Mueller Bhawan, New Delhi.

Exhibits at 'Ten Indian Painters', Madras which tours several cities in Europe and North America.

Settles permanently in England.

Awarded a grant from the Congrés pour la Liberté de la Culture [Congress for Cultural Freedom], Paris.

Nominated for All India Gold Medal.

Founder member of the Indian Painters Collective, UK with Gajanan D Bhagwat, L B Chavan, Balraj Khanna, Yashwant Mali, S V Rama Rao and Ibrahim Wagh (seven Indian painters living in the UK).

Lectures on Indian art and culture for the Commonwealth Institute.

Founder Member of the multi-cultural Rainbow Art Group.

Founded the Indian Artists Collective with Balraj Khanna, Yashwant Mali and Ibrahim Wagh.

Founded the Indian Artists United Kingdom Group (iauk) with Avinash Chandra, Prafull Dave, Balraj Khanna, Yashwant Mali, Prafulla Mohanti, Suresh Vedak, Ibrahim Wagh and Mohammed Zakir.

Starts to exhibit extensively in Germany.

Returns to India for one-man show in Delhi.

Displays one painting at British Art Fair, after a long absence.

Dies at home on Christmas Day, London.

The Restless Ribeiro retrospective is held at Asia House, London.

The Retracing Ribeiro project exploring the artist's life and work wins Heritage Lottery Fund support as part of the 2017 UK-India 'Year of Culture'.

Visit the Retracing Ribeiro website.

Ribeiro's 1964 Oil and PVA townscape wins Art Fund support.