His initial training was related to artist Wesley Duke Lee and the context of the art school Escola Brasil: in the 1970s.
Such experience began his intense didactic activity as teacher of drawing, watercolour and painting in the following decades.
Dudi has taught in Escola Brasil:, in his studio, and institutions like SESC, São Paulo Museum of Modern Art and Instituto Tomie Ohtake.
Dudi Maia Rosa had his first solo exhibition in 1978 at MASP, presenting paintings and sculptures.
[2] He has held several solo exhibitions in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro and participated in many national and international exhibitions such as Panorama da Arte Atual Brasileira, at São Paulo Museum of Modern Art, in 1973, 1986, 1989, 1993; in 1987 and 1994 editions of the São Paulo Art Biennial; in Biennial of Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1995; in Mostra do Redescobrimento: Brasil 500 Anos, at Pavilhão da Bienal de São Paulo in 2000; and recently in 2005, in the V Bienal do Mercosul in Porto Alegre.
Important solo exhibitions were "Eu Sou um Outro" in 2008 at Instituto Tomie Ohtake, and "Plásticos" at Galeria Millan in 2009.
One of his most recent series, "Cábulas", was presented at Galeria Millan, in 2012, followed by Maria Antônia University Center in São Paulo, and Instituto Figueiredo Ferraz in Ribeirão Preto, in 2013.
[3] In 2016, he has presented a solo exhibition at Galeria Millan, entitled "VRIDO" and composed of about 50 new works of pigmented polyester resin and fiberglass.
In 2006, the book entitled "Dudi Maia Rosa and the deaths of painting" was released, written by Oswaldo Correa da Costa and edited by Metalivros.
[4] The launching coincided with the opening of his solo exhibition "Naipes" at Galeria Brito Cimino[5] 1978 Pinturas e Esculturas, Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand – MASP, SP.
1980 Pinturas, Cooperativa dos Artistas Plásticos de São Paulo, SP.
1984 Fibers, Thomas Cohn Arte Contemporânea, Rio de Janeiro, RJ.
1986 Portas, Thomas Cohn Arte Contemporânea, Rio de Janeiro, RJ.
Ciclo de Esculturas do Centro Cultural São Paulo, Capela do Morumbi, SP.
2001 Pinturas, Galeria Brito Cimino, São Paulo, SP Gravuras, Museu Victor Meirelles, Florianópolis, SC.
Guest Artist, III Mostra do Programa de Exposições 2004, Centro Cultural São Paulo, SP.
2008 Eu Sou um Outro, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, SP.
1987 A Trama do Gosto: um olhar sobre o cotidiano, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, SP.
1988 Brasil Já – Beispiele zeitgenössischer brasilianischer Malerei, Leverkusen, Sttutgart e Hannover, Alemanha.
2000 Mostra do Redescobrimento: Brasil 500 anos – Arte Contemporânea, Pavilhão da Bienal, São Paulo, SP.
2012 O Triunfo do Contemporâneo, Museu de Arte do Rio Grande do Sul Ado Malagoli (MARGS), Porto Alegre, RS.
Cromomuseu: Pós-Pictorialismo no Contexto Museológico, Museu de Arte do Rio Grande do Sul Ado Malagoli (MARGS), Porto Alegre, RS.
2013 As tramas do tempo na arte contemporânea: estética ou poética?, Instituto Figueiredo Ferraz, Ribeirão Preto, SP.
Pintura brasileira, Museu de Arte do Rio Grande do Sul Ado Malagoli (MARGS), Porto Alegre, RS.
O cânone pobre, Museu de Arte do Rio Grande do Sul Ado Malagoli (MARGS), Porto Alegre, RS.
Distrações da memória – O museu como modo de rever o mundo, Museu de Arte do Rio Grande do Sul Ado Malagoli (MARGS), Porto Alegre, RS.
2015 X Bienal do Mercosul – Mensagens de uma nova América, Porto Alegre, RS.
Jogando com Ben Patterson, Bolsa de Arte, São Paulo, SP.
Projeto Ciclo Arte Contemporânea: Dudi Maia Rosa: pintura: catálogo.
Dudi Maia Rosa, a criação de pontes através da arte.