Pedro Barateiro (born 1979 in Almada, Portugal, lives and works in Lisbon) graduated in MA at Visual Arts (2006) at the Malmö Art Academy, Sweden and in Mamaus – School of Visual Arts (2003-2005), Lisbon. He was the artist in residence at
Palais de Tokyo (2008-2009), Paris, France; and ISCP – International Studio and Curatorial Program (2007-2008), New York. He participated at 29th São Paulo Biennial, Brazil, 5th Berlin Biennale (2008), 16th Biennale of Sydney (2008), Australia, Photo España (2008) and Busan Biennial (2006), South Korea. He held solo and group exhibitions in several public and private institutions around the world, such as:
Ça & là (2012), Fondation d'entreprise Ricard, Paris, France;
ReaKt – Views and Processes (2012), Capital Europeia da Cultura, Guimarães, Portugal;
Theatre of Hunters (2011), Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland;
Theory of Speech (2009), Casa Serralves – Serralves Museum, Oporto, Portugal;
Amanhã não nasce ninguém (2009), MARCO – Vigo Contemporary Art Museum, Spain;
Domingo (2008), Pavilhão Branco - Museu da Cidade, Lisbon;
Art Nova (2006), Art Basel, Miami Beach, USA;
What are we doing here? (2005), Spike Island Artspace, Bristol, UK; and
Video Exchange / Premuta de Vídeo (2002), Rosenberg Gallery & The Commons, New York University, USA.
His work is present in several public collections, such as: Deusche Bank Collection, Germany; EDP Foundation, Portugal; Serralves Museum, Oporto, Portugal; ARCO Foundation, Madrid, Spain; BESart – Colecção Banco Espírito Santo, Lisbon, Portugal; CAM – Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal; Fundación “la Caixa”, Barcelona, Spain.