Pedro Cabrita Reis (b. 1956 in Lisbon, Portugal) is a foremost visual artist of his generation and one of Portugal’s most internationally renowned artists.
He represented Portugal at the 50th Venice Biennale (2003) and participated at the 55th Venice Biennale with the site-specific work, A remote whisper (2013). His work was presented at the 10th Biennale de Lyon: The Spectacle of the Everyday (2009), the 21st and 24th São Paulo Biennales (1994, 1998) and documenta IX in Kassel (1992).
Recent public artworks by Pedro Cabrita Reis include the monumental sculpture Central Tejo in Lisbon (2018). His works are featured in the collections of many prominent museums, both national and international, including Tate Modern in London, the Gulbenkian in Lisbon, The Arts Club of Chicago, the Hamburger Kunsthalle, the Serralves Museum in Porto, the Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology (MAAT) in Lisbon, S.M.A.K. in Ghent, Centre Pompidou in Paris, IVAM in Valencia, CAC in Málaga, Kunst Museum Winterthur in Switzerland, the Jumex Collection in Mexico City, the Ontario Art Gallery in Toronto and the Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid.
Text courtesy Buchmann Galerie.

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