Pedro Cabrita Reis

Sculpture and Painting 

Working across a wide range of media, from drawing and painting to sculpture, Pedro Cabrita Reis’ multifaceted oeuvre has a haunting presence and poetic narrative. It is characterized by a captivating clarity that is due to the simple and basic, often found materials he uses, such as steel, concrete, glass, neon light or wood.

 

The artist’s sensibility for our complex relationship with the environment, for the fractures and peripheries of our utilitarian society, is brought to the fore in his oeuvre. Materials like the remains of building rubble or disused doors and windows for the sculptural work, and the figures in their solitude and the utopian landscapes in the recent oil paintings, get a new dignity and meaning. Intertwined in various groups of works, Pedro Cabrita Reis intellectually, sculpturally and emotionally creates and opens up new spaces.

 

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.

‘Pedro Cabrita Reis, photo: João Ferro Martins, 2019’
Pedro Cabrita Reis, photo: João Ferro Martins, 2019

Selected Works

Pedro Cabrita Reis, ‘Another city model #2’, 2024, Enamel on aluminium
Another city model #2, 2024
Enamel on aluminium
Pedro Cabrita Reis, ‘Natura morta II’, 2023, Glass, aluminium, found wood objects, acrylic on found wood object
Natura morta II, 2023
Glass, aluminium, found wood objects, acrylic on found wood object
Pedro Cabrita Reis, ‘Landscapes (series XI) #15’, 2020, Oil on raw canvas
Landscapes (series XI) #15, 2020
Oil on raw canvas
Pedro Cabrita Reis, ‘Blossom’, 2023, Aluminum, lacquered
Blossom, 2023
Aluminum, lacquered
Pedro Cabrita Reis, ‘Adam’, 2019, Bronze
Adam, 2019
Bronze
Pedro Cabrita Reis, ‘Head (The Age of Decay, 2nd series 6/10)’, 2022, Oil on wood
Head (The Age of Decay, 2nd series 6/10), 2022
Oil on wood
Pedro Cabrita Reis, ‘Paintings #27 (Casa Quiemada)’, 2017-2017, Oil on canvas
Paintings #27 (Casa Quiemada), 2017-2017
Oil on canvas
Pedro Cabrita Reis, ‘Faianças brancas #94’, 2019, White faience
Faianças brancas #94, 2019
White faience
Pedro Cabrita Reis, ‘Another city model’, 2023, Enamel on aluminium
Another city model, 2023
Enamel on aluminium
‘The dark self-portraits #7 (One and the other)’, 2023, Oil on raw canvas
The dark self-portraits #7 (One and the other), 2023
Oil on raw canvas
Pedro Cabrita Reis, ‘Blossom #7’, 2024, Aluminium, lacquered
Blossom #7, 2024
Aluminium, lacquered

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Gallery Exhibitions

Publications

Pedro Cabrita Reis

born 1956 in Lisbon, Portugal, where he lives and works.

Education

1973        Lisbon Academy of Fine Arts

Solo Exhibitions

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Group Exhibitions

2024
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1992
Selected Collections

Tate Modern, London, UK

Berado Museum, Lisbon

CAC Contemporary Art Centre, Málaga

Magasin 3 Stockholm

Konsthall, Stockholm

Moderna Galerjia Ljubljana, Slovenia

Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany

Konsthall, Stockholm

Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Poland

SMAK, Ghent, Belgium

Selected Publications
2010 Pedro Cabrita Reis: One After Another, a Few Silent Steps, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Carre d’Art (ed), Hatje Cantz book, Hamburg
2008

Pedro Cabrita Reis: True Gardens, Peter Pakesch and Adam Budak eds, Walther König, Köln