Pedro G. Romero

In 2024, Pedro G. Romero received the National Prize for Fine Arts.

His work has been shown in venues such as documenta14 in Kassel/Athens (2017) and the Bergen Assembly (2019), where he was also invited as a curator. His work was widely presented at the São Paulo Biennial (2010) and the Venice Biennale, where he was the first representative of the Catalonia Pavilion. He has also had solo exhibitions at the Sydney Biennale (2023), the Coimbra Biennial (2024), the Thessaloniki Biennial (2009), and the Göteborg Biennial (2013). Additionally, he participated in the Medellín Biennial (2007), two editions of the Bienal Sur in Buenos Aires (2019) and Rio de Janeiro (2022), as well as the Venice Architecture Biennale (2023).

The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (Madrid) dedicated a retrospective to his work Máquinas de trovar in 2022. The Ca2M in Madrid, the MNAC in Barcelona, and the University of Valencia presented the monograph Habitación in 2018, and the Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart showcased his work in Wirtschaft, Ökonomie, Konjunktur (2010). His projects with Archivo F.X. were shown in Donostia/San Sebastián European Capital of Culture /Tratado de Paz (2013-2016), for which he also served as curator. His work Archivo F.X./Economía, Economía: Picasso was presented at the Picasso Museum in Barcelona in 2017, and Archivo F.X./ Política, La ciudad vacía, Comunidad was displayed at Fundació Antoni Tàpies in 2006.

His works have been featured in important events at the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA), the IVAM in Valencia, the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum, the Musac in León, the CCCB in Barcelona, Santa Mónica in Barcelona, La Panera in Lleida, the Pompidou Museum in Málaga, the CAAC in Seville, the MEIAC in Badajoz, the Kunsthaus in Berlin, Kadist in Paris, the Spanish Academy in Rome, and the Seville Flamenco Biennale, among many others.

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