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Artist
Pedro Reyes
b. 1972, Mexico City, Mexico · Mexican · Based in Mexico City, Mexico
- BArch, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City
- Sculpture
- Social Practice
- Disarmed Firearms
- Performance
Pedro Reyes creates participatory projects, sculpture and performances around civic imagination, education and disarmament. He often transforms weapons or political procedures into tools for music, therapy or collective experimentation.
Sculpture; performance; social practice
Gallery Representation
Artist Films
Pedro Reyes in "Mexico City" - Season 8 | Art21
Art2112 minOfficial source ↗ (opens in a new window)
Mexican artist Pedro Reyes believes in art’s functionality...
Louisiana Channel15 minOfficial source ↗ (opens in a new window)
Major Works
- 2008 onwardPalas por Pistolas
- 2012–13Disarm
- 2011Sanatorium
- 2013People’s United Nations
- 2016Doomocracy
- 2014Amendment to the Amendment
- 2013pUN: The People’s United Nations
- 2011Museum of Hypothetical Lifetimes
- 2007Goodoo
- 2018Manufacturing Mischief
Museums & Public Collections
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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