Pedro Valdez Cardoso (Lisbon, 1977) lives and works in Lisbon. He has been exhibiting regularly since 2001. Recent solo exhibitions include De formas mudadas em novos corpos, FARRA / MACE ELVAS, (2024); A face is a mask is a face is a mask..., Brotéria, Lisbon (2023); Pagan Days, NO. NO Gallery, Lisbon, (2023); Luvas Brancas, Galeria Fernando Santos, Porto (2022); Sob o Signo de Saturno, Quartel das Artes - Figueiredo Ribeiro Collection, Abrantes, PT (2019); História da Vida Privada, Galeria 111, Lisbon (2017); ÁRTICO: Narrativa e Fantasmática, CIAJG - José de Guimarães International Arts Centre, Guimarães (2015). Group exhibitions in which he has participated include: Elevador da Glória, Norlinda and José Lima Collection, Oliva Art Centre, S. João da Madeira, PT (2024).; FLAD Drawing Prize, Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes, Lisbon, PT (2023); Transition Zones - Works from the PLMJ Foundation Collection, Torreão Nascente da Cordoaria Nacional Gallery, Lisbon, PT (2023); Álbum de Família - Fundação Carmona e Costa Collection, MAAT Central, Lisbon, PT (2023); Chasseurs de Tempétes, Centre d'Art Contemporain Passerelle, Brest, FR (2022); Saudade - Contemporary Art from Portugal and China, Fosun Foundation, Shanghai (2018); The Raft. Art is (not) lonely, L’Etage Euphrosine Gallery, Ostende, BEL (2017); Portugal, Portugueses, Museu Afro-Brasil, São Paulo, BR (2016); ANOZERO - Coimbra Biennial of Contemporary Art, Museu Botânico, Coimbra, (2015); Colonia Apócrifa, MU.SAC - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, ES (2014). He is represented in various national and international public and private collections.