When encountering a project by the artist, viewers are often enlisted as participants, whether through one-on-one conversations, therapeutic acts, or as creators of objects in collaborative workshops. Originally trained as an architect, Reyes is acutely aware of how people interact with the built environment, with many of the artist’s works taking the form of enclosures. Reyes’s own home, featuring an extensive library that he draws from for inspiration, is a work of art in itself that’s continually adapted by the artist and his family.

Pedro Reyes attended Ibero-American University, where he studied architecture. Reyes’s awards include the US Department of State Medal for the Arts (2016) and a Ford Foundation Fellowship (2016). Reyes has had major exhibitions at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2015); ICA Miami (2014); The Power Plant, Toronto (2014); Beijing Biennale (2014); Queens Museum (2013); Carnegie International, Pittsburgh (2013); Liverpool Biennial (2012); Gwangju Biennial (2012); Documenta (2012); Guggenheim Museum, New York (2011); Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (2010); Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City (2010); Serpentine Gallery, London (2010); Lyon Biennale (2009); Yokohama Triennale (2008); Bass Museum, Miami (2008); Prospect New Orleans (2008); MCA Chicago (2007); Aspen Art Museum (2006); and the Venice Biennale (2003), among others. Pedro Reyes lives and works in Mexico City, Mexico.

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