Pedro Pedraja

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Pedro Pedraja (born 1974) is a Spanish painter living in Great Britain. [1] [2]

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He is originally from Santander, Spain. He is a graduate of The University of the Basque Country (UPV) in Bilbao, where he studied from 1997 to 2002. [2]

In the 2004 Liverpool Biennial, Pedraja was selected to take part in the John Moores 23 exhibition of contemporary British painting at the Walker Museum. [3] He exhibited at The Royal Academy of Arts in London – RA Summer Show 2006.

His work has been exhibited at the Doncaster Museum and the Eduardo Chillida Centre in Madrid.

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References

  1. "El santanderino Pedro Pedraja expone desde hoy en la galería Del Sol St". El Diario Montañés (in Spanish). 25 January 2008. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  2. 1 2 David Buckman (2006). Artists in Britain since 1945: M to Z. Art Dictionaries Limited. p. 1246. ISBN   978-0-9532609-5-9.
  3. "'Cross the Ts', Pedro Pedraja". Archived from the original on 2005-03-17.