José Pedro Croft

Born in 1957 in Porto, Portugal. Lives and works in Lisbon, Portugal.
He is one of the leading exponents of the renewal of Portuguese sculpture. His career, embedded in both this genre and drawing, has been marked from the beginning by a careful constructive process in which both his formal and individual universes come into contact. In Croft's own words, "The interest in my work lies in the nuances and small differences, not in trying to pigeonhole it into a particular line." Ultimately, it is an artistic project outside the established itinerary of schools and groups.
In 2017, he represented Portugal with the installation Medida Incerta at the Venice Biennale, curated by João Pinharanda.

His work ranges from sculpture to drawing and engraving without hierarchies. He has exhibited regularly since 1980. His work is represented in the following collections: Centro de Artes Visuales Fundación Helga de Alvear (Spain), Centro de Arte Moderna da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (Portugal), Fundação EDP (Portugal), Fundação Luso-Americana (Portugal) Fundação de Serralves (Portugal), Secretary of State of Culture (Portugal), Fundació La Caixa (Spain)