Pedro Wirz draws his inspiration from cultural history, science, craft as well as folklore. He was born 1981, in São Paulo and lives in Zurich. In 2021, Wirz is scheduled for a solo exhibition at the Kunsthalle Basel. Recent solo shows include; Termite Terminators, Marc Selwyn (Los Angeles, 2020); Sour Ground, Kai Matsumiya (New York, 2020); Verwachsen, Galerie Nagel Draxler (Berlin, 2019); A Curbing Wall of Debris\Nesting, Centre Culturel Suisse (Paris, 2019); A Curbing Wall of Debris\Landfilling, Kunsthaus Langenthal (2019); Terra Quente, LongTang (Zürich, 2019) and Fábula, Frisson, Melancolia, Instituto Tomie Ohtake (São Paulo, 2017). In addition, Wirz has been included in numerous group exhibitions, such as at Aargauer Kunsthaus (2019); Centre Pasquart (2018); Blank Projects (Cape Town, 2018); Tinguely Museum (Basel, 2016); CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art (New York, 2015); Künstlerhaus Stuttgart (2013); Dortmunder Kunstverein (2013); Palais de Tokyo (Paris, 2013) and Kunsthalle Basel (2011).