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. Currently, Wirz has a solo exhibition at the Kunsthalle Basel. Recent solo shows include; Marc Selwyn (Los Angeles, 2020); galerie philippzollinger (Zurich, 2020); Kai Matsumiya (New York, 2020); Galerie Nagel Draxler (Berlin, 2019); Centre Culturel Suisse (Paris, 2019); Kunsthaus Langenthal (2019); LongTang (Zürich, 2019) and 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).