José Pedro Croft was born 1957, in Oporto, Portugal and lives and works in Lisbon, Portugal. In 2001 wins the Tabaqueira Prize, Lisbon and EDP Award – Drawing, Portugal. In 2002, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon, organized a retrospective exhibition of his work. Amongst his solo shows, since 1981, we can call attention from the most recent to: Chiado 8 – Arte Contemporânea (2011), Lisbon; Galeria Mário Sequeira (2011), Braga, Portugal; Projecto Contentores P28 (2010), Docas de Alcântara, Lisbon; Galeria Filomena Soares (2009), Lisbon; Galería SENDA (2009), Barcelona; Marília Razuk Galeria de Arte (2009), São Paulo; Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo – Museu de São Paulo de Arte Contemporânea (2009), São Paulo; Galería SCQ (2009), Santiago de Compostela, Spain; Pavilhão Centro de Portugal (2008), Coimbra, Portugal; Galeria Helga de Alvear (2008), Madrid; La Caja Negra (2008), Madrid; Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (2007 e 2006), Lisbon; MAM – Museu de Arte Moderna Rio de Janeiro (2006), Rio de Janeiro; Museu de Arte da Pampulha (2006), Belo Horizonte, Brazil; and Museu de Arte Moderna Aloísio Magalhães-MAMAM (2005), Recife, Brazil.
His work is present in several public collections, such as: Banco Central Europeu, Frankfurt, Germany; CAM – Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon; Centro Galego de Arte Contemporâneo, Santiago de Compostela, Spain; Serralves Foundation, Oporto, Portugal; Fundación La Caixa, Barcelona; MEIAC – Museo Extremenho y Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo, Badajoz, Spain; Museo Nacional, Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid; Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Sammlung Albertina, Vienna, Austria; and Berardo Collection, Lisbon, Portugal.