Pedro Friedeberg (Italy, 1936) Mexican born in Florence, Friedeberg studied Architecture at Universidad Iberoamericana (dropped out). Son of German-Jewish parents, they all escaped from the Holocaust at the beginning of the Second World War arriving in Mexico when Pedro was three years old. Influenced by the books of Renaissance and Gothic architecture he saw as a child, Pedro began studying architecture but did not complete his studies as he began to draw designs against the conventional forms and even completely implausible ones such as with artichoke roofs. However, his work caught the attention of artist Mathias Goeritz who encouraged him to continue as an artist. Pedro became part of a group of surrealist artist in Mexico which included Leonora Carrington and Remedios Varo. Pedro’s strange composition and eccentric attitude has earned him international recognition. His works can be found permanent collections around the world. Among them, we can mention: Museo de Arte Moderno in Mexico City, the museum of Modern Art in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, the Museum of Contemporary Art in New Orleans, the library of Congress in Washington DC, the Rose Art Museum of Brandeis University in Boston, the National Research Library in Ottawa, the Musée du Louvre in Paris, the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, the National Museum of Modern Art in Baghdad, the Ponce Museum of Art in Puerto Rico, the Franklin Rawson Museum in Argentina, the Omar Rayo Museum in Colombia and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC., The Museum of Arts and Design in New York. Pedro Friedeberg is one of the most widely celebrated living artists in Mexico. He currently lives and works in Mexico City.