1979, lives and works at Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Pedro Marighella develops projects in visual arts, design, and music. His work is driven by an interest in cultural, social, and historical processes, with a particular focus on the critical potential of leisure and on the images produced by the amalgamation of the State, and tourism and entertainment corporations. He has held several solo and group exhibitions in Brazil and abroad. He is currently featured in the exhibitions FUNK! A Cry of Boldness and Freedom at the Museum of the Portuguese Language (São Paulo) and Trabalho de Carnaval at Pina Contemporânea (São Paulo). In 2024, he participated in Iniciadas at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Bahia (MAC) and Ecos Malês at Casa das Histórias de Salvador (Bahia). In 2023, he took part in the exhibition “Dois de Julho: uma outra Independência” at Museu Afro Brasil Emanoel Araújo. In 2022, he was featured in Histórias Brasileiras at the São Paulo Museum of Art (MASP), with a work that is now part of the museum’s permanent collection. In 2019, he participated in the group show À Nordeste at SESC 24 de Maio, São Paulo, and was one of the 30 finalists of the Marcantônio Vilaça Award. In 2018, he was part of the exhibition Axé Bahia at the Fowler Museum (UCLA), Los Angeles, and took part in several art fairs, including a solo presentation in the Brasil Contemporâneo section at ArtRio. He developed one of the commissioned projects for the 3rd Bahia Biennial in 2014. He was included in the exhibition A Nova Mão Afro-Brasileira at Museu Afro Brasil Emanoel Araújo in 2013.

He worked as an adjunct professor at the School of Fine Arts at UFBA from 2017 to 2019. He is among the artists featured in the book 50 Anos de Arte na Bahia — 2nd edition, curated by Matilde Matos (2013). He took part in residencies at ARCO 08 (Madrid, Spain) and the Nam June Paik Award (Cologne, Germany) with the collective GIA, of which he was a member from 2003 to 2010. He was the winner of the 10th Recôncavo Biennial Award in 2010, earning a scholarship at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan, Italy, in 2012.

His works are part of the collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Bahia (MAC-BA), Museu Afro Brasil Emanoel Araújo, and the São Paulo Museum of Art (MASP).