Pedro Barateiro works in a variety of media, including sculpture, film, performance, writing and drawing. His work has focused on deconstructing Western binary narratives. He held solo exhibitions at CRAC Alsace (2022), Kohta (2022), Rialto6 (2021), P/////AKT (2020), Netwerk Aalst (2017), Basement Roma (2017), REDCAT (2016), Museu Colecção Berardo (2015), Kunsthalle Basel (2010), Kunsthalle Lissabon (2010), Lumiar Cité (2010), Serralves Museum (2009), among many others.
He participated in group exhibitions such as the 13th Sharjah Biennial (2017), 20th SESC - Videobrasil (2017), 29th São Paulo Biennial (2010), 16th Sydney Biennial (2008) and 5th Berlin Biennial (2008), and in museums and art centers such as MHKA, Kunsthalle Munster, Palais de Tokyo, Gulbenkian Foundation, MAAT, Fondazione Giuliani, Le Plateau – Frac Île-de-France.
His performances have been presented at various institutions such as Center Pompidou, L' École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts – ENSBA, Théâtre de la Ville and Fondation Ricard in Paris, Teatro Rivoli in Porto, TDMII and Teatro São Luiz in Lisbon, among others.
He has edited several books, including the monograph How to Make a Mask, (Kunsthalle Lissabon/ Sternberg Press), The Artist as Spectator and É só uma ferida (Documenta/ Mousse Publishing).
Barateiro organizes events and exhibitions at the Spirit Shop. In 2020, together with a group of artists, he started the first association of visual artists in Portugal (AAVP).