PEDRO TYLER (b. 1975, Uruguay)
“The tension between measure and freedom, between permanent and ephemeral…”
Pedro Tyler was born in Uruguay in 1975 but moved to Santiago Chile two years later. He studied in the University Finis Terrae, receiving honors in his Bachelor of Arts in Sculpture in 2001.
Tyler uses measuring systems to represent the western notion of rational thought. He first began incorporating and manipulating rulers for his work in 2000. Creating structures and objects from rulers of varied materials—wood, metal, and plastic—Tyler questions the security we gain from measurement and precision.
He makes work that explores literature and philosophy, pulling at “the tension between measure and freedom, between permanent and ephemeral…” Tyler is concerned with his own, and our collective uncertainty—in his work, he suggests that although rationalism provides a sense of structure, the world is ultimately irrational and immeasurable.
Tyler’s works are represented in several major collections including the Juan Manuel Blanes Museum, Montevideo, Uruguay; the Contemporary Arts Space of the Uruguayan Ministry of Education and Culture, Montevideo, Uruguay; the Museum of Contemporary Art of Santa Crus de la Sierra, Santa Crus de la Sierra, Bolivia.
Tyler lives and works in Santiago, Chile.
2016 | Breaking Sound, Contemporary Art Space, Montevideo, Uruguay |
2015 | Extensa, Sicardi Gallery, Houston, TX, USA |
2014 | Extensa, Galería Isabel Aninat, Santiago de Chile, Chile |
| Pedro Tyler, Galería del Paseo, Punta del Este, Uruguay |
2013 | Inner Landsape, Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| The whole life, Lucia de la Puente Gallery, Lima, Peru |
2012 | Not space nor time, Sicardi Gallery, Houston, TX, USA |
| More than ever, Del Paseo Gallery, Punta del Este, Uruguay |
2011 | Own light, Galería Isabel Aninat Gallery, Santiago de Chile, Chile |
| Sleepless project, CCU Foundation, Santiago de Chile, Chile |
2010 | Intervention, El Patio, Nueveochenta Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia |
2009 | Everything counts, Art Museum of Tolima, Ibagué, Colombia |
| Lost garden, Uruguayan Culture and Education Ministry, Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Reap what you sow, Galería Isabel Aninat Gallery, Santiago de Chile, Chile |
2008 | IN MEASURE 2, Galería Isabel Aninat Gallery, Santiago de Chile, Chile |
2005 | Persevering, Balmaceda 1215 Gallery, Santiago de Chile, Chile |
2004 | And Rational, BECH Gallery, Santiago de Chile, Chile |
| Waiting it clears up, Goethe Institut, Montevideo, Uruguay |
2003 | IN MEASURE, Cabildo de Montevideo, Uruguay |
Colección Andrés Von Buch, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Colección Briggs, Australia
Galila Barzilai Hollander Collection, Brussels, Belgium
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Fundación CCU, Santiago de Chile, Chile
Colección Alejandro Castaño, Bogotá, Colombia
Colección Gaviria, Bogotá, Colombia
Colección Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia
Colección Alberto Rebaza, Lima, Peru
Colección Susana de la Puente, Lima, Peru
Colección Compañía del Oriente, Montevideo, Uruguay
Espacio de Arte Contemporáneo, Montevideo, Uruguay
Museo Juan Manuel Blanes, Montevideo, Uruguay
Colección Brad Bucher, Houston, TX, USA
Colección Louis and Gale Adler, Houston, TX, USA
Colección Luis y Cecilia Campos, Houston, TX, USA
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), Houston, TX, USA
The SPACE Collection, Irvine, CA, USA
