Pedro Bakker (1952) lives and works in Friesland (NL). He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts (Drawing) and at the University of Amsterdam (Philosophy). At first he was a painter and alternately a writer upon art. In 2006 his participation in an existentialist retreat/Militant Bourgeois changed his artistic attitude, from painting a meaningless subject to drawing an autobiographical theme. In 2010 he graduated from the University of Amsterdam (MA Artistic Research) with a solo show MUM at W139, Amsterdam. After a successful solo exhibition Burnt Home at Witzenhausen Gallery in New York, Pedro Bakker drew his series L'Éternel Retour. Ma Mère et Georges B. (1943). The narrative and cinematic character of his drawings led to his first steps in the field of animation and screenwriting. Large coloured drawings have been shown internationally and he was for a long time artist-in-residence in big cities in China. In 2016 and in 2021, he received the 4-year grant Proven Talent (Established Artist) from the Mondriaan Fund to work on his, long term, projects. In 2017 he was awarded with the Gerrit Benner Prize and had a solo show in the Fries Museum. Many of his works are in the collection of the Fries Museum and in private collections. Pedro Bakker did many presentations, performances, screenings and lectures in The Netherlands and China. During the pandemic he won an Open Call by drawing a poster for the public space. In 2022, he finished the animation/music video Apollo’s Song. Recently he put together a team with producer and filmmaker Digna Sinke (SNG Film) to work on his film project “Hey, Little Blue” about the war years of Lucebert. The form of the feature film will be a hybrid mix of animation, paintings, (black and white) photos and film. This project therefore operates pre-eminently on the border area of visual art and film.