Lobito (Angola), 1971. Lives and works in Castellina Marittima, Italy.

Pedro A. H. Paixão studied Painting and Drawing at Ar.Co, Lisbon, Portugal.

Holds a MA in Fine Arts from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, U.S.A., and a PhD in Philosophy from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of University of Porto, Portugal – cum laude distinctions.

He is a member of the Institute of Philosophy of the University of Porto, Portugal.

Scholarship holder of: Luso-Americana Foundation, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, in Lisboa, and Solomon R. Guggenheim (N.Y.), in Venice.

He taught Aesthetics at the Università IULM and was a visiting professor in research at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy.