Pedro Restrepo

After three years, he traveled to Florence, Italy to become a pupil of Giovanni Colacicchi at the Accademia di Belle Arti during an extended period.

Restrepo-Peláez has held several government posts: Restrepo-Pelaez was knighted, Orden the Caballero de la Reina Isabel, in Spain.

He exhibited individually in Rio de Janeiro (Galeria Carioca), Mexico City, Paris (Maison De l'Amérique Latine), London, Madrid (Galeria de Arte Moderno), Washington D.C. (Pan American Union), Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Bogotá (Biblioteca Nacional, Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango), Houston, Texas (Colombe D'Or, The Houstonian, Cherqui Gallery), Telluride, Colorado (Elinoff Gallery), and Jakarta at the Colombian consulate.

For several years he explored the possibilities of working exclusively in black and white in search of technical effects usually obtained through the use of color.

He was a "minimalist" as it relates to economy of color and subject matter as well as in his use of primitive materials, such as burlap, plywood, and casein paint.