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Pipilotti Rist

Biography

Born

Grabs in the Swiss Rhine Valley, 1962

Education

Studies of commercial art, illustration and photography at the Institute of Applied Arts in Vienna, Austria, 1982 – 1986

Studies of audio visual communications (video) at the School of Design in Basel, Switzerland, Professor René Pulfer, 1986 – 1988

Freestyle video / audio works and installations, since 1986 Freelancer as a graffic computer operator in different industrial video studios, 1987 – 1994

Member of the music band Les Reines Prochaines, concerts, performances and LP / CDs, 1988 – 1994

Visiting professor at UCLA, Los Angeles CA, 2002 – 2003

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2025

Portland Art Museum, 'Pipilotti Rist: 4th Floor to Mildness', Portland OR

Kunsthalle Bremen, 'Pixelwald Wisera (Pixel Forest Wisera)', Bremen, Germany (Site-Specific, Permanent Installation)

UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, 'Pipilotti Rist: Your Palm is My Universe', Beijing, China

EXMURO, ' Pipilotti Rist: Ever is Over All / Sip My Ocean / Open My Glade (Flatten)', Québec City, Canada

2024

Kistefos, 'Pipilotti Rist - (y)our lungs sound in an infinite forest', Jevnaker, Norway

MUSAC Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, 'Pipilotti Rist: Colección MUSAC' [Collection Presentation], León, Spain

The Fire Station, 'Pipilotti Rist: Electric Idyll', Doha, Qatar

Ekebergparken, 'Nordisk Piksel Skog Fjernkontroll (Nordic Pixel Forest Remote)', Oslo, Norway (Site-Specific, Outdoor, Permanent Installation)

Selected Group Exhibitions

2026

Main Square Post Office, City of Trencin [European Capital of Culture 2026], 'Waiting Places', Trencin, Slovakia (Temporary Video Installation) 

Bozar – Centre for Fine Arts, 'Relooking. Beauty Through a Contemporary Lens', Brussels, Belgium

2025

Hauser & Wirth, 'Figure + Ground. Selected Film and Video Works', London, UK

NMN Neues Museum Nürnberg, 'Pipilotti Rist and Yayoi Kusama. Works from the Goetz Collection', Nuremberg, Germany

Fondazione Luigi Rovati, 'Echoes: origini e ricadute dell’art-rock britannico / Echoes: Origins and Fallout of British Art-Rock', Milan, Italy

Awards & Grants

2024

Sikkens Prize, Sikkens Foundation, Sassenheim, Netherlands

Member of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Germany

Kulturpreis 2024, Kanton Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland 

2021

Honorary Royal Academician, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK

Performances

2018

'Toi comme le corail symbiotique', 7 October, Hallenbad Hirschengraben Bern / WWF, Bern, Switzerland

Screenings

2025

HMKV Hartware MedienKunstVerein, 'I’m Not The Girl Who Misses Much' [on the occasion of the presentation 'Video des Monats'], Dortmund, Germany

2024

Lore Deutz, KunstWerk Köln, '(Entlastungen) Pipilottis Fehler' [on the occasion of the exhibition 'I Don’t Pay Your Price. Queer Feministische Inverventionen mit Videokamera'], Cologne, Germany 

Athens Digital Arts Festival, '(Entlastungen) Pipilottis Fehler / You Call Me Jacky / I’m not the Girl Who Misses Much / I Want To See How You See', Athens, Greece 

Bibliography

Monographs

2022

Berger, Tobias, 'Behind Your Eyelid – Pipilotti Rist', Hong Kong: Tai Kwun, 2022, ill. (exh. cat.)

2021

Chinatsu, Makiguchi, Tomkins, Calvin, Gioni, Massimiliano (et al.), 'Pipilotti Rist. Your Eye Is My Island', Kyoto: MoMAK The National Museum of Modern Art, 2021, ill. (exh. cat.)

Artist's Books & Writings

2022

Gujer, Eric (ed.), 'Neue Zürcher Zeitung' [this issue no. 253 was guest designed by Pipilotti Rist], Zurich, 29 October 2022, ill.

2009

Rist, Pipilotti, 'Mama nomol', Werdenberg: Schloss Werdenberg, 2009 (exh. cat.)

Publications

2024

Malissa, Constanze Johanna, Schröder, Klaus Albrecht (eds.), 'Kunst der Gegenwart', Vienna: Albertina, 2024, ill.

2023

Kunze, Franziska (ed.), 'Glitch. Die Kunst der Störung. Glitch. The Art of Interference', Berlin: DISTANZ Verlag, 2023, ill. (exh. cat.) 

Jäger, Joachim, Smolinska, Marta, Steinkamp, Maike, 'Extreme Tension. Art between Politics and Society 1945-2000', Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, 2023, pp. 280-281, ill. (exh. cat.)  

Ebersberger, Eva, Zyman, Daniela, 'Futuros Abundantes. Abundant Futures. Obras de la coleccion TBA21.

Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary. C3A Centro de Creacion Contemporanea de Andalucia, Cordoba', Madrid: Turner, 2023, pp. 228-229, ill. (exh. cat.)

Voigt, Kirsten Claudia, 'Meisterwerke der Kunst 71. Künstlerinnen', Villingen-Schwenningen: Neckar-Verlag, 2023, ill.

Press

2025

Buhr, Elke, 'Besuch bei Künstlerin Pipilotti Rist. Die Befreiung der Pixel' [interview], on: monopol-magazin.de, 6 February 2025, ill.

2024

Zimmermann, Clara, 'Vorhang auf!', on: weltkunst.de, 7 October 2024, ill.

van Binsbergen, Sarah, 'Artist Pipilotti Rist wins Sikkens Prize for groundbreaking use of color: "People looked down on it"', on: volkskrant.nt, 3 September 2024, ill. 

Westall, Mark, 'Pipilotti Rist to be awarded The Sikkens Prize 2024', on: fadmagazine.com, 3 September 2024, ill.

White, Katie, 'Studio Visit. Pipilotti Rist Is Still Toying With the Fabric of Reality' [interview], on: news.artnet.com, 29 May 2024, ill. 

Guadagnino, Kate, 'Is 2'000 Bags Too Many?', on: nytimes.com, 22 March 2024, ill. 

Proctor, Rebecca Anne, 'Award-winning artist Pipilotti Rist presents an otherworldly showcase in Doha', on: arabnews.com, 14 March 2024, ill. 

Wall, Amanda, 'Pipilotti Rist: Painting with Pixels in Immersive Exhibits', on: ff2media.com, 29 February 2024, ill.  

Del Valle, Tiffany, 'Pipilotti Rist Explores Interior and Exterior in Two Chelsea Galleries', on: observer.com, 24 February 2024, ill. 

Gulf Times (ed.), '"Electric Idyll" opens at Fire Station', on: gulf-times.com, 23 February 2024, ill. 

Petrò, Lorenzo, 'Pipilotti Rist erhält den Kulturpreis des Kantons Zürich', on: tagesanzeiger.ch, 22 February 2024, ill.