TRISTAN AMOR RABIT

(b. Wettingen, Switzerland,  1988) are a Swiss artist, based in Zurich. Their artistic endeavors encompass various mediums such as painting, video, installation, performance, and text, all centered around the complexities of contemporary embodiment. Tristan Amor Rabit intentionally challenge conventional readability, emphasizing the interconnectedness of celebration and mourning, while shedding light on societal power dynamics. Currently, they are deeply engaged in a transdisciplinary pursuit of an inclusive state of being, breaking free from rigid categories, static identities, and individualistic, disciplinarian norms. 

Tristan Amor Rabit are involved in coordinating collective projects such as thank you for the reminder:

actual members of the collective are:
Claudia Barth, artist (Zurich, CH)
Clara de Asís, composer, producer and artist (Rotterdam, NL)
Nina Emge, artist (Zurich, CH)
Vanessà Heer, artist (Zurich, CH)
Anton M. O. Hug, philosopher (Paris, FR)
margaretha jüngling, artist-chef (Zurich, CH)
Ari Kurki, philosopher (Berlin, DE)
Tristan Amor Rabit, artist (Zurich, CH)
Victoria Soufflet, artist (Paris, FR)
Alice M. Speller, artist (Zurich, CH, London, GB)
Otis Thomé, musician (The Hague, NL)
Flavia Trachsler, artist (Zurich, CH)

(2024-ongoing), a collective which understands itself as a loose group of people who gather for short periods of time by doing residencies to counter dystopian perspectives, or LTD* Academy Zurich (*Living The Dream) (2019-on hold), where learning and unlearning from and with each other are of special interest. From 2020-2021 they were running Warenlift, an independent exhibition space based in Altstetten Zurich. In 2024 they join Echo Club, an experimental learning format th
at collaboratively investigates performance practices initiated by The School for Collective Embodied Inquiry. 

Upcoming:
— November 30 Duo Show w/ Brigit Naef at H.A.I.N. Zurich CH
— Autumn 2024 “then & there #2” sonic lecture in collaboration with invited guests at attempt studio Zurich CH
— Spring 2025 Residency with the collective thank you for the reminder at La Ma Residenze La Mandria IT

Past:
— September 8-10 Workshop “Coalescing Towards” w/ Michele Rizzo at Kurtheater Baden CH
— July 11-14 “Losian” Kabinett Visarte Zurich CH (solo)
— June 21 "We will also make use of the air“ performance hosted by Lean Rüegg at Cité Internationale des Arts de Paris FR
— June 4-19 Residency at Château de la Haute Borde Rilly-sur-Loire FR
— Janary-June Echo Club w/ The School for Collective Embodied Inquiry at Gessnerallee Zurich CH
— April 7 “v-o-i-c-e-.-s” at Gluri Suter Huus Wettingen CH (solo)
— February 25-April 7 Duo Show w/ Irene Schubiger at Gluri Suter Huus Wettingen CH (duo)
— October 12-14 Biesenthal – “Werke aus der Sommerresidenz” at Culterim Gallery Berlin DE
— May 2-31 Residency at Culterim Biesenthal DE
— February 22 “then & there #1” sonic lecture w/ Anton M. O. Hug, Alizée River Lenox and Victoria Soufflet at Cité Internationale des Arts de Paris FR
— November-April Residency at Cité Internationale des Arts de Paris FR
— November 30-February 23 “Dessin” at Kunsthalle Luzern CH    
— October 29-November 26 “You & Me & Me & You” w/ Jeanne Jacob und Jérémy Rebord at nomadic art projects Olten CH
— September 23-25 “And whispers become wide” at Kabinett Visarte Zürich CH (solo)
— December 11-23 “Best of Visarte Zürich 2021” at OnCurating Project Space Zurich CH
— November 13-January 2 “Auswahl 21” at Aargauer Kunsthaus Aarau CH  
— Mars 25-28 “Précipité” at Mains d’Œuvres Saint-Ouen FR
— November 14-December 19 “Auswahl 20” at Aargauer Kunsthaus Aarau CH
— September 6-18 Residency w/ Nina Langensand and Anna K. Becker at Südpol Lucerne CH
— September 26 “Bribes expéri-mentales” at Collectif AVE Saint-Denis FR
— Juillet 25 “Bribes expéri-mentales” at Collectif AVE Saint-Denis FR
— Juillet 24 “Les dérouté.e.s” at Les dérouté.e.s Pantin FR
— May 30 “Bribes expéri-mentales” at Collectif AVE Saint-Denis FR
— Juin 25 “Île au lieu d’ailes” at Université Paris 8 Saint-Denis FR
— July 24-August 7 “Tendencies” at Well Zurich CH





For inquiries: studio (at) tristanamorrabit (dot) com
Instagram: @tarabit_
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