Pipilotti Rist
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Pipilotti Rist at Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona
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| Born |
Elisabeth Charlotte Rist 21 June 1962 Grabs, Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Education | Institute of Applied Arts, Schule für Gestaltung |
| Known for | Video art |
| Notable work | Pepperminta, I'm Not The Girl Who Misses Much, Pickleporno, Ever is Over All |
| Movement | feminism |
| Awards | Joan Miró Prize (2009) |
Elisabeth Charlotte "Pipilotti" Rist (born 21 June 1962), is a visual artist who works with video, film, and moving images which are often displayed as projections.
Rist was born Elisabeth Charlotte in 1962 in Grabs, Sankt Gallen, in Switzerland. Her father is a doctor and her mother is a teacher. Since her childhood she has been nicknamed Pipilotti. The name refers to the novel by Astrid Lindgren.
Prior to studying art and film, Rist studied theoretical physics in Vienna for one semester. From 1982 to 1986 Rist studied commercial art, illustration, and photography at the University of Applied Arts Vienna in Vienna. She later studied video at the School of Design (Schule für Gestaltung) in Basel, Switzerland. From 1988 through 1994, she was member of the music band and performance group Les Reines prochaines. In 1997, her work was first featured in the Venice Biennial, where she was awarded the Premio 2000 Prize. From 2002 to 2003, she was invited by Professor Paul McCarthy to teach at UCLA as a visiting faculty member. From Summer 2012 through to Summer 2013, Rist spent a sabbatical in Somerset.
Pipilotti Rist currently lives with her common law partner Balz Roth, with whom she has a son, named Himalaya.
From 2005 to 2009, she worked on her first feature film, Pepperminta.
During her studies Pipilotti Rist began making super 8 films. Her works generally last only a few minutes, and contained alterations in their colors, speed, and sound. Her works generally treat issues related to gender, sexuality, and the human body.
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