Tristan Bera
Tristan Bera (1984, Paris, France/Αthens, Greece) is an artist and author whose practice includes curating, filmmaking, writing and performances. Bera studied fine arts, aesthetics, history of contemporary art and political science. Nurtured by stimulating and sentimental collaborations with fellow practitioners, his works have experimented with different genres and formats ranging from site-specific immersive intimate environments to participative events through political pamphlets, public readings, dinners, parties, an open-air festival, a library, fanzines, critical and fictional writings. These are concerned with knowledge transfers across literature, cinema, music and experimental philosophy and blend sociopolitical reflection, stream of consciousness and character study while considering their own production context.
Bera’s films, co-made with Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Ana Vaz or Joshua Olsthoorn, have been shown at international film festivals including CPH DOX (Copenhagen), IFFR (Rotterdam), Flaherty Film Seminar, Côté Court (Paris/Pantin), London, Vila do Conde, Lisbon/Estoril, and Bologna, Paris and Porto film institutes. His works have been presented in solo and group shows at Kunsthalle Zürich (2010-12), Haus der Kunst (Munich), Protocinema Istanbul (2012/14), Turku Art Museum (Finland), Centre Pompidou (Paris), ICA Winnipeg, Biennale of Moscow 2016, K20 Düsseldorf, Remai Modern Saskatoon, Luma foundation (Arles), MAAT (Lisbon), Agricultural University of Αthens (Locus Αthens/Kassandras/Onassis CC), Royal Academy of Arts (London), or in Jan Mot (Brussels) and Koyanagi (Tokyo) galleries. Since 2014, he has published numerous critical articles and essays on contemporary art and pop culture in reviews (artpress, Paris Opera’s Octave magazine, The Art Newspaper, Hémisphère son) and institutional exhibition catalogues (Centre Pompidou, Paris & Metz; MAM Rio de Janeiro; Philharmonie de Paris; Bourse de Commerce-Pinault Collection).
Tristan Bera is a member of the collective COYOTE, which works around intersectionality at the crossroads of broader conceptual and experimental forms (publishing, film, performed conversation, communal meals). It was founded alongside sound artist Nuno da Luz, journalist Elida Høeg, publisher Clémence Seurat and filmmaker Ana Vaz, following their joint experience at the École des Arts Politiques (SPEAP) led by philosopher Bruno Latour. Since 2015, COYOTE has followed in the footsteps of one of its members every year (Paris, Lisbon, Αthens, Barcelona, Mechelen, “La Becque” artist residency in Switzerland, and Thessaloniki) to explore new territory originating from a specific investigation.
Tristan Bera is a participant of The School of Infinite Rehearsals of Οnassis AiR 2020-21 and of the Tailor-made Fellowships program 2022-23.
