Rist Pipilotti
born in 1962
videographer, media artist, composer, musician, visual artist, producer, director, performer
Born in Grabs in the Swiss Rhine Valley, 1962.
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 grafic 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
From 2005 – 2009 she worked on her first feature film, ‘Pepperminta’
Lives and works in Zurich and in the mountains of Switzerland, since 2004
Her favorite number is 54. Against taboos and stereotypes with emotion and humour…
source:http://www.hauserwirth.com/artists/25/pipilotti-rist/biography/
