Sea Creature
Studium Generale 2021-2022 Rietveld Academie

Tarek Lakhrissi, MISS ME?, performance

The performance MISS ME? by Lakhrissi stages an intimate discussion with Landvreugd on black and brown queerness in the European context and shifts into a poetry session by the artist in collaboration with musician Yara Said.

Tarek Lakhrissi is a visual artist and a poet based in Paris. He currently teaches at CCC Research-Based Master Program of the Visual Arts Department at HEAD Geneva. Lakhrissi has been exhibited internationally at galleries and institutions including Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Museum of Contemporary Art Australia; 22nd Biennale of Sydney; WIELS, Brussels; Palazzo Re Rebaudengo/Sandretto, Guarene/Turin; Manchester International Festival; MOSTYN, Llandudno, Wales; Shedhalle, Zurich; Fondation Ricard, Paris; Quadriennale di Roma; Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome; High Art, Paris; Kevin Space, Vienna; Hayward Gallery, London; Auto Italia South East, London; Grand Palais, FIAC, Paris; Fondation Lafayette Anticipations, Paris; L’Espace Arlaud, Lausanne; Zabriskie, Geneva; Fondation Gulbenkian, Paris; Veda, Firenze; CRAC Alsace, Altkirch; Kim?, Riga; Artexte, Montreal; Gaité Lyrique, Paris and SMC/CAC, Vilnius. Lakhrissi’s artworks are part of different private and public collections including Defares, Sandretto Foundation and CNAP. He is represented by VITRINE Gallery, London/Basel.