Biography

Tarik Kiswanson is a Swedish, Palestinian, Jordanian, and French visual artist and poet whose interdisciplinary practice spans sculpture, writing, performance, drawing, sound, and video. His work explores themes of rootlessness, transformation, and memory, speaking to social and collective histories of rupture, loss, and regeneration. Kiswanson’s oeuvre addresses universal issues while reflecting on personal experiences of displacement and belonging. Kiswanson’s solo exhibitions include Kunsthalle Portikus, Frankfurt am Main (2024); Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm (2023); Salzburger Kunstverein (2023); Museo Tamayo, Mexico City (2023); M HKA – Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp, Belgium (2022); and Carré d’Art-Musée d’art contemporain, Nîmes, France (2021). He has participated in group exhibitions at institutions such as Centre Pompidou, Paris; the 16th Lyon Biennale of Contemporary Art; and Mudam, Luxembourg. In 2023, Kiswanson was awarded the Marcel Duchamp Prize. Kiswanson holds a BFA from Central Saint Martin’s College of Art (2008) and an MFA from École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris (2010).