Jatun Risba

Jatun Risba
Born
Slovenia
OccupationsInterdisciplinary artist, performance artist, researcher, performer
Years active2008–present
Websitejatunrisba.com

Jatun Risba (they/them) is a Slovene interdisciplinary and intermedia artist, researcher, and performer whose work explores the intersections of art, science, and spirituality. Active since 2008, they are known for developing transdisciplinary projects that engage ecological awareness, queer and posthumanist perspectives, and radical self-healing through art. Risba's practice spans performance art, video art, photography, printmaking, and participatory live art events.

Early life and education

Risba holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti (NABA) in Milan, Italy, and a postgraduate certificate in Art & Science from Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London.[1]

Artistic practice

Risba's work engages with eco-feminist and post-humanist discourses through performance, conceptual, and relational art. Their practice-as-research examines themes including body politics, menstruation, gender equity, multispecies kinship, ecological interdependence, and radical self-healing.

In 2025, Risba published the article "Menstrual Cups: R—Evolutionary Devices for Overcoming Wrong Views About Life" in Body, Space & Technology, exploring the creative potential of menstrual cups in challenging social taboos.[2]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Risba co-founded Be-coming Tree, a global live-art project connecting artists performing simultaneously with trees across six continents. The project was featured in the "Queering Nature" issue of Antennae: The Journal of Nature in Visual Culture.[3]

Exhibitions and performances

Risba has exhibited and performed internationally, including:

  • Meta.Morf 2022 Trondheim Biennale (Norway) – participation in Ecophilia with the project Be-coming Tree.[4]
  • Schmiede Hallein Festival (Austria) – collaborative installation The Energy of Menstruation: The Bleeding Cucumber (2023–2024) and participation in the Schmiede Akademie AiR program.[5]
  • Subnet Artist Residency, Salzburg AiR / Subnet 2024 – interdisciplinary art-and-science residency.[6]
  • Instant Dissidence Residency with Rita Marcalo, Cloughjordan Ecovillage, Ireland (2024) – collaborative site-specific performance.[7]
  • Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan – exhibition Stand For Girls including Not an Adolescent Girl.[8]
  • Pixxelpoint Festival (2008, 2019) – participation with digital and new-media artworks.[9]
  • SKRB: When Rivers Weep, Y Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia – group exhibition.
  • A Tree Doesn’t Fall Far From the Mountain (with Franco G. Livera), Gigi Rigliaco Gallery, Galatina, Italy – photography exhibition.[10]
  • Biohazard Bandolier: In-between Panic at Pixxelpoint Festival, Nova Gorica (15.11.2025) – performative lecture.[11]

Selected works

  • Mpasturavacche. The Milk-Suckling Snake (2019) – a one-to-one interactive art-and-science performance exploring the umwelt of reptiles and human/non-human relationality.[12][13]
  • Laughing at Life Matters (2019) – a one-on-one performative installation exploring the physical, olfactory, and chemical properties of six essential life elements, presented in the exhibition Mirrored Anatomies at University College London.[14]
  • Possibility of a Relation (2023) – a performance tracing an alchemic matrix to explore collective conviviality.
  • The Intimacy of Otherness (2023-) – a durational transmedia performance-lecture reflecting Risba's radical self-healing from multiple sclerosis.

Workshops, artist talks and lectures

  • Fakulta Výtvarných Umení AU, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia (2025) – workshop & artist talk.[15]
  • University of the Underground – artist talk on intermedia performance and ecology.[16]
  • Additional talks and workshops at Goethe University Frankfurt, University of Strasbourg, Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław,[17] and Live Art Ireland.[18]

Affiliations

Risba is the founder and co-facilitator of the global live-art project Be-coming Tree.[19]

Further reading

  • Risba, Jatun (2025). "Menstrual Cups: R—Evolutionary Devices for Overcoming Wrong Views About Life." Body, Space & Technology, 24 (1).
  • Antennae: The Journal of Nature in Visual Culture (2022), "Queering Nature" issue.


References

  1. ^ "GO! 2025 Nova Gorica–Gorizia European Capital of Culture – Artist: Jatun Risba". GO! 2025 Foundation. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  2. ^ Risba, Jatun (2025). "Menstrual Cups: R—Evolutionary Devices for Overcoming Wrong Views About Life". Body, Space & Technology. 24 (1). Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  3. ^ "Queering Nature". Antennae: The Journal of Nature in Visual Culture (56). 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  4. ^ "BE-COMING TREE at Meta.Morf 2022". Meta.Morf Trondheim Biennale. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  5. ^ "Schmiede Akademie AiR 2023". Salzburg Air. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  6. ^ "Subnet AiR 2024". Salzburg Air. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  7. ^ "Dance performances in Cloughjordan". Nenagh Guardian. 12 January 2024. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  8. ^ "Indifesa, Arte Contro la Violenza di Genere – Stand For Girls". Verso l’Arte. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  9. ^ "Pixxelpoint 2019 – Speculative for the Nonhuman". Pixxelpoint Festival. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  10. ^ "ReThinkable Festival – Jatun Risba & Franco G. Livera". ReThinkable Festival. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  11. ^ "Pixxelpoint 2025 – Resonating Realities in the Fourth Space". Pixxelpoint Festival Schedule. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  12. ^ "Jatun Risba: Mpasturavacche – The Milk-Suckling Snake". a-n The Artists Information Company. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  13. ^ "MPASTURAVACCHE – Jatun Risba at The Room". Anthony Howell Journal. 28 December 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  14. ^ "UCL Exhibition Review – Mirrored Anatomies". Pi Media (UCL Students’ Union). Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  15. ^ "Edu Perform Action – Jatun Risba". Akadémia umení v Banskej Bystrici. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  16. ^ "Jatun Risba – University of the Underground". University of the Underground. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  17. ^ "Meeting Jatun Risba". Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  18. ^ "Live Art Ireland Residency – Jatun Risba". Live Art Ireland. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  19. ^ "Be-coming Tree". ecoartspace. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
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