Valentin Rilliet
栾天明
b. 1996
Currently lives and works in Zürich, CH.
Valentin Rilliet is a visual artist working primarily in painting. His practice draws on mythologies, popular tales, and symbolism to create images shaped by ambiguous narratives and ghostly, anachronistic figures. Engaging with both Western and Eastern art histories, he approaches his bicultural heritage not as something to resolve but as a productive source of tension.
Working through a lens of magical realism, Rilliet’s compositions evoke historical echoes while obscuring their origins, prompting viewers to move between the familiar and the uncertain. By blending the fictional with the documentary, his images suggest events marked by the past yet resistant to singular interpretation—forming a pictorial dialogue that questions how histories are constructed and recalled.
For most recent portfolio, please email:
studio@valentinrilliet.com
For any other enquiries:
annemarie@peterkilchmann.com
Upcoming group exhibition
“Storylines” – Edition VFO
Sept 26, 2026 - Jan 16, 2027
Opening: Sept 25th, 6 -9 pm
Löwenbräukunst, Limmatstrasse 268
8005 Zürich, Switzerland
Current solo exhibition
“Look at You” Galerie Peter Kilchmann
Sept 4 - Oct 17, 2026
Zahnradstrasse 21, 8005 Zürich, Switzerland
https://www.peterkilchmann.com/
Current group exhibition
“Bourses de la Ville de Genève (BLCG)” – Le Commun, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva
Sept 1 - 27, 2026
Rue des Vieux-Grenadiers 10, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
Instagram: @valentinrilliet
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