What is TRYST:

TRYST is an international art fair for artist-run-spaces and collectives as well as an international gathering to address the needs and future of global exchange for artist-run spaces, collectives and organizations, run through the Torrance Art Museum (TAM) and the City of Torrance. This will be the third edition of TRYST.

With the need for opportunities and artistic exchange worldwide between grass-roots artist organizations, this fair aims to facilitate the exposure of international artists to new Los Angeles audiences, and to network with each other, to engage and to provoke further international exchanges and interaction between participants. Talks and performances will included in the program, as well as social events for participants.

2024 PARTICIPATING SPACES:

International: AAC Platform (Italy), Art Center of Social Studies (Armenia), ARTSPACEMEXICO (Mexico), DE BOUWPUT (The Netherlands), Eitoeiko (Japan), El Quinto Piso (Mexico), ETAJ (Romania), Gallery 70 (Albania), INSTYTUT AVTOMATYKY (Ukraine), ISG (Norway), MinEastry of Postcollapse Art and Culture (Switzerland), Open O'pen$ (Ukraine), Our Neon Foe (Australia), Small Projects (Norway), The Black Piglet (Mexico),

USA: After Time Collective (Portland, OR), Available Art Space Projects (Las Vegas, NV), Dinghy Rig (Fort Collins, CO), Hyperlink (Denver, CO), iBiennaleX (LA / NYC / Honolulu), Mercury 20 Gallery (Oakland, CA) , nHnT (Chicago, IL), Proyectos Raul Zamudio (NYC), PRP Project Space (Dallas, TX), SFAA (San Francisco, CA), Utopian Mega Project (Utopia, OH), Vorderzimmer (Brookyn, NY)

Southern California: 515, 3C Gallery Collective, A&T Gallery, Art in Room, Artbug, Artdrop, AWOL, Crear Studio Gallery, DMST Atelier, Dorado 806 Projects, Durden and Ray, Erect Walls, Flux Art Space, IDOLWILD, JAUS, Korean American Artist Collective, Landmarks of Art (LOA), MAARLA, The Middle Room, Monte Vista Projects, Nous Ance, Noysky Projects, OCCCA (Orange County Center for Contemporary Art), OFFUS, Portuguese Bend Projects, Prospect Art, Proxy Gallery, Quiet Please, Ruth Gallery, S-Gallery, Shockboxx, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Toy Bin Art, UOOORS, ViCA (Venice Institute of Contemporary Art), Winslow Garage, Wonzimer, Young Projects