Tryst Red (b. 1994) is an installation and lens-based artist and educator. She pulls inspiration from her time spent as a nomad living and traveling with her mother and her attachment to her childhood home in Long Island, where she visited with her father and grandmother. Tryst's work is an exploration of self, intimacy, and a person's physical and mental existence within their space. She investigates our ability to relate and find connection in the experiences of others. In sharing her most intimate memories and thoughts, Tryst has found her audience can recognize moments in her work that reflect their own memories, losses, and aspirations.
Tryst has exhibited her work in multiple group shows, including The Muskegon Museum of Art, Detroit Artist Market, Whitdel Arts, and Cranbrook Art Museum. Her most recent installation was on view at The Congregation in Detroit for the Nova 24 Prelude. Tryst's solo show "Skin & Scales" was in August of 2021 at Tom Gibbs Studio in Ferndale, MI. She graduated from Wayne State University in 2020 with a BFA in photography and art history and received her MFA (photography) in May 2023 from Cranbrook Academy of Art.