Tyra Wigg

Biography

Tyra Wigg is a performance artist, choreographer, and dancer based in Basel. Their work explores the desires and tensions of the sensing body in relation to its cultural, political, and material surroundings. Wigg is interested in how encounters between previously separate fields can open up new forms of experience and perception. Their current project, More than a Metaphor, is nominated for the Swiss Performance Art Awards 2026. Wigg’s performances have been presented at Kaserne Basel, MDT Stockholm, Les Urbaines, far° Nyon, Schinkel Pavillon Berlin, ROXY Birsfelden, Kunsthaus Baselland, Kunsthalle Basel, Museum Tinguely, and Shedhalle Zürich. As a performer and collaborator, Wigg has worked with Gisèle Vienne, Heiner Goebbels, Shu Lea Cheang, Ernestyna Orlowska, Marina Abramović, Inga Gerner Nielsen, and Alexandra Pirici. In 2023, Wigg completed an MA in Expanded Theatre at Bern University of the Arts (HKB).