Ambrose Trataris aka Cy Berspace (he/they) is a trans conceptual artist, technologist, and Drag performer based in the Bay Area. Through sculpture, installation, and performance he gives form to semiotic and social boundaries meant to govern our identity, sense of worth, and communal relations. His practice explores social movements occurring in Virtual Reality and mixed reality mediums as a safe space for trans people to explore identity, embodiment, and community building.

He is an Artist Advisor to the San Francisco Arts Commission in collaboration with Gray Area as part of the Shaping Legacy: San Francisco Monuments & Memorials program funded by the Mellon Foundation. They are an artist in residence at the 2025 Space Program, 2024 Dresher Ensemble Artist Residency (D.E.A.R.), and 2023 CounterPulse Combustible Artist in Residence. They are the recipient of the 2024 Kenneth Rainin Foundation New & Experimental Works Program, 2024 MAP Fund, and 2019 YBCA 100 Award. He has been exhibited at the San Francisco Art Institutes 100th Anniversary Exhibition at the Walter & McBean Galleries (SF), Minnesota Street Project (SF), EFA Project Space (NYC), and exhibited public works in Greece as part of the Lakkos Artist in Residency program.