Felix Rapp
German & Canadian, (b.1993), Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany
Lives and works on the unceded and traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples known as “Vancouver”.
Education
2019 MFA (In Situ), Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium
2016 BFA (Photography), Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver, Canada
Solo Exhibitions
2022 NIGhT HoUSe, Telephone Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2020 Revitalize!, Level Five, Brussels, Belgium
2017 Deep Down and Around, Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, Belgium
2016 A Few Uncertainties, Project Space, Vancouver, Canada
Select Group Exhibitions
2021 Connect Mention Rückenfigur, Curated by Marisa Kr, Liquidation World, Vancouver, Canada
2019 Finir par Mordre, curated by Emile Rubino, Karl Marx’s Studio, Paris, France
2019 Thank You, Come Again, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium
2018 The Gathering, curated by Tamara van San, Panthera.Today, Brussels, Belgium
2018 Voyage autour d’un lapin posé, curated by Hans Theys, Autun, France
2016 Precarium—Right Until Revocation, Plaza Project Space, Richmond, Canada
2015 Dress Code in Effect, Access Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Curation & Design
2020- Co-Editor and Co-Designer, Le Chauffage, Brussels, Belgium
2024 Curator and Editor, Gravity Wins, Entropy Rules, Holography hybrids by Al Razutis, UNIT/PITT, Vancouver, Canada
2022 Curator, IN OUT, Spring BAiR Group Exhibition, Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity, Banff, Alberta
2022 Curator, Prop, Amanda Crain & Natasha Katedralis, City Centre Motor Inn, Vancouver, Canada
2018 Curator, Double-Back, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium
2018 Co-Curator, Above & Below, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium
2017 Co-Editor, ISSUE Magazine - 404 edition, UNIT/PITT Projects, Vancouver, Canada
2016 Co-Curator, Alternative Alterity, Concourse Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Teaching & Lectures
2024 Photo and Exhibitions Technician, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
2023- Darkroom Printing Workshops, Malaspina Printmakers Society, Vancouver, Canada
2023 Lecturer, Invitation by Jeff Downer, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, Canada
2020 Lecturer, Invitation by Sarah Cale, La Cambre, Brussels, Belgium
2018 Photography Instructor, European Network Remembrance and Solidarity, Warsaw, Poland
2017 Lecturer, In Between? Borderland: Remembrance and Identity Conference, Warsaw, Poland
2014-16 Photography Technician & Instructor, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver, Canada
Residencies & Prizes
2023 Printmedia Artist Residency Program, Malaspina Printmakers, Vancouver, Canada
2022 Spring BAiR, Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity, Banff, Canada
2022 Concept to Realization Grant, Canada Arts Council
2021 Concept to Realization Grant, Canada Arts Council
2020 Interdependant Artist Residency, Level Five, Brussels, Belgium
2016 In Between?, European Network Remembrance and Solidarity, Warsaw, Poland
2016 Artist-in-Residence, Kraftverket, Tranås, Sweden
Writing
2023 Pasted Over: From Posters to Billboards, Nabil Azab, Pumice Raft, Toronto, Canada
2022 Worse for Wear, Amanda Crain, Telephone Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2022 Study for Social Realism, Emile Rubino, FOMU Antwerp, Belgium
2020 Everything Leaks, Maya Beaudry & Marisa Kriangwiwat Holmes, Polygon Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2019 Open Heart Run Off, Press Release, Marisa Kriangwiwat Holmes, Sibling Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2019 Re- (Again and Again), Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium
2018 ddmmyyyy, Marisa Kriangwiwat Holmes, Artspeak, Vancouver, Canada
2018 Keep Your Eyes On Your Prizes, Marisa Kriangwiwat Holmes, Calaboose, Montreal, Canada
Publications
2023 The Big Mess With Us Inside It, Exhibition Publication for Nabil Azab, Pumice Raft, Toronto
2021 Descriptions Change, The Artist Job Description, Vijai Patchineelam, Antwerp, Belgium
2016 Insignificant Bravery, With Julia Dahee Hong, Kultivera, Tranås, Sweden
2016 A Few Uncertainties, Project Space, Vancouver, Canada
2015 Dress Code in Effect, Access Gallery, Vancouver, Canada