Monika Rapp

Monika Rapp (2008)

Monika Rapp (* 1954 in Lünen ) is a German artist who works primarily with the medium of photography.

life and work

Rapp studied art / visual communication at the art college in Kassel from 1975 to 1978 and completed her studies as a designer with a photo documentation on a psychiatric hospital and a thesis on psychopathological art.

1978–1982 she studied fine art with a focus on photography and art theory at the art college in Kassel. In 1982 she received her diploma. 1985–1986 Rapp did a “postgraduate course” at Reading University in the Department of Fine Arts and lived in London. She works as an author photographer and became known for her black and white photos of nature in urban areas. The conceptual approach to the subjects and the work in series is characteristic of her photography.

Exhibitions (selection)

1980: Photokina, Cologne
1980: Gallery without a gallerist, Cologne
1981: Museum am Dom, Lübeck
1981: Galerie Lichtblick, Dortmund
1981: “Selection Jeunes Photographes”, Arles
1982: "52 young German photographers", traveling exhibition of the producers' gallery MunichMünchen, Salzburg, Vienna
1982: PS Gallery, Delmenhorst
1982: "German Photography 1920 to Today", Besançon
1983: Fotoforum, Bremen
1983: Kunsthaus, Hamburg
1988: "L'Immagine delle Donne", Siena

Awards

Laureate Photokina 1980
Winner of Rencontres internationales de la photographie, Arles 1981

Collections

Baden-Württemberg State Archive

Publications (selection)

Course book 59, Berlin 1979
Photography No. 14, Göttingen 1981
"Monika Rapp / Heiner Blum", Dortmund 1981
Medium Photography No. 10, Kassel 1981
"52 young German photographers", Munich 1981
"Women at Academies", Hamburg 1983
"L'Immagine delle Donne", Siena 1988

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Literature by and about Monika Rapp

personal data
SURNAME	Rapp, Monika
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German artist
DATE OF BIRTH	1954
PLACE OF BIRTH	Luenen