Maria Rapela – Visual Artist and Photographer
Berlin-based artist. Her work deals with the tensions of identity, the mystery of being, with and together with others in this world. Her most commonly used techniques: painting, drawing, printmaking, animation or photography.
On the weekend of May 21-22, 2022, the “Affordable Art Market“ will take place for the second time in Berlin. The art fair is coordinated by Sofia Nordman and Jose Contreras Aguado who are also artists and have their workshops located in the spaces of Monopol Berlin. This space is a old distillery, converted into […]
“The Ballery invites you to an artist reception and the preview of our second pop-up art exhibition of the summer. This exhibition will feature the works of Berlin based artists. There is no theme to the exhibition. Artist have been asked to present works that best introduce their artistic vision and practice. Every summer in […]
I had the opportunity to attend Yayoi Kusama’s exhibition at the Gropius Bau Museum in Berlin.I knew very little about her and her career, and it was very interesting to learn about her most important facets as an artist. She was born in 1929 in Japan, and studied art in the city of Kyoto. In […]
PRESSEMITTEILUNG, 14.06.2021
Art up-Ausstellung Taumel der Tatsachen
20.–31. Juli 2021, 16–20 Uhr, K-Salon, Bergmannstr. 54, 10961 Berlin
Since last year I’ve been posting photos on Instagram about exhibitions or museums I visit, friends exhibitions and artworks from customers I take pictures of. I have been taking photos for years when I go to exhibitions or museums, and the time had come to bring them to light. Artwork photography in Berlin On the […]
I have been working on the work that I will present in the exhibition in July. Doing some tests and projections for the exhibition. One thing is to make a video, another thing to test how it looks. What happens when that video is projected in human dimensions? Mixing video, animation, painting, reality, performance? What […]
Opening: 20 July 2021, between 16:00 and 21:00
Visits: From 21 – 31 July 2021
Location: K Salon
Address: Bergmannstraße 54, 10961 Berlin
[vimeo 352234861 w=640 h=360] Animation with oil pastell 2019 (39 sec) from Maria Luisa Herrera Rapela on Vimeo. English- During a stop-motion workshop in april 2019 I made this little experiment. I had the opportunity for the first time to animate colors, shapes, lines with oil pastells on paper. The experiment is very simple and […]