Emmanuelle RAPIN
02.10.1974, born in Epinal, France
Since 2006 I live and work in Berlin as a textile and mixed media artist and art embroiderer (Lunéville embroidery)
Recent exhibitions and projects :
2017-2021:
26-29 August 2021: INCorporating Art Fair in the new Textile art Space curated by Beate and Celina von Harten, Oberhafenquartier/Hafencity, Hamburg, Germany
Nov.2018- July 2019: Exhibition Sauvage curated by Julia Reichelt, Kunstforum TU (Technical University) Darmstadt & Jagdschloss Museum Kranichstein, Darmstadt, Germany
Works acquired in public art collections:
Heimweh, acquired by the European Parliament for inclusion in its Contemporary Art Collection in the German section (May 2021)
The Sleeping Beauty, part of the art collection of the Technical University Darmstadt, Germany (2019)
Still life /The mirror Deer, part of the art collection of the Museum Kranichstein, Darmstadt, Germany(2019)
Worksops Art and Embroidery
–Lunéville art embroidery 1920s GrassiMAK, History in Fashion, Leipzig, Germany (2020)
–The Abstract Nabis & Art embroidery Academy of Fine Arts Angers (TALM), Angers, France (2020)
–Wild threads, Fashion Fauna Jagdschloss Museum Kranichstein, Darmstadt, Germany (2019)
Textile and embroidery art for Costumes & Fashion
Film serie Babylon Berlin season 4 , costume designer : Pierre-yves Gayraud (May-June 2021)
Film serie Der Palast, Uli Edel , costume designer : Monika Jacobs,TV (2020)
La forza del destino, Verdi, Deutsche Oper, costume designer: Adriana Braga Peretzki (2019)
Film serie Babylon Berlin season 3 , costume designer : Pierre-yves Gayraud (2018-2019)
Since 2014 : unique embroidered pieces and prototypes for the designers RIANNA+NINA and Tata Christiane, Rebekka Grimm Couture (master tailor series Babylon Berlin), embroidery for Lou de Bétoly, (before Augustin Teboul) and creation on request for private clients.
Selected past exhibitions
2012
Mille e Tre, Gallery Miss China, Paris, France
2011
Rag Revolution!, Kunsthalle Faust /Workshop Hannover, Hannover, Germany
Lage 3:20#4 Wunderkammer, Gallery Lage Egal, Berlin, Germany
2010
Highlight what you love – Equinox II, Grimmuseum, Berlin, Germany
Speederbike Primitive – Equinox I , Grimmuseum, Berlin, Germany
BAC!09 Pandora’s Box, International Festival for Contemporary Art, Fragment of Femininity, CCCB (Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona), Barcelona, Spain
2009
Gedanken zur Revolution, Installation Trans-Europa Büro, Leipzig, Germany
L’attente- l’oubli, solo show, site specific installation, Gallery Apartment, Berlin
2008
Between us…11,Gallery Miss China Beauty, Paris, France
Slick Dessin /Art Fair , Gallery Miss China Beauty, Paris, France
Trans-Europa Hotel/ Ophelia 9026 solo show, Gallery Pitrowski, Berlin, Germany
2007
En Bordure …solo show, Trans-Europa Büro site specific installation, Belfort French National Theatre, Belfort, France
Art Education
Juli 2018 :
National certificate of professional competence in Art embroidery (C.A.P Broderie d’art, option Lunéville) issued by the French Ministry of Education for the area Nancy-Metz, France
2003-2005 : Scholarship Art Research Program ‘La Seine’ directed by Tony Brown in Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris (ENSBA/ National Academy of Fine Arts, Paris). Research about : Textile practices in urban spaces, Paris, France
June 2002:
Diplôme National Supérieur d’Arts Plastiques (DNSAP/ National Master’s degree in Arts) with Honours, ENSB-A/National Academy of Fine Arts, Paris, France
April-July 2001:
Scholarship (DAAD) in Hochschule der Künste (HDK), Berlin, Germany
1998-2002:
ENSBA (National Academy of Arts, Paris) studies with Vladimir Velickovic and Jean-Luc Vilmouth, Paris, France
October 1999: Master’s degree in Art / Contemporary art practices (with honours), writing of the master’s thesis:
Ritual of memory or the art of mending the remains, under the direction of Professor Nathalie Raymond, (Paris I-Pantheon Sorbonne), France
1996-1997:
Bachelor of Art History (Paris I-Panthéon Sorbonne), Paris, France
1992-1996:
Bachelor’s degree in Modern Literature (University of Burgundy/ Université de Bourgogne) Dijon, France
Double studies in Modern Literature and Art History (University of Burgundy/Université de Bourgogne) Dijon, France
Preparatory class for literary studies in Grandes Écoles ( Hypokhâgne class option ancient greek and latin, Lycée Carnot) Dijon, France
1991: High school diploma (baccalaureate) Art and Literature, Lycée Louis Lapicque (high school), Epinal, France