Regine Rapp

Regine Rapp is a Visiting Professor for Art & Science at Kunstakademie Münster (Münster Art Academy) since March 2024, and co-director of Art Laboratory Berlin which she co-founded in 2006. Her academic work bridges contemporary art with science and technology, focusing on interdisciplinary practices that challenge anthropocentric perspectives.

Her research interests center on Hybrid Art Histories, exploring intersections between art, science and technology. She investigates Nonhuman Subjectivities, Biopolitics, and Care Practices in contemporary art, with particular focus on ecological crisis, symbiotic relations, and more-than-human alliances. Her work often examines how artistic practices can transform scientific methodologies and vice versa.

Rapp's recent publications and conference organization reveal a strong focus on ecological mega-crisis, nonhuman agency, and the biological sublime in art. She has curated numerous international interdisciplinary conferences including 'Nonhuman Agents,' 'Under the Viral Shadow,' and 'Hackers, Makers, Thinkers,' examining how artistic research intersects with scientific inquiry.

• Berliner Senat, Kulturabteilung: Basisförderung für Art Laboratory Berlin (2020-23)
• Berliner Senat, Kulturabteilung: Preise für Art Laboratory Berlin (2017, 2012)
• Deutsche Forschungsgesellschaft (DFG): Forschungsstipendium, Philadelphia, New York (2005)
• Helena Rubinstein Foundation: Museum of Modern Art, New York (1997)

As co-founder of Art Laboratory Berlin, Rapp has developed numerous interdisciplinary projects including 'Mind the Fungi,' a collaboration between Art Laboratory Berlin and TU Berlin's biotechnology department. She has served on juries for Ars Electronica and Berliner Senat, and is a member of the Synapse curator network at Haus der Kulturen der Welt. Her teaching includes seminars on interdisciplinary artistic practices at Universität Flensburg and art history courses at Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle.