Silke Lapina is a German-Filipino visual artist based in Berlin. She assisted several photographers and fine artists in the fields of street art and fashion around the globe, before receiving a B.A. in Culture- and Social Anthropology at the University of Vienna and M.A. in Religion and Culture at the Humboldt University Berlin.
Her artworks are deeply influenced by anthropology and pop culture. Executed in a wide range of media including photography, painting, installation and performance, Lapina’s work explores themes such as religion and transformation in contemporary society, meditation and interculturality. Silke Lapina’s work has been exhibited and published in numerous places, including Hamburg, Berlin, Vienna, Zurich and Ile-Ife.
For inquiries, collaborations and questions feel free to email studio@silkelapina.com
Press
Hände als Zeichen der Annäherung. Paula Dengs, Les Nouveaux Riches
Interview Silke Lapina. Liz Bautista, The Quiet Edit
Solo Exhibitions
2022 Urban Prayers. Off Space, Berlin
2021 Holy Hands. Ibn Rushd – Goethe Mosque, Berlin
2020 99 HOPES. PremArts, Berlin
2019 ALLES LICHT (OHNE ENDE LIEBE). RAP Store, Vienna
2018 You Are The Light. Rabbit-Eye-Movement Art Space, Vienna
2016 #SPREADTHELOVE. Weindealer St. Georg, Hamburg
Group Exhibitions
2022 JESUS. lebefrauu x qvartr Gallery, Hamburg
2021 RESILIENZ. EightRooms Gallery, Berlin
2021 Open Atelier. Napoleon Komplex, Berlin
2019 Daughters of Zelophehad. Ésskizziert x Kitchen Guerilla, Hamburg
2019 You+I=Light, Lightinstallation. ADIDAS Future Studio, Berlin
2018 Nigeria in Dub. Premarts, Berlin
2017 CRO TRU. Circle Culture Gallery, Berlin
2017 éspassiert x oncrete. Stilwerk, Hamburg
2016 Screen Print Show. Rabbit-Eye-Movement Art Space, Vienna
2016 Screenshots. Grafik Werkschau Halle 622, Zurich
2015 TrackSetters Entertainment Launch. Eindruck, Hamburg
2014 Fuchsbau Exclusive: Koolmilk x Silke Lapina. Loft.23, Hamburg
Selected publications and projects
2021 FEELING – Fatoni. Artwork & Musicvideo. Milan
2018 Art book: Līlā: Silke Lapina 2014-2018. Self-published: Vienna
2017 TRU Album Artwork and Art Magazine. CRO. Stuttgart/Berlin
since 2015 éspassiert collective. Visual Artist. Hamburg
2015 Fifteen Seconds of Fame, Art book. Ata Bozaci. Zürich
2014 Bygones – Paint me Picasso. Album Artwork. Hamburg
Talks
2019 “YOU+I=LIGHT” Installation and the mystic Mechthild von Magdeburg. HU Berlin
2018 Selected Artists, Portfolio Match Triennale der Photographie. Hamburg
