LUCKY RAPP
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ARTIST BIO
Lucky Rapp lives and works in San Francisco's Mission District. Local collectors have been following her work for several years. Recent shows include: Los Angeles Affordable Art Fair, Campfire Gallery, Art for Aids, and ARC Gallery in San Francisco and also shows in Belgium and Germany.
Lucky's work is often text-based. Her methodology incorporates layers of resin, paint and acrylic forms that create texture and depth. The end result combine inquisitive statements that play with language, with the potency of graphical communication. The three-dimensional quality transforms the texts into work that also includes a sculptural appeal.
Lucky Rapp is a self taught artist although her mother was pregnant with her while getting her degree in art and interior design, which could reflect the principle permeable possibilities of osmosis.
Lucky graduated from SDSU with a degree in sports medicine and athletic training. Born in the Bay Area, Lucky has traveled extensively throughout Europe, India, and Asia and has lived in Germany and Paris.
In Mannheim she became successful as a designer of window concepts for the large multi-house department store in that town. Through this time she also worked on other projects, one of which was running an art gallery out of her 19th century apartment. She selected local artists, presenting one artist at a time and created an appropriate concept for each show. These concepts extended from the invitations to complete transformations of the gallery interior. These events and shows were widely enjoyed and often provoked interesting debate.
She returned to the Bay Area in 2001, where she lives and creates in San Francisco's Mission District.
Selected Exhibitions:
2013
c’est moi chérie, ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Art for Aids Auction, City Metreon, San Francisco, CA
Small Works, ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2012
"Words" off canvas: An informal series extending the "Words" series out of the constraints of the canvas.
Affordable Art Fair – Los Angeles, selected works exhibited by Micaela Gallery + Projects
2011
Gallery 35, Mannheim, Germany
Love for Sale, Amuse Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Featured showroom artist, RocheBobois, San Francisco, CA
Public space exhibition, W Hotel, San Francisco, CA
2010
The Dollhouse Exhibition, juried show, ARC Studios & Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Winterfest, San Francisco Bicycle Coalition Art Auction,San Francisco, CA
SPECTRUM Art Auction and Fundraiser for Access Institute, San Francisco, CA
Featured showroom artist, RocheBobois, San Francisco, CA
Summer Blues, DVC Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Michael Mut Gallery, New York, NY
Art for Haiti Silent Auction, The Warehouse Gallery, Oakland, CA
Art for Haiti: ArtSpan Benefit Art Show & Auction, SOMArts Bay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Who's new in town?, DVC Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
2009
a piece of my mind, Reaves Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008
ride green green ride - an installation, Reaves Gallery, San Francisco, CA.