Otto Rapp

Born December 15th, 1944 in Felixdorf, Austria. Lived in Vienna until 1964, then moved to Stockholm, Sweden until 1968, subsequently emigrated to Canada in 1969, living in Calgary and moving to Lethbridge, Alberta the following year.Initially influenced by Surrealism, I later followed the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism.
I am listed in the Who's Who Section under Honorary Art Patrons of the Society for Art of Imagination.

In January 2009, I founded the Private Visionary Art Network. Some of the worlds leading Surrealist, Fantastic Realist and Visionary Artists are members.

I returned to Vienna, Austria in 2011. My former studio was at the Palais Palffy in Vienna where my studio neighbor was Prof. Ernst Fuchs, since 2015 my studio is at the Kunstquartier Wien in Meidling

Some of my art is in the collection of the Province of Alberta, Canada and also the Nickle Arts Museum, University of Calgary, Calgary Alberta. Details about this are listed on my website, see below how to find it.

According to the latest Saatchi Policy, I cannot list my website in my profile. Well, easy - just Google my name OTTO RAPP - ARTIST and you will find my artists website, as well as the one for Pixels/Fine Art America where prints of my work are s...

1950 to 1958 Volksschule, Hauptschule -Wien-Favoriten -Vienna, Austria
1959 to 1962 Berufsschule fuer Grosshandel (Tradeschool for Wholesale Business) - Vienna, Austria
1978 to 1982 University of Lethbridge -Art Department, Visual Arts Major - Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Bachelor of Fine Art (with Great Distinction) 1982 - University of Lethbridge -Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

Awards:
1979 - Prize in Studio Art - The Faculty, Department of Art, University of Lethbridge
1979 - Beta Sigma Phi Scholarship - Beta Sigma Phi, University of Lethbridge
1980 - Certificate of Merit - The Minister for Advanced Education and Manpower, Province of Alberta, Canada

publications:

Canadian Artists in Exhibition, 1972-73
Publisher: Hennessey & Ingalls, Incorporated; 1st edition (Jan. 1 1973)
ISBN-10: 0919656005 ISBN-13: 978-0919656000

​THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FERNAL AFFAIRS
ISBN 978-2-9534581-2-1

ANTILOGIKA SLIKE - Novi Sad 2015
ISBN 978-86-7931-422-2

BIENNIAL OF FANTASY ART 2021
​ISBN 978-86-903702-0-7

Kunstprojekt NO HATE publ. 2021
​ISBN 978-3-900888-78-7

​Lexikon der Phantastischen Künstler
2.Edition (deutsch)
ISBN: 9-783848263073

INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION 2010
SURREALISM NOW - Coimbra|Portugal
ISBN 978-972-98795-9-3

​PIGMALIO...

Saatchi policy prevents me from giving you the relevant link, but if you Google my name OTTO RAPP - ARTIST you will find this information on my artists website. A frequently updated PDF document lists all my exhibitions of the past five decades!

If I would actually add all the exhibitions since 1971 here in this space, it would blow this section right out of the water!