Silke Lapina is a visual artist working with objects, symbols and language in relation to ritual and contemporary spiritual practice.

Working across installation and photography, she develops text-based and spatial works that bring together religious references and everyday forms, informed by a German-Filipino background.

Her process is rooted in repetition, writing, and contemplative practice, shaped by long-term meditation and monastic stays.

Lapina holds a B.A. in Culture and Social Anthropology from the University of Vienna and an M.A. in Religion and Culture from Humboldt University Berlin.

She is a recipient of the Ateneo Art Awards – Fernando Zóbel Prize for Visual Art (2025). She completed a residency at Project Space Pilipinas (2026) and will continue her work there, followed by a residency at La Trobe Art Institute (2027).

Education

2022 Master Religion and Culture, Humboldt University Berlin

2019 Bachelor Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Vienna

Award

2025 Ateneo Art Award – Fernando Zóbel Prizes for Visual Art

Residencies

Ongoing – 2026 Project Space Pilipinas, Residency Grant (Lucban, Philippines)

Upcoming – 2027 La Trobe Art Institute, Residency Grant (Bendigo, Australia)

Solo Exhibitions

2025 Bakit Pa. Edoweird, Manila

2025 JESUS. Gravity Art Space, Manila

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. REM Art Space, Vienna

2016 #SPREADTHELOVE. Hamburg

Commissioned Projects

2024 Kumain Ka Na Papaluin Kita (Metropolitan Museum of Manila)

2023 Holy Hands. Kirche auf der Bundesgartenschau, Mannheim

2019 You+I=Light, Lightinstallation. ADIDAS Future Studio, Berlin

Artist Book

līlā. Silke Lapina 2014-2018 (2018)

Group Exhibitions

2026

Pangil sa Pangil. All Out Art Space, Laguna

Fury/Femininity. Ph0n0l0gues – GlogauAIR, Berlin

2025

A little bit of Everything, Everything in a Little Bit. Kalawakan Spacetime, Manila

The No Name Show 5.0. Gravity Art Space, Manila

Ateneo Art Awards – Fernando Zóbel Prizes for Visual Art, Ateneo Art Gallery, Manila

Greatest Hits. Finale Art File, Manila

(your name here). Modeka / Art Fair Philippines, Manila

Intersections Art Summit Philippines x Thailand. Gravity Art Space, Bangkok

2024

The No Name Show 4.0. Gravity Art Space, Manila

Transnationalities: The Anthropology of Migration, hosted by Green Papaya (Fellow 2024). Artist Talk together with Lizza May David, Silke Lapina and Jasmin Werner moderated by Patrick D. Flores. DAAD Gallery, Berlin

2023

Silke Lapina x Dennis Fechner, Leuven/Belgium

Heartfix. Ph0n0l0gues, Berlin

2022

JESUS. lebefrauu x qvartr Gallery, Hamburg

2021

RESILIENZ. EightRooms Gallery, Berlin

Open Atelier. Napoleon Komplex, Berlin

2019

Daughters of Zelophehad. Ésskizziert x Kitchen Guerilla, Hamburg

You+I=Light, Lightinstallation. ADIDAS Future Studio, Berlin

2018