tobias kappel is a berlin-based artist whose practice explores translation processes between various image forms and digital media. he utilizes imaging methods, photo editing tools and printing techniques in a process-oriented concept of image making. kappel appropriates the prevalent feeling of being 'in-between' as a backdrop to revolve around questions on photography, painting and perception. the outcome is a genre-fluid body of work that probes itself into the contemporary discourse on images per se or imagery that’s lost its categorization.
tobias kappel (b. 1987, potsdam, de) studied visual communication with a focus on multimedial photography/technical imagery at the muthesius kunsthochschule in kiel, germany. following his studies he was granted a daad-fellowship to live and work in new york city, usa in 2015, and he has exhibited at c/o berlin, raum für drastische maßnahmen, berlin; museum kunst der westküste, föhr; alfred ehrhardt stiftung, berlin; frontviews, berlin, and the contact photography festival, toronto; among others.
kappel extended his artistic practice in 2021 when he curated and took part in the exhibition “open-ended photography” at robert morat galerie, berlin. his thoughts on the multiplicity of image-making and the medium of photography have gained further recognition through contributions to the fotografie neu denken podcast, the c4 journal and fototreff berlin.