Biography
Catherine Rupan Mapp was born in 1994 in Miami, Florida. She has studied Interdisciplinary Sculpture at the Maryland Institute College of Art and Fibres at Alberta University of the Arts. Mapp has already been included in various important exhibitions including, the “1st Miami Contemporary Small Format Exhibition,” by Cowry Art Studio, Miami, Florida; “XXChange: A Showcase of Women Artists and Makers,” sponsored by The Contemporary and The Robert W. Deutsch Foundation and organized by the Baltimore Women’s Maker’s Collective at Area 405, Baltimore, MD; Fate, Destiny and Self Determination, 7th Annual World Textile Art Biennial, Montevideo, Uruguay (in collaboration with Line Dufour). Mapp has also been included in many Fibre Art publications including: ”The Biggest Little Tapestries in the World: 12th International Small Format Show by the American Tapestry Alliance”, Reno, NV; and “Dyeing Now: Contemporary Makers Celebrate Ethel Mariet’s Legacy” at the Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft, East Sussex, England. Mapp currently lives and works in Baltimore, MD where she co-curates a bi-weekly live stream broadcast called Virtual Underground DC, combining an international cast of DJs and Visual Artists.