LionHeart
2024 Fallingwater Institute Artist-in-Residence
Rhael ‘LionHeart’ Cape Hon FRIBA is a Multi-Disciplinary Artist, Poet, Visionary Director and former BBC Radio London Presenter. Associate Artist of The Royal Albert Hall, Artist in Residence at 180 The Strand. Special participant at the 18th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, curated by Lesley Lokko OBE. An honorary fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) for his contribution to architecture. Previously the first Poet in Residence at Saatchi Gallery, Grimshaw Architects, Snohetta, Junya Ishigami, AHMM, PLP, Squire & Partners and many more. 2024 Fallingwater Institute Artist-in-Resident, exploring the architecture by Frank Lloyd Wright. MFAH guest performance, workshop and talk in response to the museum’s permentant collection. Art Basel pannelist alongside Es Devlin, Hans Ulrich Obrist & Merlin Sheldrake. Guest Speaker at the Royal College of Arts, Foster and Partners, Bjarke Ingels Group, Burberry’s Global Architecture Team. Winner of the Davidson Prize 2021 with Haptic Architects & Squint Opera team. Previous Guest Editor for the Wellcome Collection in relation to their ‘Living With Buildings’ exhibition.
About Fallingwater Institute
When Edgar Kaufmann jr. entrusted Fallingwater to the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy in 1963, he envisioned Fallingwater not only as a place where visitors would come to experience great architecture, but also where a deeper experience of art, design and nature might occur.
Kaufmann imagined that Fallingwater could become a place where artists, scholars, designers and learners might come to find inspiration from the building and its landscape while pursuing individual or group study. Today, the Fallingwater Institute, formally established in 2015, honors that vision by providing a stimulating location for creative collaboration and inspired thinking through immersive classes, workshops and residencies. By serving an international community through its innovative programming, the Fallingwater Institute works to create and disseminate new ideas that promote harmony between people and nature.