She makes paintings, collages, and sculptures that examine women's sexuality, queerness, gender and heteronormativity, often using humor.

[6] For Barbara Rapp fashion does not only bear a social responsibility but also reflects the current socio-cultural developments.

After receiving the white dress in folkloristic "dirndl-style" from the fashion art institute it was immediately clear for her that she has to withdraw its automated categorization.

Accordingly, she tried to create the artistic design of her dress called "Trapp 3.0" not only by contemporary re-engineering the traditional mapping of folklore but also to encourage new perspectives on female and male forms of appearance.

[7] In 2024, the public broadcaster ORF visualised the interdisciplinary work of Barbara Ambrusch-Rapp in a tv-portrait in which the artist's focus on human rights is mentioned.