Felix Gmelin is an artist who lives and works in Trondheim, where he is Professor of Painting and Beyond at the Trondheim Academy of Fine Art (NTNU).
He received his BA and MFA in painting from the Royal Institute of Art (Kungl. Konsthögskolan), Stockholm (1983‑1988) and previously studied at Forum Målskola, Malmö (1978‑1983).

Since 1992 Gmelin has taught at a broad range of international art schools, including Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Design, Stockholm, Staatliche Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main, De Ateliers, Amsterdam, Summer Academy of Fine Arts (SSAS), Pristina, International Academy of Art Palestine (IAAP), Ramallah, Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Arts, the Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm, and the Oslo National Academy of the Arts. His teaching practice mirrors the central concerns of his artistic production: pedagogy, repetition, and the critical examination of action.