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Moving from Switzerland to Romania via France, China, and the U.S A. has tainted my perception of the world with a certain geographic compulsion. My work is a way to explore, process, and challenge the semi-absurd lines that humans draw around themselves all over the world: borders, languages, media, class, politics, prejudice... I became an artist because it seemed like the only way to disentangle these lines, to research any and every subject, to travel any and everywhere, question anything I might take for granted, dig into any issue or discover any culture, and try to live every day with meaning and make every encounter count.
REPRESENTATION
Galerie Jean-Kenta Gauthier, Paris
Catinca Tabacaru Gallery, Bucharest & Harare
EDUCATION
2007-2012
BFA in Painting & New Media Art | Full-Tuition Scholarship, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA, USA
1989-current
Everything, Anywhere, Earth
RESIDENCIES & AWARDS
2019
The Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai, China
2018
Weir Farm Art Center, Wilton, CT, USA
CTG Collective, Harare, Zimbabwe
Jalovik Art Colony, Jalovik, Serbia
EIDOS Foundation, Bucharest, Romania
2017
Webb School of Knoxville, Knoxville, USA
2012
Professional Development Grant, grant, Target Foundation, Savannah, USA
2011
SCAD Studio, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, USA
PUBLIC SPEAKING
2023
Lifelines, artist talk & studio visits, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, USA (November)
2022
Everybody is an Artist, conversation with Jean-Kenta Gauthier, UNFINISHED Festival, Bucharest, Romania (October)
Capucine Gros & Jean-Kenta Gauthier in conversation, Jean-Kenta Gauthier | Odéon, Paris, France (April)
2021
Mapping Blindly, family workshop, Goethe Institut, Bucharest, Romania (June)
Rendezvous @Goethe: with the artists Capucine Gros & Martin Haake, conversation moderated by Dr. Joachim Umlauf, Goethe Institut, Bucharest, Romania (May)
2020
Mining History, panel with Marcus Dunn & Arturo Soto moderated by Ariella Wolens, SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, USA (October)
The Hardest Thing to do is Nothing, conversation with Marina Abramović and Cristian Movilă, UNFINISHED Festival, Bucharest, Romania (October)
[Flow] OS meets Complex Systems Aesthetics, conversation with Jason Hoelscher & Radu Negulescu, UNFINISHED Festival, Bucharest, Romania (September)
The Center is Everywhere, lecture & workshop, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, USA (May)
Sculpting the Void, lecture with Cristian Movilă, Unilever Romania, Bucharest, Romania (March)
2019
Sculpting the Void, lecture with Cristian Movilă, Aspire Academy, Poiana Brașov, Romania (July)
Alumni Mentor: lecture & workshop, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, USA (March)
2018
Capucine Gros @Weir Farm, public lecture, Wilton Public Library, Wilton, USA (November)
2017
Meet the Artist, lecture, UNFINISHED Festival, Bucharest, Romania (May)
Capucine Gros @Webb, lecture & workshops, Webb School of Knoxville, Knoxville, USA (February)
2014
The Art of Data, lecture, Fathom Information Design, Boston, USA (August)
Alumni Spotlight, lecture, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, USA (February)
2011
I Am Savannah, workshop with James Sakalian, Butler Elementary School, Savannah, USA
PUBLIC PROJECTS
2020
The Geography of Love, permanent public mural, EIDOS Foundation, Bucharest, Romania
Don’t Take Them for Granted public campaign and installation with Cristian Movilă, Bucharest,
2018
33% (Touched / Untouched), one year-long performance, Sydney, Australia; San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Miami, Savannah, Charlotte & Wilton, USA; Paris, Lyon & La Clusaz, France; Bucharest, Romania; Belgrade & Jalovik, Serbia; Harare, Zimbabwe; Doha, Qatar; Milan, Italy; Lugano, Switzerland; Berlin & Leipzig, Germany
2017
Approximately 199, 200-day performance, New York, USA; Lyon, Nantes, Ile d'Yeu & Paris, France; Bucharest, Cluj & Baia Mare, Romania; Shanghai & Guangzhou, China; Sao Paulo, Ilha Grande, Rio de Janeiro & Cunha, Brazil
2013
I, You, We Hope, ephemeral public mural, New York, USA
2010
The Resonance, public sculpture with Brian Rogers and Christopher Crowe, City of Hinesville, Hinesville, USA
2008
17% (Talked to / Touched), one year-long performance, Savannah & Chicago, USA ; Shanghai, China; Lyon & Ile d'Yeu, France
ENQUIRIES
tocapucinegros[at]gmail.com
EXHIBITIONS
2023
Lifelines, solo exhibition, Center for Art & Theatre at Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, USA
Perdre aussi nous appartient [Losing Is Also Still Ours], group exhibition, Jean-Kenta Gauthier | Odéon & Vaugirard, Paris, France
2022
The Scale of Maps, duo exhibition with David Horvitz, Jean-Kenta Gauthier | Odéon, Paris, France
2021
Grenzenlos | Fără frontier | Borderless, group exhibition, Goethe Institut, Bucharest, Romania
2020
Don’t Take Them for Granted, public project with Cristian Movilă, Piața George Enescu, Bucharest, Romania
Trust & Truth, online group exhibition, UNFINISHED Festival, Bucharest, Romania
爱行走艺术展 | Love Walkathon, group exhibition, Shanghai United Foundation, Shanghai, China
在上海三个月 3 months in Shanghai, open-studio, The Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai, China
2019
The Center is Everywhere, Emerging Gallery solo exhibition, SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, USA
JLK2018, group exhibition, Kuca Kralja Petra, Belgrade, Serbia
2018
Unknowning Knows | Knowing Unknowns, group exhibition at UNFINISHED Festival, National Museum of Art of Romania, Bucharest, Romania
CTG(R): ZIMBABWE 2018, group exhibition, CTG Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe
2017
Implicit Borders: a cartography of free will, solo exhibition, Catinca Tabacaru Gallery, New York, USA
UNFINISHED Festival, group exhibition, Galeria Dalles, Bucharest, Romania
Capucine Gros, solo exhibition, Webb School of Knoxville Gallery, Knoxville, USA
2016
Between Senses, group exhibition, Gallery House, New York, USA
Circling the Center, collaborative performance with Nene Humphrey, 3-Legged-Dog, New York, USA
Art Inter/National, group exhibition, BoxHeart Gallery, Pittsburgh, USA
2015
Generations: 40 Hues Between Black and White, group exhibition, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, USA
Mode/Code, group exhibition, Georgia Southern University Contemporary Gallery, Statesboro, USA
The Biology of Love, group exhibition, Klapper Hall Gallery, Queens College, New York, USA
cARTography, group exhibition, Ryan James Fine Arts, Seattle, USA
2014
Circling the Center, collaborative performance with Nene Humphrey, BRIC Brooklyn Biennial, New York, USA
2013
Sing for Hope, collaborative piano and public project with Michael Scoggins, public project, New York, USA
Circling the Center, collaborative performance with Nene Humphrey, Dixon Place, New York, USA
INFLUX, group exhibition, Espace Beaurepaire, Paris, France
2012
Bring Yourself, group exhibition, Small Black Door Gallery, New York, USA
Little Thank You Show, solo exhibition, Creative Coast Gallery, Savannah, USA
Art for Life’s Sake 5th Annual Art Auction, benefit auction, Desotorow Gallery, Savannah, USA
99% COTTON, group exhibition, City Market Space, Savannah, USA
Far From Home, group exhibition, La Galerie Bleue, Savannah, USA
Student International Small Print Show, group exhibition, El Minia University, El Minia, Egypt
SCAD deFine Art, group exhibition, Alexander Hall Gallery, Savannah, USA
2011
Open-Studio, Open-Source, solo open-studio, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, USA
Exquisite Corpse, group exhibition, Mr Beast Gallery, Savannah, USA
Human Strokes, performance painting, SCAD deFine Art, Alexander Hall Gallery, Savannah, USA
2010
The In-Between, collaborative installation with Ju-Yeon Kim, SCAD and the National Museum for Women in the Arts, Washington, USA
Present!, solo installation, SCAD Fall Open Studio, Alexander Hall Gallery, Savannah, USA
B114, group exhibition, Purple Roof Gallery, Shanghai, China
One for the Row, group exhibition, Desoto Row Gallery, Savannah, USA
Wud Shaft, collaborative installation, CCDP Space, Savannah, USA
Ensnared, group exhibition, Desoto Row Gallery, Savannah, GA
17%, solo installation, SCAD Fall Open Studio, Alexander Hall Gallery, Savannah, USA
2009
Explorelations, collaborative installation with Ramona Todoca, Truspace Gallery, Savannah, USA
2007
Turning Point, group exhibition, Creative Center of Fine Arts University, Shanghai, China
PRESS
2023
Celenza, Lauren. “Interviews with Lauren: Lauren Celenza x Capucine Gros” Tech Without Losing Your Soul (September)
Guillot, Claire. “Sélection galeries : Robert Frank et Leon Levinstein aux Douches, « Perdre aussi nous appartient » chez Jean-Kenta Gauthier,” Le Monde (March)
2021
Schroeder, Todd. “The Center is Everywhere,” Art Pulse (September)
2020
“Meaningful Interiors Interview: Capucine Gros, Director Artistic la Unfinished Festival,” Arcady (November)
Ghioca, Cristina. “Don't Take Them For Granted, o punte între cadrele medicale și societate,” Viața Medicală (October 23)
“Documentar zguduitor din „tranşeele” luptei împotriva COVID: „Don’t Take Them for Granted”,” MedicHub (October 15)
Nicolae, Răzvan. “Expoziție “Don’t Take Them for Granted”: 70 de ore din lupta împotriva COVID-19, în imagini,” Newsweek Rômania (October 15)
“Actorul Benedict Cumberbatch, implicat în proiectul „Don't take them for granted”. Instalația de mari dimensiuni, dedicată tuturor celor din linia întâi, deschisă publicului în Piața George Enescu din București,” Știrile TV (October 13)
“DON’T TAKE THEM FOR GRANTED – Cristian Movilă, fotograf: „Am văzut oameni care joacă un rol atât de important că devin invizibiliˮ,” Radio Rômania Cultural (October 13)
“Don’t Take Them For Granted,” Spitalul Universitar de Urgența Militar Central “Dr. Carol Davila” (October 12)
Ion, Raluca. “Actorul Benedict Cumberbatch în proiectul ”Don’t Take Them for Granted”, instalație dedicată la București personalului medical și tuturor celor din linia întâi,” Republica (October 11)
Florea, Adina. “Cum a fost realizat clipul cu imagini impresionante de la ATI. Interviu cu fotograful Cristian Movilă: „Nu e ca în război, ci e mult, mult mai dur”,” Libertatea (October 10)
Cristea, Mihai. “Don’t Take Them for Granted – an art installation dedicated to medical staff and all those in the pandemic’s front line,” Business Review (October 9)
Mărăcine, Adelina. “Imagini impresionante de la ATI, într-un clip manifest realizat de Cristian Movilă şi Capucine Gros, alături de actorul Benedict Cumberbatch,” Adevarul (October 9)
Mihălțianu, Adrian. “Don’t Take Them for Granted: vocea lui Benedict Cumberbatch se alătură unui video eveniment,” Press One (October 9)
Chirileasa, Andrei. “British actor Benedict Cumberbatch is the voice of an art installation dedicated to Romanian doctors fighting the COVID-19 pandemic,” Romania Insider (October 9)
„Don’t Take Them For Granted”, video manifest dedicat personalului medical, realizat de artiștii Cristian Movilă și Capucine Gros, alături de actorul Benedict Cumberbatch,” Europa FM (October 9)
尹绍萍 | Yin, Sandra. “爱•行走•+1 | Love•Walk•+1,” 联劝公益 | Weixin | Lianquan Charity (July 26)
Genis, Leia. “Painting,” Under the Bridge, Winter 2020 issue, pp. 63, 65, 67, 69 (January 29)
2019
Ed. Sarnecka, Zuzanna and Szymański, Wojciech. "Capucine Gros: From Art-Viewing to Art-Experiencing: Perspectives of an Artst," Ikonotheka, Issue 29, Institute of Art History of University of Warsaw, pp. 15-17 (December)
Vainer, Oana. “Capucine Gros - Interview,” Nowhere Radio (October 9)
Flora, Rachael. “Capucine Gros’ centering,” Connect Savannah (July 17)
Coca-Cozma, Miruna. “Jeunes artistes suisses à la conquête du monde,” Radio Télévision Suisse (February 15)
2017
Lajevardi, Leila. “Art Without Borders: Capucine Gros,” The Fullest (October 3)
Cascone, Sarah. "This Artist Is Tracking Every Death Reported in the News Worldwide in One Painting," Artnet (August 7)
Deuley, Margaux. "Implicit Borders: Capucine Gros transforme la géographie en art à New York," French Morning (July 19)
Case-Pethica, Elinor. "Gallery review (7/14): Capucine Gros at Catinca Tabacaru Gallery," Meural (July 14)
Cascone, Sarah. "Editors' Picks: 14 Things to See in New York This Week," Artnet News (July 10)
Gârleșteanu, Cristina. “Unfinished 17 - cel puțin 5 motive pentru care n-ar fi trebuit să ratezi festivalul,” F64 (May 29)
MacQueen, Kathleen. "Starting Over in 2017," Shifting Connections (January 6)
2016
Roffiel, Othiana. "Art Basel/ La estética de la resistencia," Artishock (June 26)
Nasser, Mary C. "Friday Favorite: Capucine Gros," Mixed-Media Map Art (February 26)
Shaw, Kurt. “Art Review: ‘Art International Art Exhibition’ at BoxHeart Gallery,” TRIBLive (January 20)
2015
Hart, Joe. "The Geometry of Conscience," Public Art Review (July 1)
Lê, Dinh Q. & Anderson, Stephen. "Capucine Gros," Generations: 40 Hues Between Black and White exhibition catalogue, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, pp. 28-29 (December)
2011
Spitz, Christina. “Capucine Gros selected for New York City Workspace Opportunity,” SCAD News and Media (May 2)
SCAD TV, “Capucine Gros”, Savannah College of Art and Design (January 26)
2010
Hersh, Allison. “Art and Soul: Ju-Yeon looks “In Between” death and rebirth,” Savannah Morning News (October 17)
Etheridge, Denise. “Design chosen for public art display,” Coastal Courier (May 24)
2009
Schultz, Rachael. “Explorelations breaks Conventions and asks Questions,” SCAD District (October 14)
2007
Loras, Sophie, “Embracing the Arts,” TALK Shanghai (June)
Yorke, Naomi, “Reaching New Heights,” That’s Shanghai (June)