Christian Capurro
Born Dampier, Western Australia, 1968
resides Melbourne, Australia.
Upcoming / Current Exhibitions
2010
InVisible: Art at the Edge of Perception, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, MA
Christian Capurro, Artspace, Sydney (solo)
2009/10
Mirror Mirror: Then and Now, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane/Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney University/Samstag Museum of Art, Adelaide
Erased: Contemporary Australian Drawing, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Singapore - touring Asian venues & the AGNSW
Still Vast Reserves, Magazzino d'Arte Moderna, Rome/Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne [cat.]
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Selected Exhibitions
2009/10
Mary Kelly | Christian Capurro | Klaus Mosettig, Simon Preston Gallery, New York
2009
Zweckgemeinschaft, MICAMOCA, Berlin
Leave No Trace: Ridges, Troughs and Phantom Limbs, International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York
Plus/Minus, Switchback Gallery, Churchill/Faculty Gallery, Faculty of Art and Design, Monash University, Melbourne
More Love Hours Than Can Ever Be Repaid, Feinkost, Berlin
Behind the Image | The Image Behind, STUK, Leuven [cat.]
Lo Sguardo di Giano, The American Academy, Rome [cat.]
Second Hand, Engholm Engelhorn Galerie, Vienna
2007/8
Monash University Collection: A selection of recent acquisitions, Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne [cat.]
2007
Think with the Senses - Feel with the Mind. Art in the Present Tense, Venice Biennale 52. International Art Exhibition, [cat.]
NEW07, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne [cat.]
2006/7
Before the Body - Matter, Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne [cat.]
2005
The body. The ruin, The Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne University, Melbourne [cat.]
A Short Ride in a Fast Machine: Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces 1985-2005, G.C.A.S., Melbourne [cat.]
2004/5
Another Misspent Portrait of Etienne de Silhouette, multiple presentations and venues, Melbourne (solo + collaborators)
2004
Insufferable Nebulae and other couplings, Studio 12 Project Space, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne (solo)
Gertrude Studios 2004, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne [cat.]
Cycle Tracks Will Abound in Utopia, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne [cat.]
Performance Anxiety, Ocular Lab, Melbourne
2003
Gorgonia, Studio 12 Project Space, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne (solo)
West Space Goes Downtown, Downtown Art Space, Adelaide
Gertrude Studios 2003, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne [cat]
PrintROOM, CLUBS project Inc., Melbourne
2002
Capurro, Ellis, Hutchison and Parsons, 1ST. Floor, Melbourne
2000
White Breath, West Space Inc., Melbourne (solo)
1999
Trying to keep more than one thing in your head at any one time (Viva Timor Leste, 30.08.99), West Space Inc., Melbourne (solo)
After the deluge, corrections, Temple Studio, Melbourne (solo)
Roadside Goods, cityartpublicspace transport shelters, Melbourne (solo)
Raw Hin; Christian Capurro, Choi Sung Youn and Soyoug Kang, Gallery Kobo Chika, Tokyo
1998
Engorge, Stripp, Melbourne (solo)
1997
Cicatrix, Gallery 106 Lt. Lonsdale St., Melbourne (solo)
Garnish (a suite of graftings), Linden, Melbourne (solo)
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Interviews / Contributions / Writings
The Value, Parabol AM #4, May 2009 (pic)
Coda, Motiv #14 Slutet/The End, December 2008 (pic)
Christian Capurro interviewed by Julie Copeland, 'Exhbit A' ABC Radio National, 01.04.07
NEW07 Interviewed, Broadsheet: Contemporary Visual Arts & Culture vol. 36 #1, February 2007
On Originality, Natural Selection Issue 5, 2006
Dear un Responsive, un Magazine Issue 4, Winter 2005
C. Capurro & P. Tyndall (a.k.a. fpm) ---- Day of Protests @ NGV, Haiku Review #6, 2004
M. Bullock, C. Capurro & T. Nicholson ---- After Images, Meanjin vol.62 #2, 2003 (pic)
Interview, 1998, The John McBride Collection (Tokyo/Melbourne) archive catalogue(s), National Library of Australia, Canberra
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Selected References
A. Stephen ---- Jumping through the Mirror, Mirror Mirror: Then and Now, Sydney 2009
S. Reber ---- Monster im Heizungsraum, Der Tagesspiegel, 26.09.09
J. Paton ---- Backwards, slowly, blindly: Christian Capurro's 'compressions', Erased: Contemporary Australian Drawing, AGNSW, Sydney 2009 (pics)
A. van Leeuwen ---- Walter B. en Christian C., Mister Motley, #17, 2008 (pics)
G. Chabert & R. Parcollet ---- Think with the Senses/Feel with the Mind, art 21, numero 14, octobre/novembre 2007 (pic)
E. Meoli ---- Recchese d'Australia in Biennale a Venezia, Il Secolo XIX, 13.11.07 (pic)
L. Harris ---- Christian Capurro, Think with the Senses - Feel with the Mind. Art in the Present Tense, 52. International Art Exhibition - Venice Biennale of Art, Marsilio, Venice 2007 (pics)
S. Smee ---- Come feel the disdain, The Australian, 22.03.07
M. Backhouse ---- When what's left is more, The Age, 14.03.07 (pic)
K. McFarlane & G. Barlow ---- Before the Body - Matter, Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne 2006 (pics)
K. Murray ---- Beyond Fortress Ceramica: A Knight's Tale, Craft Culture (pic). www.craftculture.org/world/kmurray6.htm
B. Crone ---- The Ruined Body?, The body. The ruin, The Ian Potter Museum Of Art, Melbourne University, Melbourne 2005 (pics)
S. Koop ---- Say No, A Short Ride in a Fast Machine: Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces 1985-2005, ed. Charlotte Day, G.C.A.S. with Black Inc. Press, Melbourne 2005 (pic)
J. Clemens ---- Getting off your face with a destructive character; Christian Capurro's 'Another Misspent Portrait of Etienne de Silhouette', Artlink, vol. 25 #1, 2005 (pics)
J. Engberg ---- Cycle Tracks Will Abound in Utopia, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne 2004 (pics)
C. Webb ---- Artists take up pencils to protest against NGV ban, The Age, 09.12.04 (pic)
P. Webb ---- Eyes wide open, The Age, 15.10.04 (pic)
P. Webb ---- Deconstruction writ large, The Age, 21.05.04 (pic)
M. DiPietro ---- Printmakers in the raw, Asahi Evening News, Tokyo, 23.09.99.
T. Nicholson ---- Garnish (a suite of graftings), LIKE, art magazine #4, Spring 1997 (pic)
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Grants / Residencies / Awards
2009
Institute of Modern Art Residency, Brisbane.
International Studio & Curatorial Program New York Residency, Australia Council Arts Development Grant.
2005
Rolex Mentor & Protege Arts Initiative Nomination.
2004/5
Australia Council New Work Grant.
2004
City of Yarra Arts Development Grant.
2003
Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces Studio Residency.
1998
Pat Corrigan Artist Grant, National Association for the Visual Arts.
1996
U.W.S. Macarthur National Printmedia Acquisitive Prize.
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Studies
2004 - 2006
Master of Arts (Media Arts), RMIT University.
2003
Digital Imaging Units, Media Arts Department, RMIT University.
1993 - 1995
BFA (Printmaking), Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne University.
1987 - 1989
Diploma of Photography (Fine Art), Australian College of Photography Art & Communication, Melbourne.
1986
Photographic Studies College, Melbourne.
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Selected Professional Activities
2009
Visiting Artist, The American Academy in Rome.
Visiting Artist Talk: Queensland College of Art.
Fine Art Honours Tutor, School of Fine Arts, Monash University.
2008
Visiting Artist Talks: RMIT University & Monash University.
Fine Art Honours & Drawing Tutor, School of Fine Arts, Monash University.
2007
Visiting Artist Talks: Williams College, Williamstown MA (USA), Reading University (UK) & Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia (IT).
2006
MVA Art History Lecturer & Drawing Tutor, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne University.
Third Year Program Coordinator, The Centre for Ideas, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne University.
Drawing Tutor, School of Fine Arts, Monash University.
2003 - 2005
Photomedia Lecturer/Tutor, Faculty of Multimedia & Digital Arts, Monash University.
Visiting Critic, Media Arts, RMIT University.
2002 - 2005
Committee Member, West Space Inc. artist-run initiative.
2002
Printmaking Lecturer/Tutor & Visiting Artist, NMIT.
2002/1999/1996
Assistant Printmaker/Archivist, Australian Print Workshop, Fitzroy.
1999
Drawing Tutor, Printmaking, Victorian College of the Arts.
1996 - 1997
Photography Lecturer/Tutor, College of Art & Design,
Monash University.
1993 - PRESENT
Freelance Photographer.