Sleeping soundly underneath the mountain…
I have a fascination in the concepts of the kitsch and the beautiful, the artificial and the real. I strive for a balance between these states and look for the areas in which they overlap. I am also interested in drawing attention to the background of our daily lives, picking out beauty and magic where it is generally goes unnoticed.
My practise involves working in a hybridised
manner across all media, at times using an element of craft. I enjoy the
friction of using ordinary materials to make beautiful objects. I find
this richness in approach conveys very directly my enjoyment in making.
"Forever", July 2003, Post- it notes, Dimensions
Varialble.
BRIEF BIOGRAPHY :
SOLO AND JOINT EXHIBITIONS
March 2003 - “Sunday Session” – Protoacademy, Edinburgh.
October 2001 - “Permafrost” - The Arches, Glasgow (with Gillian
Steel)
February 2000 - “Northern Gold” - Humlan Gallery, Arvidsjaur,
Sweden
June 1998 - ”Oooh my darlin’…” - Patriothall Gallery,
Edinburgh
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
July 2003 - “Past Standing”
– Changing Room Gallery, Stirling
June 2002 – “Majority Rules” – Free Gallery, Glasgow
October - November 2001 - “Breaking the Barriers – Year of
the artist exhibition” - Usher Gallery, Lincoln
May 2001 - “Skegness Art Trail” - Skegness Foreshore, Skegness,
Lincolnshire
November 2000 - “Boxes” - Galleri Gripen, Karlstad, Sweden
July 2000 - “Peepholes” - Godnatt Sea Fortress, Karlskrona,
Sweden
August - September 1999 - “Everything must go” - Collective
Gallery, Edinburgh
July - September 1999 - “Edinburgh Postcard Project” - Fruitmarket
Gallery, Edinburgh
RESIDENCIES
September 2002 - Foundation Pistoletto,
Citadelarte – Biella, Italy.
2002 - Shortlisted, Crawford Arts Centre Residency. – St. Andrews,
Scotland.
2002 - Shortlisted, Braziers International Artists’ Workshop –
Oxfordshire, England.
May 2000 - Year of the Artist Residency, Public Art Trail - Skegness,
Lincolnshire, England
December - February 1999 - Artist in Residence, Arvidsjaur Culture Scholarship
1999 - Arvidsjaur, Sweden
August - September 1998 - Lapland Artist’s Colony, Arvidsjaur, Swedish
Lapland
AWARDS
2001 - International Research and Development Grant - Scottish Arts Council
2000 - Artist Award - Edinburgh Visual Arts & Crafts Artists Awards
Scheme
1999 - Artist Award - The Hope Scott Trust, Edinburgh
contact the artist : mail@julianacapes.co.uk
website : www.julianacapes.co.uk
© juliana CAPES 2003