Carlos Capelán
born in Montevideo, Uruguay 1948, Carlos Capelán lives
in Lund, Sweden and in Moravia, Costa Rica. Studied at Grafikskolan
Forum, Malmö, Sweden. Capelán is a professor at the Vestland’s Art
Academy, Bergen, Norway. Selected separate exhibitions include Museo
des Artes, Montevideo, Uruguay (2005), Ceci n'est pas un video - or, do
natives have a soul?, Galerie Leger, Malmö, Sweden (2004), Sin ti,
Galería Trinta, Santiago de Compostela, Spain (2003); only you,
Bildmuseet, Umeå (2002). Sweden, eisoptrophobia, Galleri s.e., Bergen,
Norway (2002); Galerie Leger, Malmö, Sweden (2000); Jet Lag Mambo,
Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo, Norway (2000); 400 metros al norte del
quiosco del Morazán, Fundación TeorÉtica, San José, Costa Rica (1999);
Galería David Pérez-MacCollum, Guayaquil, Ecuador (1998); A painting
representing space, Miami Art Museum of Dade County, Miami, USA (1997);
Die Welt als Vorstellung, Galerie Monique Knowlton, New York, USA
(1997); Galería Fernando Quintana, Bogotá, Colombia (1994); Neuf,
Maison de L'Amerique Latine, Paris, France (1994); Song to myself, V
Havanna Biennial, Havanna, Cuba (1992). Among selected recent group
exhibitions are Ceci n'est pas un video, c/o Sophienholm, Sophienholm,
Denmark (2005); Autorretrato, in IV Bienal Mercosur, Porto Alegre,
Brasil (2004); Reality and Figuration - The Contemporary Latin American
Presence, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Florida, USA (2002); Tirana
Biennale, National Gallery/Chinese Pavilion, Tirana, Albania (2001).
Capelán is represented in public and private collections in Cuba,
Sweden, USA, Costa Rica, France and Spain. Selected monographs include
only you (Bildmuseet, Umeå, 2002); Jet Lag Mambo (Henie Onstad
Kunstsenter, Hövikodden 2000); Carlos Capelán - Kartor och landskap
(Lunds Konsthall, Lund 1992).
