Capucine Bourcart

www.capucinebourcart.com

Statement

My work takes as its inspiration the fragmentary details and varied textures of everyday objects.  By the use of a mix of techniques such as manual and digital collage, photomontage, and painting, I attempt to bring out their idiosyncratic and off-beat beauty to counter the blandness of perfection.

Brought into final form with the medium of photography, it is always my goal to create an acceptable tension between the straightforward, though formally disassembled representation of the subject, and the abstract composition of the whole.  

By focusing on intimate detail and the specific character of a chosen subject matter I hope that my work acts as a kind of magnifying glass that compels the viewer to not only “look” but to “observe.”

Biography

Originally from Alsace, France, she has called Harlem, New York her home for the past ten years. Primarily self-taught in photography, she has refined her skills through classes at the International Center of Photography in New York, where she was also an Assistant Teacher. She is fascinated by details, inspired by personal interactions, and she structures her creative process with visual fragments that she collects in my daily life, travels, and relationships. She uses these fragments to create her photographic collages.

Her works have been featured in Le Temps, Destination and Le Journal des Arts. Her work has been exhibited and resides in private and museum collections in Europe and in New York. She was featured in FLUX Art Fair, May 2015 and was an award-winning artist at FLUX Public Art Projects, May 2016.

Exhibitions

2016

•  BRUCE MUSEUM OUTDOOR ARTS FESTIVAL – 2016, Greenwich CT, USA – (Group exhibition)

•  NIDAU GALLERY, Nidau, Switzerland – (Solo exhibition)

• ART IN FLUX, New York, USA -UNCOMMON LANDSCAPES – by Capucine Bourcart and Sui Park – “Wall Cuttings”, “Haute Couture” (Duo exhibition)

•  ATLANTIC GALLERY, New York, USA – A CONNECTION – “Game of transparency” (Group exhibition)

•  AZART GALLERY, New York, USA – GRAVITY  – “Haute couture” (Group exhibition)

• THE FLUX PUBLIC ARTS PROJECT, New York, USA – CHANGING LANDSCAPE – “Trompe l’oeil” (Group exhibition)

• THE RYE ARTS CENTER GALLERY, Rye, USA – HOT TICKET : WORKS ON PAPER – “Wall Cuttings” (Group exhibition)

•  ART WYNWOOD, Miami, USA – “Urban Mosaic” (Group exhibition)

2015

•  FLUX ART FAIR, NY, USA – “Deep Skin” (Group exhibition)

•  ART EXPO NEW YORK, NY, USA – “Urban Mosaic”  (Group exhibition)

•  MUSÉE THÉODORE DECK, France – “THÉODORE DECK FRAGMENTÉ” (Solo exhibition)

2014

• LA MAISON D’ART, NY, USA -COLOR PLAY – by Capucine Bourcart and Tomo Mori – “Wall Cuttings” (Duo exhibition)

•  HARLEM ART WALKING TOUR 2014, NY, USA – “Wall Cuttings” (Solo exhibition)

•  HARLEM BIENNALE’s KICK OFF HB2015, NY, USA – “Urban Mosaic” (Group exhibition)

•  LA TUILERIE, Hartmanzwiller, France – “Urban Mosaic” (Group exhibition)

•  NIDAU GALLERY, Nidau, Switzerland – URBAN MOSAIC: NEW YORK – “Urban Mosaic” (Solo exhibition)

•  ART IN FLUX GALLERY, NY, USA – IN HER SKIN – “The Perfect Woman” (Group exhibition)

• ASSEMBLEE NATIONALE, Paris, France – Exhibition of the artwork “Bastille Flag” from the “Urban Mosaic” series

2013

•  HAWT, NY, USA – “Kaleidoscopes,” “Still Lifes” and “Perfect Woman” (Solo exhibition)

•  GALERIE DE LA BAIE, France – “Urban Mosaic” (Solo exhibition)

• LEROY NEIMAN ART CENTER, NY, USA – 10 SQUARED – 100 Ways of Looking at the World – “The wall: An Urban Mosaic” (Group exhibition)

2012

•  HAWT, NY, USA – “Urban Mosaic: Wall of the City” (Solo exhibition)

•  MOTHERHOOD MUSEUM, NY, USA – “39 Weeks of Pregnancy as an Art Basis” (Solo exhibition)

•  ARSENAL GALLERY CENTRAL PARK, NY, USA – NATURE’S RETURN- “Nature Denatured” (Group exhibition)

2011

•  HOAST, NY, USA – “South India, a Travel with Challenges” (Solo exhibition)

•  FRENCH CULTURE NIGHTS, NY, USA – “South India a Travel with challenges” (Group exhibition)

2010

•  HAWT, NY, USA – “Wall of the City” and “Nature Denatured”

•  FRENCH CULTURE NIGHTS, NY, USA – “Rain Lights in NY” (Solo exhibition)

2009

•  HOAST, NY, USA -“Rain Lights in NY,” “39 Weeks of Pregnancy as an Art Basis,” and “Diary” (Solo exhibition)

GRAND

• Marcus Garvey Park Alliance, 2016 – Trompe l’oeil

AWARD

• Best fence installation – Flux Art Fair , 2016 – Trompe l’oeil

PRIZE

• Lumen Prize: “New York Walls – RED” has been selected in the Lumen Price Exhibition that has travelled the world in 2013

PUBLIC ART

• Trompe l’oeil –  Marcus Garvey Park, Harlem, New York 2016

Museums collections

• MUSEUM OF MOTHERHOOD, New York, NY, USA

• MUSÉE THÉODORE DECK, Guebwiller, FRANCE