Henrik Capetillo

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Henrik Capetillo
Born 1966 in Motala, Sverige                               

Grew up in Denmark, Swedish and Chilean parents
Lives and works in Denmark

Studies at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art, Copenhagen
Studies at Minneapolis College of Art and Design, USA
Guest teacher at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen
External Associate Professor at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art, Copenhagen

Selected exhibitions and projects

From video art to visual art, Nivaagaards Malerisamling, Nivå, Denmark

Home Two, La Maison Rouge + Bleu, Berlin, Germany

Overwhelmingly Ordinary, Michaelis Galleries, Cape Town, South Africa

Curating Your Context, Museum Bärengasse, Zürich, Schweiz

Multiples, Vice Versa Vertrieb, Berlin, Germany

For Time, Sydhavnen Station, Copenhagen, Denmark

Sådan Set, Romantik i dansk nutidskunst, Rønnebæksholm, Næstved, Denmark

Sådan Set, Romantik i dansk nutidskunst, Kunstbygningen i Vrå, Denmark

Sådan Set, Romantik i dansk nutidskunst, Det Ny Kastet, Thisted, Denmark

Sådan Set, Romantik i dansk nutidskunst, Janus Bygningen, Tistrup , Denmark

Untitled (It's difficult to explain), TTC Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark (separate)    

An Exchange with Sol LeWitt, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, USA

Works by Extraordinary Beautiful Artists, TTC Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

Big Screen Project, New York, USA

Osloo, Copenhagen, Denmark

An evening with the Palm d’Or Social Club, Austrian Cultural Forum, New York, USA                           

Works by Henrik Capetillo, Skovhuset, Værløse, Denmark (separate)               

Summer Reading, Invisible-Exports, New York, USA  

American Cabaret, Palm d’Or Social Club, Karrierebar, Copenhagen, Denmark               
27 Hours, Holløse, Denmark
Works by Henrik Capetillo, Italienska Palatset, Vexjö, Sweden (separate)     
Art Now, Copenhagen, Denmark
International Laundry, Parisa Kind Galerie, Frankfurt, Germany
Southern Exposure, San Fransisco, USA
SAM - Sound Art Museum, Rome, Italy

The Pitch, Palm d’Or Social Club, Frankfurt Art Fair, Germany
The Other, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark
Idéboxing, AROS Kunstmuseum, Århus, Denmark

Idéboxing, Randers Kunstmuseum, Denmark
Art Swapmeet, High Desert Test Sites, California, USA
Fast Video, Tranegaarden, Gentofte, Denmark

The First International Palm d’Or Film Festival, Palm d’Or Social Club, Art Forum Berlin, Germany
Repetition, Malmö Konsthall, Sweden
Romantic Mysteries, The Baltic Triennale, Vilnius, Lituania
The Day After, Danish National Radio P2, Copenhagen, Denmark
Vista Point, Mønstings hus, Copenhagen, Denmark   
Palm d’Or Social Club Edition Catalogue 2004, New York, USA                                
Fast Video, Posthusteatret, Copenhagen, Denmark                 
Moments – Illusions, installed at an abandoned gas station, Copenhagen, Denmark (separate)
Idéboxing, Overgaden, Copenhagen, Denmark
Naumann & Co, Q, Copenhagen, Denmark                 
Dreamchaser, Bergstüb'l Projekte, Berlin, Germany (separate)
Danskheder, Galleri Christian Dam, Copenhagen, Denmark

Danskheder, Rhizom, Århus, Denmark
Evening School, Exhibition Space Signal, Malmö, Sweden
Collective Dwelling Unit, Clocktower Gallery, New York, USA

Smoke for Inspiration, The Baguette Bakery, part of Take Off 20:01, Århus, Denmark (separate)
Take Off 20:01, Århus Kunstmuseum, Denmark
Wonderful Copenhagen, Stadtgallerie Kiel, Germany

Picture This, North Exhibition Space, København, Danmark
I wish, I think, I want to sleep, Prima Kunst, Kiel, Germany (separate)
Nonstop, SAAS, Space for Advance Art Studies, Copenhagen, Denmark
e-motion, Galeria Antonio de Barnola, Barcelona, Spain
Homemade Gravity, -Shoot-, Malmö Konsthall, Sweden
Mønstring, Rhizom, Århus, Denmark
Bangkok 1%, Part of Cities on the Move, Navin Gallery, Thailand
Generated Memory, Stadtgalerie Kiel, Germany (separate)
Video, Politikens Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Originals, North Exhibition Space, Copenhagen, Denmark
Permanent Vacation, Gallery Houmann, Copenhagen, Denmark
n.e.w.s, Stettin,Polen, Visby,Sweden and Riga,Letland
European Video, The Pineapple, Malmö, Sweden
Private Parts, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
Exit, Kunstforeningen Gl. Strand, Copenhagen, Denmark
Capital Art, KX, Hamburg, Germany
Opening Exhibition, Andersens Wohnung, Berlin, Germany
Generated Memory, Gallery 1 %, Copenhagen, Denmark (separate)
Group Show, Körners Kontor, Copenhagen, Denmark
Spin Off, European Video, Copenhagen, Denmark
Danish Video, Oberwelt, Stuttgart, Germany
Stof Skifte, Museet for Samtidskunst, Roskilde, Denmark
April Sessions, ICA, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK
Rhizom, with Kaspar Bonnén, Århus, Denmark (separate)

One Minute World Video, A TV Cultura-Brazill, TV Minas-Brazil, Canal 10-Uruguay, TV ORF-Austria
One Minute World Video, São Paulo, Brazil
Full Frontal Video, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
MovieBox, Copenhagen, Denmark
We are not sure yet, Galleri Egelund, Copenhagen, Denmark
Social Video, n55, Copenhagen, Denmark
Overgaden, with Kaspar Bonnén, Copenhagen, Denmark (separate)
Ciudad Vargo Internacional Video, Spain
Arnhem International Video Festival, Holland
Danish Video, Galleri Off-Side, Stockholm, Sweden
Berlin Film and Video Festival, Germany
Charlottenborg Fall Exhibition, Copenhagen, Denmark                                                     

Selected performances and actions

When I see you, I look away, to avoid seeing, your avoiding eyes, Bredgade 28, Copenhagen
Omkr, Art Now, with Peter Holmgård, Copenhagen
Under omegn, Turbinehallerne, with Peter Holmgård, Copenhagen
An evening of world map creation, Palm d’Or Social Club, Gallery Maccarone, New York, USA
Something About Conflict and Powers, Stadtgalerie Kiel, Germany
3, Ecole Superieur d’Art, Perpignan, France

Public sculptures

Collapsed Target, Skovhuset, Værløse, Denmark


Untitled Light XIIX, Arbejdsskadestyrelsen, Copenhagen

Collaborations

Palm d’Or Social Club is an international artists’ collective, working on collaborative projects
that survey connections between art and entertainment.

Selected teachings and lectures

Lectures at DIS, Danish International Studies, Copenhagen

Guest teacher at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen

Guest teacher at School of Photography, Copenhagen

Lecture at Kunsthochschule Kiel, Germany

Lecture at Ecole Superieur d’Art, Perpignan, France

Lecture at Holbæk Kunsthøjskole, Denmark

Other activities

Exhibition designer, Dan Graham - Works Between Art and Architecture from New York to Denmark,                             Krabbesholm Højskole, Skive, Denmark 

Member of the Jury, Akademiraadets og Kunstnersamfundet, Denmark

Akademiraadets Gold Medal Competition, Denmark

Member of the Jury, Gottfried Brockmann Preis, Kiel, Germany

Curator of video program, Wonderful Copenhagen, Stadtgalerie Kiel, Germany

Member of Det Danske Kunstnersamfund, Denmark

Censor at Charlottenborgs Spring Exhibition, Department of Photography, Video & Sound, Copenhagen

Co-founder of Fast Video, Copenhagen

Co-founder of MovieBox, Copenhagen

Member of the Board, The Danish Video Workshop, Haderslev, Denmark

Selected video / filmography

The Weight of a Feather

Sir, I do not share your views, but I would risk my life for your right to express them

Untitled (it's difficult to explain)

One Year

Hamburger Haiku

12 Hours

Smitten by Sound

The River
The World

Moments – Illusions
Treeskyvideo

Dreamchaser
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Homemade Gravity
I wish, I think, I want to sleep

Light Circle

Smoke, a bird and some dogs
Neither Nor
Boss Audition

Generated Memory
96-98

Two Similar Which Are Different (16 mm)

Smoke for Inspiration
Untitled

Quatro Stagioni
Another Dimension

Monologue of Time

Publication

Conflict and Balance, Henrik Capetillo Works 1992-2010
Artist Book, 132 pages, 306 photographs and illustrations
Revolver Publishing, Berlin, Germany, ISBN 978-3-86895-083-0
Hurricane Publishing, Copenhagen, Denmark, ISBN 978-87-7669-036-6

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Conflict and Balance

An entry (English)

Conflict and Balance

En indgang (Danish)

Text

Biography

Book