Jacobus Capone
Born: Perth, Western Australia
2004-2007 Bachelor of Visual Arts, Edith Cowan University, WA
Solo Exhibitions/ Performance
2022 Orisons, UNSW Galleries, Sydney
2022 Perdition & Prayer, Melbourne Art Fair, with Moore Contemporary
2021 Beating Heart, Fremantle Arts Centre
2020 7 Cuts to the Landscape, STATION, Sydney
2020 Piteraq, Moore Contemporary, Perth
2019 Dark Learning, UQ Museum, Queensland
2019 Sincerity & Symbiosis, Perth Centre for Photography
2018 Double Enigma, Michael Bugelli Gallery at 'the tunnel', Old Mercury Building, Hobart
2018 Passage, Turner Galleries, Perth
2017 Forgiving Night for Day, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art as part of Perth International Arts Festival
2016 Gestures & Presence-with Madison Bycroft , The LockUp, Newcastle
2016 Pneuma, 24/SEVEN Screen, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, Perth, Australia
2016 Volta, Success, Perth
2015 Dark Learning, PS Artspace, Perth
2014 S a u d a d e, Momentum, Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin
2013 Qaulia, MOANA, Perth
2013 Towards a Meridian, Soapbox Gallery, New York
2013 The Hallucination in Common, Clock Tower Plaza, New York
2013 Foreign Fado, Cross Gallery, Taipei
2013 Vestiges and Voids, Attic Gallery THAV, Taipei
2013 The Reparation of the Heart, Linden Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne.
2012 Uncertain Vigil, Peloton, Sydney
2012 The Reparation of the Heart, Metro Arts, Brisbane.
2012 The Wound and its Shadow, Invorio, Italy
2011 saudade, Suomenlinna, Finland
2011 the calm nocturne through close white touch, Valssaamo, The cable factory, Helsinki Finland
2011 in return (the nostalgias), HIAP project space Helsinki, Finland
2011 on dislocation and disillusion/teaching two limbs the idea of time, free range gallery, Perth
2010 Nine Prayers for Palomar, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art
2010 shifted line, Woolsheds, Albany
2010 A work for a Mountain, Vancouver Arts Centre, Albany
2009 Interlude , free range gallery, Perth
2009 disquiet , kurb gallery, Northbridge
2007 To love, Walking from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific, to pour water from the Indian ocean into the Pacific . Crossing Australia by foot
(6 month performance)
2006 A work for an un-named Island. Hyde Park, Perth
2006 énoncé, ceased talking from 23rd of April – 23rd October
(6 month performance)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 Aichi Triennale, Still Alive, Japan
2022 VIDEO, Melbourne Art Fair
2021 TarraWarra Biennial, Slow Moving Waters, Tarrawarra Museum, Victoria
2021 Doors of Perception, Visions, Auckland NZ
2021 On Location, Moore Contemporary, Perth
2019 Island Tales: Taiwan and Australia, Taipei Fine Arts Museum
2019 Idle Worship, Lismore Regional Gallery
2019 Love, Displaced, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery as part of Perth International Arts Festival
2019 Ritual, There Is, Perth
2018 Hadleys Art Prize (Highly Commended), Hobart
2017 Primavera, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
2017 Ramsay Art Prize, Art Gallery of South Australia
2017 TRACK, Adelaide Central School of Art, Adelaide Fringe Festival
2016 John Stringer Prize (winner), Kerry Stokes Collection, Perth
2016 Streetlight, Roman Susan, Chicago, USA
2016 NEW16, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art
2016 Fleurieu Art Prize, Samstag Museum, Adelaide
2016 All-Seeing Eyes by the Beige Garden Bed, Pet Projects, Perth
2016 Stations of the Cross, Bunbury Regional Art galleries.
2015 Macquarie Digital Portraiture Award (finalist), National Portrait Gallery Australia
2015 Aalborg Surreal, Denmark
2015 Dong Gang Photo Festival, Seoul, South Korea
2015 Pica Salon, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art
2015 BEIGE, HEREArt, New York, USA
2015 Here and Now 15, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, Perth
2015 Frames, SIM Gallery, Reykjavik
2015 City of Joondalup invitation art award (finalist), Perth
2014 Video Snack 3(Video Cure), The Print Shop, MoMA PS1, New York, USA
2014 Enduring Parallels, The Lockup Cultural Centre, Newcastle
2014 74:09, Defibrillator Gallery, Chicago, USA
2014 Homecoming, Flux Factory, New York
2014 Engage, M Contemporary, Sydney
2014 Freedman Foundation Scolarship Exhibition, COFA Gallery, Sydney
2014 CLIP Awards (Finalist), Perth Centre for Photography
2014 Rapid Pulse International Performance Art Festival, Defibrillator Gallery, Chicago, USA
2014 Panorama, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, Perth
2014 High Visibility, City of Perth
2014 Eggtooth, Spectrum Project Space, Perth
2014 Fokus 2014, Nikolaj Kunsthal, Denmark
2013 Speculative Identities,Atelierhof Kreuzberg,Berlin
2013 Brer Art week, Milan, Italy
2013 Aurora, Light of Convergence, Dallas Texas
2013 Thirteen Video Art Festival, Stockholm, Sweden
2013 The Present Tense of Space, Lintroller, Brooklyn, New York
2013 Small Wonder, Ground floor gallery, New York
2013 Ransom, Wayfarers, New York
2013 In Memory of a Once Fluid Man, Ok Gallery, Perth
2012 Build me a city, Australian Experimental Art Foundation
2012 Freedman Foundation Scholarship Exhibition, Kudos Gallery, Sydney
2012 AKMO, Eventinove, Borgomanero, Italy
2012 the Conservatorium, Paper Mountain, Perth
2011 European Performance Art Festival and Performance Platform Lublin, Poland
2011 Crash, Free Range Gallery, Perth
2011 City of Perth Light Locker Art Space, Grand Lane, Perth
2010 deepening the game, John Buckley gallery, Melbourne
2009 gone in no time (gone in no time), Australian Experimental Arts Foundation Adelaide
2006 A4 Reunion, Westspace, Melbourne
Awards, Grants and Residencies
2020 USF Bergen, Residency, Norway
2020 Galleri Svalbard, Residency, Svalbard
2020 Studio Kura through Asialink Australia, Japan
2019 Individual Arts Project Grant. Australia Council for the Arts
2019 Fremantle Arts Centre, Residency
2018 Galleri Svalbard, Residency, Svalbard
2017 Individual Arts Project, Australian Council for the Arts
2017 Creative Development, Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries, Perth
2017 Academy of Arts Inveresk, Residency, Launceston
2017 Upernavik Museum, Residency, Greenland
2016 Villa Ruffieux Residency, Valais, Switzerland
2016 John Stringer Prize (winner), Kerry Stokes collection, Perth
2016 Hanger, Residency Lisbon, Portugal
2016 Individual Development Grant, Australian Council for the Arts
2016 Research and Development Grant, Ian Potter Cultural Trust
2016 Skills and Development Grant, Department of Culture and the Arts, Perth
2015 Listhus Residency,Ólafsfirði
2015 SIM Residency, The Association of Icelandic Visual Artists, Reykjavik
2015 Skills and Development Grant, Department of Culture and the Arts, Perth
2014 Fremantle Art Centre Residency
2014 Artflight grant, Department of Culture and the Arts, Perth
2014 SIM residency, Reykjavik
2013 DCA skills and development Grant
2013 New Work, Early Career Grant, Australian Council for the Arts
2013 Treasure Hill Artist Village Fellowship, , Taipei
2013 Flux Factory, NewYork, studio residency
2013 Nes Residency, Iceland, studio residency
2012 Akmo studio residency(big bang projects), Invorio, Italy
2012 NAVA Freedman Foundation traveling Art scholarship
2011 Helsinki Studio Residency (Skills and Arts Development) Australian Council for the Arts
2010 Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, studio residency
2010 Mt. Romance Centennial Art Prize (winner)
2010 Vancouver Arts Center studio residency, Albany.
Collaborations/ Public Projects
2013 Flux Priority, Museum of the Moving Image, New York
2010 Behind the door, Hiromi Tango, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art
2006 To love, Walking from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific, to pour water from the Indian ocean into the Pacific (Crossing Australia by foot) supported by my sister Gemma