Violeta Čapovska

Violeta Čapovska

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Violeta Čapovska (born 1967 in Skopje, Macedonia) is an Australian/Macedonian interdisciplinary artist who works in various media, including installation, video, printmaking, and site-specific performance.

She completed her BA in Fine Art at the University of 'Cyril and Methodius Skopje in 1991 and her MFA at RMIT, Melbourne in 1995.

Čapovska's art practice embodies cross-cultural exploration into the concepts of identity, nature, and gender. In 2022 she was a resident at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris and NES Artist Residency, in Iceland in July 2023.

Her site-specific performances include Land-Print projects at Pelister-National Park, Macedonia, 1994-2018 (el 2180 m); Séquana (Île Saint-Louis, Paris 2022) and Measurements (Iceland 2023). Capovska’s work has been shown at private and public galleries and museums, including The National Gallery of Australia, MUMOK Vienna, Museum of Contemporary Art-Skopje the Museum of the City of Skopje, Dianne Tanzer Gallery Melbourne, Art Gallery of Ballarat, and the Australian Print Workshop. Capovska’s work is held in many international, national and state collections.

Violeta Capovska lives and works in Melbourne.

Acknowledgement of Country.

I acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land where I live and work, the Wurundjeri and Boon Wurrung people of the Kulin Nations, and pay my respects to Elders past and present.

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