Capucine Safir Art€¦ · Capucine Saﬁr is a self-taught, Miami-based French sculptor. After many years working in the movie industry, she graduated in interior design in Sydney,

CAPUCINE SAFIR Sculptor

ARTIST STATEMENT

"Can Art alleviate souls? This is my project. My work is about reshaping reality by giving smoothness and sensuality to my sculptures. In return, people feel lighthearted and at peace. This is my reward. I keep caressing my sculptures. My hands are my eyes. I carve in limestone and plaster, with hand tools only and also work with mixed media, always inspired by nature. This is my process. Since 2013, I've been living and working in Miami. I want to reach out to the world. This is me.."

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Capucine Safir is a self-taught, Miami-based French sculptor.

After many years working in the movie industry, she graduated in interior design in Sydney, Australia where she lived for a few years.

In 2009, Capucine’s life took a new turn when her second son was born disabled; after caring for her children full time for four years, as she moved to Miami, she decided to pursue her love of art and started working full time as a sculptor.

She enjoys every aspect of this art from the physical implication to, the sound of the tools to, the dust. But, most of all, it is the appearance of the form emerging from the block that makes direct carving so special. She soon found her own style through soft rounded shapes. Streamlined, pure, atypical are some of the adjectives which best define her sculptures.

Her work is very instinctive whether she creates animals or abstract sculptures. The worlds of sculpture, design, as well as painting or nature itself also make up her varied artistic influences.

She carves in stone and plaster with hand tools only and also works with mixed media.

BIO

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Upcoming: 2019/04 Galerie Isa Sator Paris, FR 2019/01 Art Fort Lauderdale Fort Lauderdale, FL 2018/12 Alessandro Berni Gallery Aqua Art Miami, FL

Past: 2018/11 Maria Elena Kravetz SOFA, Chicago, IL 2018/05 Dalton Gallery Decatur, GA 2018/04 smART Gallery Miami, FL 2017/12 Superfine ! Art Week Miami, FL 2017/03 Just My Height Miami, FL 2017/03 Winter Street Studios Houston TX 2017/02 Market Hall Raleigh NC 2016/12 Satellite Art Week Miami, FL 2016/12 Superfine ! Art Week Miami, FL 2016/11 #FFFF & gallery - Miami FL 2015/12 Just My Height Art in Komuns - Miami FL 2015 /12 Art 4 Apes Miami Club Rum Gallery - Miami, FL 2015/10 Art is…exhibit 1310 Gallery - Fort Lauderdale, FL 2015/10 Big, beautiful art Artserve - Fort Lauderdale, FL 2015/03 Group show South Point Gallery Tower Miami FL 2015/01 Just My Height Pyramid Studio - Miami, FL 2014/10 French weeks The Hangar, Wynwood - Miami, FL 2014/07 See me Times Square, New York, NJ 2014/03 Group Show Ricart Gallery Wynwood - Miami, FL 2013/12 Scope Art Fair Art week, See-Me booth - Miami Beach , FL 2013/05 Stone sculpture marathon Giverny, France

SELECTED SHOWS

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Represented by

Artlink Galleries - Worldwide Maria Elena Kravetz - Cordoba, AG

The following sculptures are a selection of Capucine’s work, made of stone, plaster or mixed media

Detailed portfolio upon request

ARTWORKS

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ARTWORK LIST

Capucine Safir . Sculptor

P. 7 - Sulky Gorilla . French limestone . Hand carved . 2013 . 15x12x11 in - 38x31x28 cm

P. 10 - Mr Elephant XL . French limestone . Hand carved . 2013 . 112x11x12 in - 30x28x30 cm

Beth . French limestone . Hand carved . 2011 . 17x6,5x7 in - 43,5x17x17,5 cm

Hippo . French limestone . Hand carved . 2011 . 11x15x11in - 27x37x27 cm

P. 11- Effervescence . Mixed media . 2015 . W20x36x28in - W51x92x71cm

Happy Storm L. Ping pong ball assemblage . 2014 . L25xH19xD24 in - L64xH48xD60 cm

Happy Storm M. Ping pong ball assemblage . 2014 . L22xH17xD16 in - L56xH44xD41 cm

Tubogram . Mixed media . 2014 . 95x87 in - 240x220 cm

P.15 - We are all nuts . Gypsum plaster + concrete. Hand carved . 2015 . D8xH8 in - D20xH20 cm

Crack . Tinted Gypsum plaster . Hand carved . 2015 . 8,5x7,5xH3,5 in - 22x19x9 cm

Dee Why . Gypsum plaster + fake grass . Hand carved . 2014 . D6xH6 in - D15xH15 cm

P. 9 - Sensualité . Gypsum plaster . Hand carved . 2016 . D13xH9 in - D33x23 cm

Soul #7 . Gypsum plaster . Hand carved . 2016 . D10,5xH7,5 in - D26xH18 cm

Queen . Tinted Gypsum plaster . Hand carved . 2016 . D12,5x9 in - D31xH22 cm

P. 6 - L’Embellie . Mixed media . 2016 . 59x26x3,5 in - 147x66x9 cm

P. 13 - L’Evaporation des Hommes . Mixed media . 2015 . 59x26x3,5 in - 147x66x9 cm

P. 14 - Live for now . Ping pong ball assemblage on panel . 2016 . H27x22x14 in - H69x56x36 cm

P. 12 - Pierres Chaudes . Mixed media on wood . 2016 . D26xH7,5 in - D66xH19 cm

P. 8 - Coups au coeur . Mixed media . 2018 . D 13x11x11 in - 33x28x28 cm

Grace . Gypsum plaster . Hand carved . 2018 . 10x10x12 in - 25,5x25,5x30,5 cm

Womanly . Mixed media . 2018 . D10,5xH7,5 in - D26xH18 cm

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Capucine Safir Art€¦ · Capucine Saﬁr is a self-taught, Miami-based French sculptor. After many years working in the movie industry, she graduated in interior design in Sydney,