Colette Copeland
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ColetteMedia@aol.com
Education: MFA Art Media Studies, Syracuse, University (1999-2001)
Graduate Study in Photography at University of Miami. (1997-1998).
BFA in Merchandising with a minor in Photography at Pratt Institute, NYC
(1984-1988).
Experience
Teaching:
2001-present Senior Lecturer, University of the Arts, Philadelphia.
Courses include: Contemporary Practices, Critical Issues in Photography and Senior Seminar/Critical Theory
2002-present Lecturer, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Developed and taught curriculum for new Visual Studies major—including survey courses which encompass 2D,3D & video, contemporary art and theory. Developed and taught new art writing course for Center for Contemporary Creative Writing. Additional courses include Photo 1& 2.
2000/1 Syracuse University
Courses: black & white, color and digital photography
1998 Daytona Beach Community College
Taught intro to installation art workshop
1997-1998 Photo Instructor for Fotocamp, Palm Beach Photographic.
Taught color and b&w photography for underprivileged kids ages 8-15.
Curatorial:
2007 “Death Bizarre” expanded exhibition at Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, Florida
2006 Curated “Vernacular Spectacular Video Festival" for SPEMA
2005 Curated “Proof” Video Festival for SPEMA regional Conference,
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
Traveling venues: Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA , Syracuse University & University of Pennsylvania
2004 Curated “Death Bizarre” exhibition for Inliquid/Fotophile at Almanac Gallery, Hoboken, NJ
2002 Curated “Body Politic” exhibit for Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, traveled to Medellin, Colombia for Fotofiesta in September, 2003.
2001 Syracuse & 2003 Ewing, NJ--Curated Video Festival at Society for Photographic Education’s Regional Conferences
2000 Curated “Body Politic” exhibit for Gallery 210, Syracuse, NY
1991-1994 Gallery Committee for the Putnam Arts Council. Responsibilities included photography instruction, curating, publicity and fundraising.
Writing:
1999-present Columnist for Fotophile Magazine, NYC, NY.
2001-2004 Contributor to The Photo Review, Philadelphia
2004-present, regular Philadelphia artblog contributor
www.fallonandrosof.com/artblog
2005-present Contributing Writer for Exposure Journal
Professional Affiliations/ Elected Positions:
Society for Photographic Education:
2004-present Regional Chair
2003 Conference Chair for MidAtlantic Region New Jersey
2002 Co-chair for MidAtlantic Region Pittsburgh, PA
2001 Conference Chair for Northeast Region Syracuse, NY
2002-present College Art Association
1999-2001 Board Member for Community Darkrooms, Syracuse, NY
Honors:
2006 Distinguished Teaching Award, Critical Writing Department
University of Pennsylvania
2005 Leeway Art & Change Grant Recipient
2005 Special Prize for Artistic Excellence & Commitment to Teaching, Arad Biennale, Arad, Romania
Three Year Fellowship Award--Syracuse University,
1998 Michele Edelson Award in Photography--University of Miami,
Best of Show 1995 New Jersey Printmaking Council's "Dimension Dementia". Finalist in 1992 and 1993 Photographer's Forum Contest.
1992 Who’s Who of American Women
2006 November “Abortion Dialogues”, Drik Photographic Gallery, Dhaka,Bangladesh in conjunction with Chobi Mela International Photo Festival
2005 November “Abortion Dialogues”, Indian Museum, Kolkata, India
April “Abortion Dialogues”, Carbon14 Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2004 March “Untitled” Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2003 June ”Underwater Series” Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh
May “First Tuesday Film Festival—Featured Artist”, Western Illinois University Art Gallery, IL
Februrary “Utopian World State: Fact or Fiction?” Loyola College Gallery, Baltimore, MDZ
February “Nature’s Fingerprint” Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE
2002 August “Nature’s Fingerprint—Fringe Festival”, TLA Video, Philadelphia
2001 September “Artist Invitational”, Tyler Art Gallery, Oswego, NY
May “Abortion Stories,” WomanMade Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
January “Abortion Stories”, Acme Art Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
2000 October “Evolutions”, Clement Gallery, University of Toledo, Ohio
February “Abortion Stories”, Spaces, Cleveland, Ohio
January “Teras”, Metaphorestry Gallery, Syracuse, New York
1999 June “Copeland/Thompson--Recent Work”, Spark Gallery, Syracuse, New York
September “Are We Killing Our Children?”, Virginia Intermont Gallery, Bristol, Virginia
1997 April “Spring Exhibition”, Schacknow Museum, Coral Springs, Florida.
November "Texture Series", The Capitol, Tallahassee, Florida
May-Oct. "Are We Killing Our Children?" University of Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia traveled to Cali and Bucaramanga.
1995 November "Are We Killing Our Children?" Kingsley Center, Pittsburgh, PA
1992 September "Travelscapes" Mahopac Library, Mahopac, NY
August Copeland "Venezuela" Crystal Gallery, Mahopac, NY
May/June Copeland "Recent Photographs" Building & Design Center, Yorktown Heights, NY
1987 November "Copeland--Photographs" Pratt Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Group Exhibitions:
2007January “Ritual and Reputation”, Richmond Center for Visual Arts, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
2006 September “Snap to Grid”, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, LA, CA
September “Ars Latina 2006”, Macerta, Italy
September “Sculpure at City Nord”, Hamburg, Germany
September “Temporary Cities”, National Center for Contemporary Arts, Moscow, Russia
September “Temporary Cities”, Cultural Communication Center, Klalpeda,Lithuania
September “MIAD Venado Tuerto 2006”, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, Argentina
July “Do Not Fold, Bend, Spindle or Mutilate: Computer Punch Card Ar
Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
March “Temporary Identities”, Novosibirsk State Art Museum, Russia
October “Art AIUD 2005 Film Festival” Interart Foundation, Alba, Romania
October “Heartfelt”, FSU Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, Florida
September “Sculpture Faculty Exhibit” Addams Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
May “Arad Biennale”, American Pavilion, Arad, Romania
April “Media Lounge”, York Arts Gallery, York, PA
2004 October, “Rendering Gender”, Truman State Gallery, Kirkville, MO
September “Dialogue: art. technology. imagery”, Montpelier Cultural Arts Center, Laurel, MD
September “Death Bizarre”, Almanac Gallery, Hoboken, NJ
September “Media Arts Faculty Exhibit”, Rosenwald Wolf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
June “Girl Art Now” Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI
2003 October “Re:Context” SPEMA Video Festival, Ewing, New Jersey
September “Body Politic”, University of Eafit, Medellin, Colombia
August “Viewpoints”Arthur Ross Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
August “Fringe Festival” Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
April “Multisensory: Visual Responses to Memory and Synesthesia”, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI
April “Skin 2003”, Icebox Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
March “Ties That Bind: Women and Collaboration”, Smithtown Arts Council, St.James, NY
February “New Normal”, Borowsky Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2002 October “New Media & Video”, Community College of Rhode Island, Lincoln, RI
October “Evidencing: Drawing with Light and Pixels”, College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ
September “9/11”, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA
June “National Photography 2002” Soho Photo Gallery, New York, NY
Juror—Jennifer Blessings, Curator, Guggenheim Museum
June “New American Talent” Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Austin, TX, traveled to Texas A&M Commerce Galleries (2002) and Stark Galleries, Texas A&M University (2003)
May “Autobiographies” Womanmade Gallery, Chicago, ILL
April “Photography 2002”, Nexus Gallery, New York, NY
January “Disparate Views”, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY
2001 March “MFA Exhibit” Lowe Gallery, Syracuse, NY
January “Expose Yourself” CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2000 November “Serious Play”, Adabomb Gallery, Milwaukee, Winsconsin
April “Everson Biennial”, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York
1999 October “Dinner with Dali”, Clement Gallery, University of Toledo, Ohio
July “Member’s Exhibit” Houston Center for Photography, Houston, Texas
Juror--Sheryl Conkelton
April “Members’ Exhibit”, Light Work Gallery, Syracuse, New York
March “Five Perspectives of the Global Child”, Center for Visual Arts, Oakland, California
February “Winter Exhibition”, Gallery 210, Syracuse, New York
1998 November “Image & Text II”, SFA Gallery, Nacogdoches, Texas
September “Hand/Spirit/Invention”, Harper Collins Gallery, New York, New York
June “Fresh Work 2”, Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, Florida
January “Imaging Florida”, New Gallery, University of Miami traveled to Tampa, Tallahassee and Gainesville, Florida.
1997 November " Book Arts",Left Bank Gallery, Bennington , Vermont
March "Light and Image", CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, NY
February "Photowork '97", Barry University, Miami, Fl., curator--Vivian Donnell Rodriguez
February "Voices and Visions", Center for Emerging Art, Melbourne, FL, curator- Ava Rado
1996 August "Juried Member's Show", Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA
August "Pulp Fictions", Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX, traveling to six museums & galleries throughout Texas. Juror-- Elizabeth Smith
June "Three Rivers Art Festival" Pittsburgh, PA. Juror--Clarissa Sligh
May "Endangered" Oregon Book Arts Guild, Valley Art Association,
Forest Grove, OR, traveling to Seattle, WA for Bumbershoot Festival
April "100 Women, 100 Works", Center at High Falls, Rochester, NY.
Juror--JoAnn Moser
April "Art on Paper '96", MFA Gallery, Anapolis, MD
March "Women and Violence", Women's Studio Gallery, Rosendale, NY
March "Women in the Visual Arts", Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT
Juror-- Ann Langdon
January/February "70th International Competition" Print Club, Philadelphia, PA, traveled to Woodstock Center of Photography, Woodstock, NY.
Juror--Colleen Kenyo
1995 December "CEPA Member's Show", CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, NY
September " Soho Biennial", 450 Broadway Gallery, New York, NY
September "Worth a Thousand Words" Benham Gallery, Seattle, WA
Juror--Duane Michals
August "Dimension Dementia" New Jersey Printmaking Council, Somerville, NJ
Juror--Suzanne Pilgrim
June "Self-Portraits" Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ June -March 1996 "Media Mania" New Jersey Printmakers Council
Traveling Exhibit, Princeton, Raritan, Somerset, Paramus,
March "Color Now" Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA. Juror--Terrie Sultan
1994 March 1993, 1992 PAC Members Show Belle Levine Art Center, Mahopac, NY
1993 November "Very Small Works" Le Petit Musee, Housatonic, MA
October 1993, 1992 30th Annual Fine Arts Show Belle Levine Art Ctr, Mahopac, NY
August "Up Close" Belle Levine Art Center, Mahopac, NY
1992 December 1992, 1991 Resident Artists' Show Belle Levine Art Ctr, Mahopac, NY
October 15th Annual Fine Arts Show Ridgefield Artists' Guild, Ridgefield, CT
June "Humor"Belle Levine Art Center, Mahopac, NY
January "Nature" Country Bank, Carmel, NY
1987 February "Lincoln Center Family Art Show" Lincoln Center, NYC
