Colette Copeland is a multi-media visual artist whose work examines issues surrounding gender, death and contemporary culture. Sourcing personal narratives and popular media, she utilizes video, photography, performance and sculptural installation to question societal roles and the pervasive influence of media, and technology on our communal enculturation. Recently, she relocated to Dallas where she is teaching Art Appreciation at Collin College and digital media/digital video at Richland College. From 2002-2011, she taught photography, visual studies and critical writing at the University of Pennsylvania. She received her BFA from Pratt Institute in New York and her MFA from Syracuse University. She is the recipient of a LeewayFoundation Award for Art & Change. Over the past 8 years, her work has been exhibited in 13 solo exhibitions and 58 group exhibitions/festivals spanning 18 countries. Highlights include the Arad Biennale in Romania, the Museum of Fine Arts in Venado Tuerto , Argentina, the National Center for Contemporary Art in Moscow, Novosibirsk State Art Museum in Russia, City Nord in Hamburg, Germany, Ars Latina in Macerata, Italy, Mexicali, Baja and Castellon, Spain, Cultural Communication Center in Klapeda, Lithuania, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Scope Hamptons in New York, Kratkofil Film Festival in Bosnia/Herzgovina, and a traveling exhibition throughout India and Bangladesh, including Calcutta, Bombay and Dhaka. Ms. Copeland is a contributing writer for Glasstire, Ceramics: Art and Perception, and Afterimage Journal of Media Arts and Cultural Criticism. For seven years, she wrote a quarterly column for Fotophile Magazine and contributed to The Photo Review and Exposure Journal.