BFA in Merchandising with a minor in Photography at Pratt Institute, NYC (1984-1988).

Experience:

Teaching: 2011-present, Associate Faculty, Collin College, McKinney, Tx

Taught Art Appreciation courses.

2011-present, Adjunct Faculty, Richland College, Dallas, Tx

Taught Digital Media including photoshop, web design, video and animation. Taught digital video.

2009-2011 Senior Fellow, Critical Writing Department, Lecturer, Visual Studies Program, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Developed new courses including Contemporary Art in Philadelphia, Contemporary Art in New York, Dark Tourism in Philadelphia and Service Learning in Parkway High School. Facilitate year-long Visual Studies Senior Thesis Projects, culminating in an exhibition, publication. Additional responsibilities include mentoring new writing instructors.

2002-2009 Lecturer, University of Pennsylvania

Developed and taught curriculum for new Visual Studies major—including survey courses which encompass 2D, 3D & video, contemporary art and theory. Additional courses include Photo 1& 2.

2001-9 Master Lecturer, University of the Arts, Philadelphia.

Developed and taught new critical theory curriculum for photography majors (juniors and seniors) Developed and taught interdisciplinary conceptual studio course for Media Arts majors. Courses include: Contemporary Practices, Critical Issues in Photography and Senior Seminar—Contemporary Issues.

2000/1 Syracuse University

Courses: black & white, color and digital photography

Curatorial: 2010 Homeland: Borders and Boundaries, International House, Philadelphia, PA

2008 Rewind, Remix, Fast Forward: Exploring Our Cultural Ecosystem through Video, Miller Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

2007 “Vernacular Spectacular” Video Program, International House, Philadelphia, PA

2007 “Death Bizarre” expanded exhibition at Woodstock Center for Photography, Woodstock, NY

2007 Curated Homeland: Borders and Boundaries for Ars Latina,

Mexicali, Baja traveling to SPEMA Woodstock, NY

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

Writing:

2011—present contributing reviewer to Glasstire

2009-present contributing writer to Ceramics: Art and Perception

2005-present contributing writer to Afterimage: Journal of Media Arts and Cultural Criticism

2005-2011 contributing writer to Exposure Journal

2004-2007 Philadelphia artblog contributor

www.fallonandrosof.com/artblog

2001-2006 Contributor to The Photo Review

1999-2007 Columnist for Fotophile Magazine

Professional

Affiliations/

Elected

Positions: 2011-present International Association of Art Critics

Society for Photographic Education:

2004-2010 Regional Chair

*Responsibilities include fiscal management, overseeing all aspects of yearly regional conference including vendor solicitation, development of theme, programming speakers, curating thematic video program, marketing, advertising and membership development

2008 Conference Co-chair for SPEMA in Pittsburgh

2007 Conference Co-Chair for SPEMA & SPENE Region in Woodstock

2006 Conference Co-Chair for MidAtlantic Region, Philadelphia, PA

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

Solo/2 Person

Exhibitions:

2011 March Just Add Maggots, International House Video Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2010 February “Copeland—Retrospective”, Weeks Gallery, Jamestown, NY

2006 November “Abortion Dialogues”, Goethe Institute 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, MD

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

1998 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.

1996 July "3 in 3D, Printmaking Council of New Jersey, Somerville, NJ

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:

2011 September “Dallas Stories”, Dallas Video Festival, Dallas, Texas

February “The Carnival of Death”, University of London, London, U.K.

2010 October “Line Up Action—festival internacional de arte da performance”, Coimbra, Portugal

June “6^th ISFF International Short Film Festival”, Detmold, Germany

March “The Museum”, Arthur Ross Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2009 October “Paper Works!”, Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, PA

September “A Book About Death”, Emily Harvey Gallery, New York, NY

July “09 Oh Cow!” Crossing Art Gallery, Flushing, NY

June “Money, Money, Money” Kurye International Film Festival, Istanbul

May “Visions in the Nunnery 2009”, The Nunnery Gallery, London, U.K.

March “Sprawl—SPE Conference Video Program, Dallas, Texas

February “Women’s Caucus for Art 5^th International Video Festival, Korean Cultural Center Theater, Los Angeles, CA

2008 November “Betting on Shorts—More than a Eurovision of Short Film”, simultaneous screenings in Athens, Barcelona, Bucharest, Istanbul, London, Maribor, Novi Sad, Paris, Poznan, Stockholm, Naples, Thessaloniki & Weisbaden

November “Moving Image Film Festival”, Toronto, Canada

August “DigiFestival”, Florence, Italy

June “2^nd Kratkofil International Short Film Festival”, Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina

May “Artsfest 2008”, Whitaker Center for Science & Arts, Harrisburg, PA

May “18^th Internationales Video Festival” Bochum, Germany

April “Filmideo Series”, Red Saw Gallery, Newark, NJ

March “Standing Video Screening”, Teatro dell’Accento, Rome Italy

March “Agents of Change: Art & Advocacy”, SPE conference video screening, Denver, CO

March “The New Millennium Isn’t Space-Age, It’s Raw”, Scope Art Fair,

Lincoln Center, New York

2007 September “Raw Tactics of the Subversive Body Video Screening”, Pittsburgh, PA traveling to Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY & Washington, DC

August “Scope Hamptons”, Scope Cinema, East Hampton Studios

June “Ars Latina 2007”, Mexicali, Baja, California, traveling to Castellon, Spain in September 2007

June “Kratkofil International Short Film Festival”, Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina

March “Look Out—Photography & the Worlds of Contemporary Art”, SPE conference video screening, Miami, Fl

March “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 Art”, Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science, Sioux Falls, South Dakota

March “Temporary Identities”, Novosibirsk State Art Museum, Russia

2005 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 throughoutTexas.

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.

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 Kenyon

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

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

Visiting Artist

Lectures/

Conference Presentations:

2/12 Dangle in the Sheriff’s Picture Frame—A Symposium on Tourism & Culture, College Art Association, Los Angeles, CA

11/11 Publish or Perish—Artist as Critic, Society for Photographic Education, Syracuse, NY

3/10 Sourcing Inspiration: Transforming Life Experiences into Art, University of the Arts, Philadelphia , PA

6/07 Homeland: Borders & Boundaries International Video Program,

Mexicali, Baja

3/06 Moderator SPE Panel—Are Adjuncts Getting the Shaft? Chicago

11/05 Lecturer Indian Museum, Kolkata, India

11/05 Curating Workshop, Dhaka, Bangladesh

5/05 Lecturer at Arad Biennale, Arad Romania

4/05 Panelist—Becoming Uncomfortable, Brown University’s International Performance Conference, Providence, Rhode Island

10/04 Moderator on Panel addressing Adjunct Issues, SPE, Howard Community College, MD

9/03 Guest Curator& Artist Fotofiesta International Festival, Medellin, Colombia

11/02 SUNY Fredonia, Fredonia, NY

10/02 College of New Jersey, Ewing, NY

10/02 Moderator on Curator’s Panel, SPE, Pittsburgh, PA

10/01 Moderator on Curator’s Panel, SPE, Syracuse University, Syracuse,

9/01 SUNY Oswego Art Dept., Oswego, NY

11/00 University of Toledo Art Department, Toledo, OH

9/00 Juror for WCNY Annual Art Exhibit & Auction

2/00 Spaces, Cleveland, OH

5/99 Syracuse Artists’ Guild, Syracuse, NY

3/99 Center for Visual Arts, Oakland, CA

11/97 Florida State University Art Dept., Tallahassee, FL

10/97 University of Florida Art Dept., Gainesville, FL

5/97 University of Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia

2/97 Barry University, Miami, FL

11/95 Kingsley Center, Pittsburgh, PA

Publications:

Books& Catalogs: 2007 Ars Latina—Being Latin in the 21^st Century

2007 Kratkofil International Short Video Festival Catalog

2006 Chobi Mela IV International Festival of Photography Catalog

2005 Arad International Biennale of Contemporary Art Catalog

2005 Abortion Dialogues catalog & cd, funded by Leeway Foundation

In conjunction with carbon14 gallery exhibit 2002 “Evidencing”, The College of New Jersey

1998 “Fresh Work”, Southeast Museum of Photography

1997 “Senales de Progreso”, Museo Universario, Universidad de Antioquia

1996 “Primary Subject”, The Print Center, Philadelphia

1996 “Endangered” Oregon Book Biennial

1996 “Pulp Fictions” Texas Fine Arts Association

1995 Soho Biennial, New York

1993, 1992 Best Photography Annuals

1992/3 World Who’s Who of Women

Magazines &

Newspapers:

2007 09/07/07 “Raw Tactics of the Subversive Body”, Pittsburgh City Paper

www.pittsburgh.gyrosite.com

03/29/07 “Examining the End at CPW”, Woodstock Times, Woodstock, NY

2005

12/1/05 “Don’t Terminate the Dream; Take It Forward”, Hindustan Times, Kolkata, India

11/28/05 “Aborting the Truth”, The Statesman, Kolkata, India

11/26/05 “In Life & Death”, The Indian Express, Kolkata, India

8/03/05 “Local Media Artist Wins Distinguished Art Prize in Romania”,

Town Talk Newpaper, Media, PA

4/9/05 “Media Photographer Exhibits Work on Abortion Experience”, Delaware County Daily Times, PA

2004 6/10/04 “Hera Gallery Showcases ‘Girl Art Now’, South County Independen,t Providence, RI

1/14/04 “Local Media Artist Displays Work in Colombia” Town Talk, Media, PA

2003 10/2/03 “La fotografia aumenta su presencia en arte y vida diaria, El Tiempo, Medellin

9/20/03 “Comenzo fiesta de la fotografia”, El Tiempo, Medellin, Colombia

5/10/03 “Too Much Skin?” MN artists.org, Minneapolis, MN

2002 12/13/02 “Their Bodies, Their Selves Animating Art”, Philadelphia Inquirer

5/01 “Tough Girls”, UR Chicago

4/1/01 “Show Kids You Love Them”, The Associated Press

2001 4/1/01 “Vision From SU’s Graduating Artists”, Stars Magazine--Syracuse Herald American

2000 11/16/00 “World’s Largest Geode--Pics Reflect Photographers’ Varying Styles”, Toledo City Paper
11/00 “Artists Address Issues of Evolution with Photography”, U. of Toledo News
8/13/00 “Is Beauty Real or Bizarre?” Stars Magazine--Syracuse Herald American

Summer 2000 Photo Review, Philadelphia , PA

8/9/00 “Let’s Get Physical”, Syracuse New Times

7/00 “Group Pluck”, Syracuse New Times

1/30/00 “Copeland’s on the Cutting Edge”, Syracuse Herald American

1999 6/16/99 “Spark It Up”, Syracuse New Times

1998 Fall 1998 Fotophile Magazine, Long Island City, NY

1997 11/97 “Photographers Don’t Have Negative Things to Say About Their Profession”,

Associated Press

11/97 “Cultural Cafe”, Broward County Forum , FL.

11/7/97 “Copeland Finds Abstract Angles in Nature”, Tallahassee Democrat, FL

5/8/97 “Creek Photographer Goes International”, Broward County Forum, FL.

5/10/97 “Compartiendo Saberes”, El Colombiano, Medellin, Colombia

1996 Nov. 1996 Tear Sheet Magazine, Long Island City, NY

8/96 “Stark Galleries Display Paper, ‘Pulp Fictions’”, Texas Eagle

1995 11/14/95 “Photo Exhibit Stares Down Gun Barrel”, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, PA

9/14/95 “A Free Frame of the Violent Threat to Children”, New Jersey Star Ledger

1993 9/19/93 “Travelscapes to Venezuela & Portugal”, Putnam Reporter Dispatch, NY

9/1/93 “Photographic Art”, Putnam County Press, NY

1992 11/8/92 “First Place Winner”, Putnam Reporter Dispatch, NY