Becoming Colette
Sewn Pamphlet Binding with Four Solar Plate Etchings View original project here.
Sewn Pamphlet Binding with Four Solar Plate Etchings View original project here.
Videos Audio Excerpt Artist Statement Prints & Etchings Artist Book Copeland’s practice, like the space, is not bound by medium but instead flows in and around aspects of video work. The language of her work is literary, both through reference and allusion; her narratives are filled with the unsaid—the quiet, unscripted moments between two people. …
Last summer, I was part of the collaborative, experimental sound art residency Field Kitchen Academy in Perleberg, Germany (outside of Berlin), studying with sonic thinker and composer Sam Auinger. I created some works with the female-identifying and non-binary residents, recording their voices individually in an 1830s old rusted barn silo. The inside of the silo had a swastika chalked on wall from vandals. We made a new drawing transforming the hate symbol into something positive and used our voices to embody the space into one that was more inclusive. Our residency theme was the Voice as Object, the Object (h)as Voice and each participant repeated the phrase in their 1st language.
Website: www.colettecopeland.com https://vimeo.com/user8477735 Education Teaching Experience Volunteer Work Solo/2 Person Exhibitions 2025 Fall –“Soundings–Let Your Voice Be Heard”, Ft. Worth Contemporary Arts, Texas Christian University, Ft. Worth, Texas Spring – “Soundings–Let Your Voice Be Heard”, Oak Cliff Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas 2024 September – “Soundings: India–Let Your Voice Be Heard”, Arthshila Art Center, Ahmedabad, India March …
Exhibited at Center for Contemporary Arts, Abilene, TexasSeptember 30 – November 26, 2022 The exhibition includes works from the past five years that utilize beards and bearding as a tool to explore gender identity and bearding subcultures. Beards & Bearding: Additional Works
Videos Audio Guide Artist Statement Prints Etchings Blog Archives Research A palimpsest of memory, a play on time, a questioning of history as truth—Copeland invites the viewer to contemplate historical and contemporary issues through a different lens. Sherry Cheng Exhibitions 22-channel video installation, framed solar plate etchings, ephemera, audio guide Videos Viewing the videos through …