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Colette Copeland is a interdisciplinary visual artist, arts educator, social activist and cultural critic/writer 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.

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My Jesse James Adventure: Solar Plate Etchings

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View original project here. The solar plate technique is a quick, affordable and environmentally-friendly alternative to traditional etching. It uses the sun for exposure and a water bath for rinsing, instead of chemical etching. The process is perfectly suited for the series, since the hands-on inking and rubbing technique allows the prints to take on …

My Jesse James Adventure: Chine Collé Prints

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View original project here. Using the Chine Collé process, Jesse James’ iconic portrait is printed from a solar plate onto aged pages from T.J. Styles’ book, Jesse James–Last Rebel of the Civil War. The portrait is printed on aged pages from Styles’ book. The print size is 9” x 6”. Some of the images have …

My Jesse James Adventure

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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 …

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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.

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Website: www.colettecopeland.com https://vimeo.com/user8477735 Education Teaching Experience Volunteer Work Solo/2 Person Exhibitions 2025 TBD –“Soundings–Let Your Voice Be Heard”, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas April – “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 – “Soundings–Let Your Voice Be …