About Portfolio Press Publications

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

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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 …

Becoming Colette

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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. …