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Colette Copeland

Website: www.colettecopeland.com
https://vimeo.com/user8477735


Education

  • MFA Art Media Studies at Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York (1999-2001)
  • Graduate Study in Photography at University of Miami, Florida (1997-1998)
  • BFA in Merchandising with a minor in Photography at Pratt Institute, New York, New York (1984-1988)

Teaching Experience

  • 2023 2024, Guest Faculty at National Institute of Design, Gandhinager, Gujarat, India Workshops: Performance Art, Anthrotype, Critical Writing for Artists
  • 2013 – present, Lecturer at University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, Texas
    Courses: Contemporary Studio Practices, Digital Photography and Design, Black & White Darkroom Photography
  • 2011 – 2022, Associate Faculty, Collin College, Frisco, Texas
    Courses: Art Appreciation and Foundations of Art
  • 2011 – 2015, Adjunct Faculty, Richland College, Dallas, Texas
    Courses: Digital Media including photoshop, web design, video and animation, Digital Video 1 & 2
  • 2009 – 2011 Senior Fellow, Critical Writing Department, Lecturer, Visual Studies Program, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    Developed new courses including Contemporary Art in Philadelphia, Contemporary Art in New York, Dark Tourism in Philadelphia and Service Learning in Parkway High School. Facilitated 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 – 2009 Master Lecturer at University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    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 – 2001 Syracuse University
    Courses: black & white, color and digital photography

Volunteer Work

  • 2012 – 2022 Traffick911, Addison, Texas
    Volunteer leader engaged in community awareness, advocacy and education in schools, community/social service organizations, churches and Juvenile Detention programs. Served as volunteer coordinator and trainer for Collin and Dallas counties 2012-2018.
    Conducted art workshops promoting positive body awareness at Collin JDC.
  • 2017 – 2022
    Implemented a Nia dance therapy program at Collin Juvenile Detention Center and Letot youth shelter for incarcerated girls age 12-17.
    2020 – 2022
    Initiated and organized a book drive donation for Collin JDC & Letot youth

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 Soundings–Let Your Voice Be Heard”, Under Construction Gallery, San Antonio, Texas

2023

November Soundings”, ICOSA Collective, Austin, Texas

October –The Sleep of Reason–The Fragmented Figure“, Sculpture Month Houston, Site Gallery, Houston, Texas

September –My Jesse James Adventure–Solar Plate Etchings“, National Institute of Design, Gandhinager, India

2022

May – “My Jesse James Adventure”, Old Jail Art Center, Albany, Texas

2021

August – My Jesse James Adventure”, Tarleton University, Stephenville, Texas

2016

January – Becoming Colette”, The Reading Room, Dallas, Texas

2013

January – Reflections on the Way to the Gallows”, 500x Gallery, Dallas, Texas

2011

March – Just Add Maggots”, International House Video Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2010

February – Copeland—Retrospective”, Weeks Gallery, Jamestown, New York

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, Pennsylvania

2004


March –
 “Untitled” Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2003

June – “Underwater Series” Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh

May – “First Tuesday Film Festival—Featured Artist”, Western Illinois University Art Gallery, Illinois

February – “Utopian World State: Fact or Fiction?” Loyola College Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland

February – “Nature’s Fingerprint” Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, Delaware

2002

August – “Nature’s Fingerprint—Fringe Festival”, TLA Video, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2001

September – “Artist Invitational”, Tyler Art Gallery, Oswego, New York

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-October –  “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, New Jersey

1995

November – “Are We Killing Our Children?” Kingsley Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

1992

September – “Travelscapes”, Mahopac Library, Mahopac, New York

August – “Copeland Venezuela”, Crystal Gallery, Mahopac, New York

May/June – “Copeland Recent Photographs”, Building & Design Center, Yorktown Heights, New York

1987

November – “Copeland–Photographs” Pratt Gallery, Brooklyn, New York


Group Exhibitions

2024

March “45th Anniversary Exhibition” 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas

FebruaryMay Center of Attention: Selected Acquisitions From the Past Decade” Old Jail Art Center, Albany, Texas

February International Network Online Film Festival” The Alien and the Border Guard–Best Short SciFi

January “New York Movie Awards Online Film Festival” The Alien and the Border Guard, New York, New York

2023

December Frame of Mind“, KERA Programming, Galaxias tou Gala, Dallas, Texas

September Bridge Online Film FestivalThe Alien and the Border Guard, Chicago, Illinois

September 4theater Online Film FestivalAblution–Best LGBTQI+

August Medusa Online Film FestivalAblution–Best LGBTQ+, The Alien and Border Guard— Best Experimental Short Film

August Vacations in the Subconsious” Torrance Art Museum, Los Angeles, California

August One-Reeler Online Film FestivalAblution–Award of Merit

June Bestlov Online Film FestivalThe Alien and the Border Guard

June Texas Short Film FestivalAblution–Best Experimental Film, San Antonio, Texas

March Austin Micro Film FestivalGalaxias tou Gala–Best Experimental Film

March Oxford Film FestivalGalaxias tou Gala, Oxford, Mississippi

January Sea of Art FilmFestivalGalaxias tou Gala, Honorable Mention, Stravanger, Norway

2022

October – Experimental Film Fest”, Galaxias tou Gala, Honorable Mention Award, New Bern, NC

September – WE, the Women’s Caucus Exhibition”, Xavier University Art Gallelry, Cincinnati, OH

2021

July – “$5 Video Exhibition”, Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock, Texas

2020

November – “Official Selection in Reel East Texas Film Festival”, Kilgore, Texas

November – “Sonic Murals”, Center for Experimental Music & Intermedia, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas

August My Jesse James Adventure”, SPiN Gallery, Dallas, Texas

June  “I Am Women” Dragonfly Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

May – “How Does Freedom Taste?” Swifts & Slows–a quarterly of crisscrossings, Arteidolia online publication

April – “Salina Biennial–Contemporary Art from the Mountain-Plains Region”, Salina Art Center, Salina, Kansas

March – “United Video Artists #videovirus–a videoart marathon”, Magmart Videoart Network, Rome, Italy

March – “Official Selection in Rome Prisma Independent Film Awards”, Rome, Italy

January-December – “Official Selection in NewMediaFest2020” curated by Wilfried Agricola de Cologne, traveling globally for the year with physical and virtual exhibitions NewMediaFest.org

2019

November – “Official Selection at Mostra Internacional de Danca Imagens em Movimento”, San Paulo, Brazil

October – “Official Selection at WHAT THE FEST”, Dallas, Texas

July – “Official Selection at Medianale Video Festival”, Dallas, Texas

March – “Official Selection at SPE Video Festival”, Cleveland, Ohio

February – “Official Selection in Madatac Film Festival”, Madrid, Spain

February – “Kolkata International Photography Festival”, Kolkata, India

January – “The Ghost of Jane Elkins at 5th Wimberley Film Festival”, Wimberley, Texas

January – “Official Selection at Oregon Cinema Arts Festival”, Portland, Oregon, Nominated for Best Original Musical Score

2018

September – “Official Selection at 40 North Dance Film Festival”, San Diego, California

September – “OGA Video Art Exhibition”, Rome, Italy

September – “COG—Official Selection at Cefalu Film Festival”, Cefalu, Italy

August – “COG—Official Selection at Oregon Cinema Arts Festival”, Portland, Oregon

July – “Concept 2018”, CICA Museum, Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

April – “Women’s Work”, SPiN Gallery, Dallas, Texas

February – “COG World Premiere at DT” Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club, London, U.K.

January – “3 Days in Limbo at 4th Wimberley Film Festival”, Wimberley, Texas Winner–Best Cinematography

2017

September – “Downtown Tyler Film Festival”, Tyler, Texas

September – “Punctuations in a Sentence of Eternity”, Alfred Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

April – “Royal Trash”, Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club, London, England

March – “Duchamp No Aquario”, Videolab, Casa de Esquina, Coimbra, Portugal

2016

December – “AVI 2016—Art Video International”, Jerusalem, Israel

November – “Paradise vs. Utopia: Disputed Ideals”, Ro2 Art, Dallas, Texas

November – “Paradise: No Time Zone”, Centraltrak Gallery, Dallas, Texas

September – “Utopian Fantasies”, The Wild Detectives, Dallas, Texas

2015

November – “28th Festival Les Instants Video”, Marseilles, France

July – “Irrational City”, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas

March – “6th International Video Art Festival of Camagüey”, Camaguey, Cuba

March – “SPE Video Festival”, New Orleans, Louisiana

January – “Studio Visit 1.2”, Cris Worley Gallery, Dallas, Texas

January – “Medianale—Experimental Video Festival”, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas

2014

October – “Table Manners” Womanorial Online Exhibition

September – “The Motherload—Collaborative Exhibition”, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas

June-August – “100 x 100 = 900 International Video Festival” featured at Video in Progress 5: Reflections of the Past, Ljubljana, Slovenia, One Shot International Film Festival, Yerevan, Armenia, Oran Biennial, Oran, Algeria, Demolden Video Project, Santander, Spain, Room, Kent, UK, Elgalpon Espacio, Lima, Peru

March – “SPE Video Festival”, Baltimore, Maryland

2013

November – “Return to Narrative”, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas

October – “Dallas Video Festival” Dallas, Texas

September – “The Sweetest Taboo”, Red Arrow Contemporary Gallery, Dallas, Texas

July – “Cologne International Video Festival”, Cologne, Germany, traveling to Greece, Poland, Italy, Romania, Peru and Morocco

April-December – “Magmart International Video Festival”, Casoria Contemporary Art Museum Italy, traveling to U.K., France, Germany, Spain, Mexico, Hungary, Albania, Bulgaria, Armenia, Iran, Romania, Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, China, India, Greece, Phillipines, Ukraine, Russian Federation and U.S.

March – “SPE Video Festival”, Chicago, Illinois

2012

September – “Swarm”, Dallas Video Festival, Dallas, Texas

September – “Members’ Exhibition”, 500x Gallery, Dallas, Texas

July – “Watered Down”, K Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, Texas

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

March – “The Museum”, Arthur Ross Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2009

October Paper Works!”, Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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

July 09 Oh Cow!” Crossing Art Gallery, Flushing, New York

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

May –Visions in the Nunnery 2009”, Bow Arts Gallery, London, U.K.

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

February Women’s Caucus for Art 5th International Video Festival”, Korean Cultural Center Theater, Los Angeles, California

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

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

May18th Internationales Video Festival” Bochum, Germany

April Filmideo Series”, Red Saw Gallery, Newark, New Jersey

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

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

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, New York

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

JuneKratkofil 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, Michigan

2006

September Snap to Grid”, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, California 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, Pennsylvania

MayArad Biennale”, American Pavilion, Arad, Romania

AprilMedia Lounge”, York Arts Gallery, York, Pennsylvania

2004

OctoberRendering Gender”, Truman State Gallery, Kirkville, Missouri

September Dialogue: art. technology. imagery”, Montpelier Cultural Arts Center, Laurel, Maryland

September Death Bizarre”, Almanac Gallery, Hoboken, New Jersey

September Media Arts Faculty Exhibit”, Rosenwald Wolf Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

June Girl Art Now”, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, Rhode Island

2003

October Re:Context”, SPEMA Video Festival, Ewing, New Jersey

September Body Politic”, University of Eafit, Medellin, Colombia

August Viewpoints”, Arthur Ross Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

August Fringe Festival”, Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

April Multisensory: Visual Responses to Memory and Synesthesia”, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, Rhode Island

April Skin 2003”, Icebox Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota

March Ties That Bind: Women and Collaboration”, Smithtown Arts Council, St. James, New York

FebruaryNew Normal”, Borowsky Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2002

October New Media & Video”, Community College of Rhode Island, Lincoln, Rhode Island

October Evidencing: Drawing with Light and Pixels”, College of New Jersey, Ewing, New Jersey

September 9/11”, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

June National Photography 2002”, Soho Photo Gallery, New York, New York

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, Illinois

April Photography 2002”, Nexus Gallery, New York, New York

January Disparate Views”, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, New York

2001

March MFA Exhibit”, Lowe Gallery, Syracuse, New York

January Expose Yourself”, CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, New York

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

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, New York

February Photowork ’97“, Barry University, Miami, Florida

February Voices and Visions“, Center for Emerging Art, Melbourne, Florida

1996

August Juried Member’s Show“, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

August Pulp Fictions“, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX, traveling to six museums

June Three Rivers Art Festival“ Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

May Endangered“, Oregon Book Arts Guild, Valley Art Association, Forest Grove, Oregon, traveling to Seattle, Washington for Bumbershoot Festival

April 100 Women, 100 Works“, Center at High Falls, Rochester, New York

April Art on Paper ’96“, MFA Gallery, Annapolis, Maryland

March Women and Violence“, Women’s Studio Gallery, Rosendale, New York

March Women in the Visual Arts“, Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

January 70th International Competition“, Print Club, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, traveled to Woodstock Center of Photography, Woodstock, New York

1995

December CEPA Member’s Show“, CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, New York

September Soho Biennial“, 450 Broadway Gallery, New York, New York

September Worth a Thousand Words“, Benham Gallery, Seattle, Washington

August Dimension Dementia“, New Jersey Printmaking Council, Somerville, New Jersey

June Media Mania“, New Jersey Printmakers Council Traveling Exhibit, Princeton, Raritan, Somerset, Paramus

March Color Now“, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, Pennsylvania

1993

November Very Small Works“, Le Petit Musee, Housatonic, Massachussets

August Up Close“, Belle Levine Art Center, Mahopac, New York


Curatorial

  • 2010 Homeland: Borders and Boundaries, International House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • 2008 Rewind, Remix, Fast Forward: Exploring Our Cultural Ecosystem through Video, Miller Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • 2007 “Vernacular Spectacular” Video Program, International House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • 2007 “Death Bizarre” expanded exhibition at Woodstock Center for Photography, Woodstock, New York
  • 2007 Curated Homeland: Borders and Boundaries for Ars Latina, Mexicali, Baja traveling to SPEMA Woodstock, New York
  • 2006 Curated “Vernacular Spectacular Video Festival for SPEMA
  • 2005 Curated “Proof” Video Festival for SPEMA regional Conference, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia
  • Traveling venues: Vox Populi, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Syracuse University & University of Pennsylvania
  • 2004 Curated “Death Bizarre” exhibition for Inliquid/Fotophile at Almanac Gallery, Hoboken, New Jersey
  • 2002 Curated “Body Politic” exhibit for Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, traveled to Medellin, Colombia for Fotofiesta in September 2003
  • 2003 Curated Video Festival at Society for Photographic Education’s Regional Conferences, Ewing, New Jersey
  • 2001 Curated Video Festival at Society for Photographic Education’s Regional Conferences, Syracuse, New York
  • 2000 Curated “Body Politic” exhibit for Gallery 210, Syracuse, New York

Writing

  • 2020-present contributing writer to Arteidolia
  • 2014-present contributing writer to Eutopia Contemporary Art Review
  • 2011-present contributing reviewer to Glasstire
  • 2009-2013 contributing writer to Ceramics: Art and Perception
  • 2005-2012 contributing writer to Afterimage: Journal of Media Arts and Cultural Criticism
  • 2005-2011 contributing writer to Exposure Journal
  • 2004-2007 contributor to Philadelphia artblog
  • 2001-2006 contributor to The Photo Review
  • 1999-2007 columnist for Fotophile Magazine

Professional Affiliations/
Elected Positions

International Association of Art Critics
  • 2011-present Member
Society for Photographic Education
  • 2004-2010 Regional Chair *Responsibilities included 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
College Art Association
  • 2002-2019 Member
  • 1999-2001 Board Member for Community Darkrooms, Syracuse, NY

Honors

  • 2023 – 2024 Fulbright Nehru Academic & Professional Excellent Award for Research in India
  • 2020 Kevin Mullin Memorial Award for Achievement in Visual Art and Community Activism,
    Salina Art Center, Salina, Kansas
  • 2017 Finalist for Associate Faculty of the Year Award, Collin College, Texas
  • 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, 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

Visiting Artist Lectures/
Conference Presentations

  • 02/2024 Soundings–Let Your Voice Be Heard, South and Central Asia Fulbright Conference, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
  • 02/2024 Colette Copeland Presents Soundings–Let Your Voice Be Heard, Arthshila Art Center, Shantiniketan, West Bengal, India
  • 02/2024 A Performative Journey Into the Lives of Nefarious Outlaws, A Notorious French Author & Bearded Women, Visva-Bharati University, Shantiniketan, West Bengal, India
  • 01/2024 The Representation of Alter-Egos as an Expression of Multiplicitous Identity, Arthshila Art Center, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
  • 10/2023 An Interactive Session and Lecture with Colette Copeland, Amity School of Fine Arts, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
  • 09/2023 The Representation of Alter-Egos as an Expression of Multiplicitous Identity, Anant National University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
  • 09/2023 Searching in the Stars–an artist talk by Colette Copeland, National Institute of Design, Gandhinager, Gujarat, India
  • 09/2023 The Artist of Many Hats–an artist talk by Colette Copeland, National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
  • 10/2022 My Jesse James Adventure–A Quasi-Reckoning with My Dark Ancestral Past, Bossier Parish Community College, Shreveport, Louisiana
  • 09/2022 Juror for Center for Contemporary Arts National Juried Exhibition & Competition, Abilene, Texas
  • 09/2019 A Performative Practice Including Alter Egos, Nefarious Outlaws & Bearded Ladies, University of Texas, Arlington, Texas
  • 10/2017 The Representation of Alter-Egos as an Expression of Multiplicitous Identity, South Central Society for Photographic Education, Baylor University, Waco, Texas
  • 10/2012 Fear Factor—Assessing the Creative Risk in Art Making, South Central Society for Photographic Education Regional Conference, Starkville, Mississippi
  • 02/2012 Dangle in the Sheriff’s Picture Frame—A Symposium on Tourism & Culture, College Art Association, Los Angeles, California
  • 11/2011 Publish or Perish—Artist as Critic, Society for Photographic Education, Syracuse, New York
  • 03/2010 Sourcing Inspiration: Transforming Life Experiences into Art, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • 06/2007 Homeland: Borders & Boundaries International Video Program, Mexicali, Baja
  • 03/2006 Moderator SPE Panel—Are Adjuncts Getting the Shaft? Chicago, Illinois
  • 11/2005 Lecturer Indian Museum, Kolkata, India
  • 11/2005 Curating Workshop, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • 05/2005 Lecturer at Arad Biennale, Arad Romania
  • 04/2005 Panelist—Becoming Uncomfortable, Brown University’s International Performance Conference, Providence, Rhode Island
  • 10/2004 Moderator on Panel addressing Adjunct Issues, SPE, Howard Community College, Maryland
  • 09/2003 Guest Curator& Artist Fotofiesta International Festival, Medellin, Colombia
  • 11/2002 SUNY Fredonia, Fredonia, New York
  • 10/2002 College of New Jersey, Ewing, New York
  • 10/2002 Moderator on Curator’s Panel, SPE, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • 10/2001 Moderator on Curator’s Panel, SPE, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
  • 09/2001 SUNY Oswego Art Dept., Oswego, New York
  • 11/2000 University of Toledo Art Department, Toledo, Ohio
  • 09/2000 Juror for WCNY Annual Art Exhibit & Auction, Syracuse, New York
  • 02/2000 Spaces, Cleveland, Ohio
  • 05/1999 Syracuse Artists’ Guild, Syracuse, New York
  • 03/1999 Center for Visual Arts, Oakland, California
  • 11/1997 Florida State University Art Dept., Tallahassee, Florida
  • 10/1997 University of Florida Art Dept., Gainesville, Florida
  • 05/1997 University of Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia
  • 02/1997 Barry University, Miami, Florida
  • 11/1995 Kingsley Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Publications

  • 2007 Ars Latina—Being Latin in the 21st 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
  • 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
  • 1993, 1992 World Who’s Who of Women

Reviews

2021

08/21/2021 Tarleton’s Wells Gallery hosts ‘My Jesse James Adventure’, Empire Tribune, Stephenville, Texas

2016

01/18/2016 Show Up: Colette Copeland, Arts & Culture Texas

01/15/2016 See Some Alter Ego Art at The Reading Room Saturday, Dallas Observer

01/14/2016 5 Art Events for Your Weekend, D Magazine

01/13/2016 5 Art Exhibitions To See In Dallas This Weekend, Dallas Observer

01/08/2016 Essential Gallery Exhibits To Start An Artful 2016, Culture Map Dallas

2015

12/29/2015 The Two Colettes: Vive La Diff?rence, Patron Magazine

07/17/2015 Have a Nice Day! Visions of the Apocalyse in Irrational City, Texas Arts & Culture Magazine

07/03/2015 Artists Imagine the End, White Rock Lake Weekly

07/02/2015 Glasstire’s Top Five Pick of the Week, Glasstire Magazine

07/01/2015 The One Art Exhibit Opening in Dallas This Weekend, D Magazine

06/30/2015 Witness the Post-Apocalyptic Chaos of Irrational City, Dallas Observer

2014

06/16/2014 Colette Copeland, ARTiculAction International Magazine

2013

11/01/2013 The Ten – Colette Copeland, THRWD Magazine

10/18/2013 “Ossa” October Art Cinema, Fjord’s Review

09/17/2013 The Sweetest Taboo, Glasstire Magazine

01/14/2013 Illuminating the Darkness – The Art of Colette Copeland, La Mode Dallas

01/06/2013 Spring Picks 2013, Glasstire Magazine

2007

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

03/29/2007 Examining the End at CPW, Woodstock Times, Woodstock, New York

2005

12/01/2005 Don’t Terminate the Dream; Take It Forward, Hindustan Times, Kolkata, India

11/28/2005 Aborting the Truth, The Statesman, Kolkata, India

11/26/2005 In Life & Death, The Indian Express, Kolkata, India

08/03/2005 Local Media Artist Wins Distinguished Art Prize in Romania, Town Talk Newspaper, Media, Pennsylvania

04/09/2005 Media Photographer Exhibits Work on Abortion Experience, Delaware County Daily Times, Pennsylvania

2004

06/10/2004 Hera Gallery Showcases ‘Girl Art Now’, South County Independent, Providence, Rhode Island

01/14/2004 Local Media Artist Displays Work in Colombia, Town Talk, Media, Pennsylvania

2003

10/02/2003 La fotografia aumenta su presencia en arte y vida diaria, El Tiempo, Medellin

09/20/2003 Comenzo fiesta de la fotografia, El Tiempo, Medellin, Colombia

05/10/2003 Too Much Skin?, MN artists.org, Minneapolis, Minnesota

2002

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

2001

May 2001   Tough Girls, UR Chicago

04/01/2001 Show Kids You Love Them, The Associated Press

04/01/2001 Vision From SU’s Graduating Artists, Stars Magazine–Syracuse Herald American

2000

11/16/2000 World’s Largest Geode–Pics Reflect Photographers’ Varying Styles, Toledo City Paper

08/13/2000 Is Beauty Real or Bizarre?, Stars Magazine–Syracuse Herald American Summer 2000 Photo Review, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

08/09/2000 Let’s Get Physical, Syracuse New Times

July 2000    Group Pluck, Syracuse New Times

01/30/2000 Copeland’s on the Cutting Edge, Syracuse Herald American

1999

06/16/1999 Spark It Up, Syracuse New Times

1998

Fall 1998    Fotophile Magazine, Long Island City, New York

1997

Nov. 1997   Photographers Don’t Have Negative Things to Say About Their Profession, Associated Press

Nov. 1997   Cultural Cafe, Broward County Forum, Florida

11/07/1997 Copeland Finds Abstract Angles in Nature, Tallahassee Democrat, Florida

05/08/1997 Creek Photographer Goes International, Broward County Forum, Florida

05/10/1997 Compartiendo Saberes, El Colombiano, Medellin, Colombia

1996

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

Aug. 1996   Stark Galleries Display Paper, ‘Pulp Fictions’, Texas Eagle

1995

11/14/1995 Photo Exhibit Stares Down Gun Barrel, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Pennsylvania

09/14/1995 A Free Frame of the Violent Threat to Children”, New Jersey Star Ledger

1993

09/19/1993 Travelscapes to Venezuela & Portugal, Putnam Reporter Dispatch, New York

09/01/1993 Photographic Art, Putnam County Press, New York

1992

11/08/1992 First Place Winner, Putnam Reporter Dispatch, New York