John Coplans - Biography

Born London, England, 1920. Educated in South Africa and London. Served in British armed forces 1938 to 1946 (Ethiopian and Burma campaigns). After the war briefly studied art. In
1957 his paintings were included in Metavisual, Tachiste and Abstract Art, the first survey of British post war abstract art.

Left London for San Francisco in 1960, and in 1961 taught at the University of California, Berkeley. A founding editor of Artforum magazine (1962) he became involved in art criticism. He also wrote for Art International, Art in America, Art News, and Studio International. Organized the exhibition, Pop Art USA at the Oakland Art Museum, in 1963. One person exhibition of paintings at the M.H. de Young Museum, San Francisco, 1963.

As director of the Art Gallery, U. C, Irvine (1965-67) he organized the exhibition Abstract Expressionist Ceramics; and as senior curator of the Pasadena Art Museum (1967-1970) he organized the exhibition Serial Imagery and retrospective of Roy Lichtenstein (1967), Wayne Thiebaud (1968), Andy Warhol (1970), Donald Judd (1971), as well as the first museum exhibitions of James Turrell, Robert Irwin, and Richard Serra.

1971 he became editor-in-chief of Artforum magazine. His books include Cezanne Watercolors (1967), Serial Imagery (1968), Andy Warhol (1967), Roy Lichtenstein (1972), Ellsworth Kelly (1972), Decisions, Decisions (with Robert Bell, 1976), Weegee:Tater und Opfer (1978), Andy Warhol (with Jean Baudrillard) 1990 and Provocations (1996).

In 1978 as director of the Akron Art Museum Coplans founded the Midwest art magazine Dialogue. At Akron he organized the first American exhibition of Brancusi's photographs (traveled to five major museums) and the first American exhibition of the montages of John Heartfield, (traveled to the Jewish Museum, New York).

In 1980 Coplans began a new career in photography. His one person exhibitions include: the Art Institute of Chicago (1981, 1989) the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (1988), the Museum of Modern Art, NY (1988), Musee de la Veille Charite, Marseilles (1989), Frankfurter Kunstverein (1990), Museum Boymans-van Beuningan, Rotterdam (1990), the Fundacio Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon (1990), the Centre George Pompidou, Paris (1994) Ludwig Forum, Aachen (1995), P.S.1. Contemporary Art Center, NY (1997), Paco das Artes, Sao Paulo (1998) Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Malmo Konsthall, Sweden (1999) ICAR, Paris (2000).
Coplans's photographs have been collected by over sixty museums in the United States and elsewhere.

Coplans received the Frank Jewitt Mather award of the College Art Association in 1974, Guggenheim Fellowships in 1969 and 1985, National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships 1975, 1980, 1986 and 1992, and in 1998 an award from the International Association of Art Critics. In 2001 he received the award of Officer de L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from the French government.

In 2002, A BODY, a major monograph on Coplans's work is published by powerHouse Books. In 2003, A BODY receives the Distinctive Merit Award from the Art Director's Club, and was also named "Best Book of 2002" by Photo District News and the Village Voice.



ONE PERSON PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITIONS

1981
John Coplans: Photographs. Daniel Wolf Gallery, New York. Feb 3 28.
John Coplans: Recent Portraits. Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois. May 25 July 5.

1982
John Coplans: Recent Photographs. New Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, Ohio. Jan 26- Mar 6.
John Coplans: Photographs. Daniel Wolf Gallery, New York. May 11 June 5.

1984
Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York. Apr 27 May 6.John Coplans: Photographs. Emily H. Davis Gallery,
The University of Akron, Ohio. Nov 26 Dec 22.

1985
Clarence Kennedy Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Jan 8 Feb 16.
John Coplans "Photographien" 1980 1984. Rudolf Kicken Galerie, Cologne, Germany. Mar 30 –Apr 27.
John Coplans: Photographs 1980 1985. The Fine Arts Gallery, University of California, Irvine.
Apr 9 May 4. Cat., artist's statement and text by Melinda Wortz.
Galerie 666, Paris, France. Sept 19 Oct 26.
Film in the Cities Gallery, St. Paul, Minnesota. Oct 7 30.
John Coplans: Photographer. Madison Art Center, Wisconsin. Dec. 14, 1985 Feb. 16, 1986.

1986
John Coplans: Photographies. Musee du Nouveau Monde, La Rochelle, France, Mar 19 Apr 27. Poster: Self Portrait (feet frontal), 1984. 28 x 20 in.
John Coplans: Self Portraits 1984 1985. Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York. Mar 27 Apr 26.
Martin Gallery, Washington, D.C. Dec. 12, 1986 Jan. 6, 1987.

1987
Perspectief Gallery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. May 9 June 3.
John Coplans: Self Portrait Photographs. Hillman Holland Fine Arts, Atlanta, Georgia. May 31 –June 26.
John Coplans: Self Portraits 1983 1987. Blum/Helman Gallery, Los Angeles, California. July 9 Aug 1.

1988
A Body of Work: Photographs by John Coplans. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California. Feb 19 Apr 10.
Brochure, text by Sandra Phillips.
Traveled to Museum of Modern Art, New York, (Apr 23 July 10); University of Missouri Art
Gallery, Kansas City, (Nov 6 Dec 12); Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois. (Jan. 21 Apr. 23, 1989).
Dart Gallery, Chicago, Illinois. Mar 12 Apr 23.
John Coplans: A Body of Work. Sala d'Exposicions de la Fundacio Caixa de Pensions,
Barcelona, Spain. Apr 29 May 29. Cat., artist's statement and text by Pierre Formiguera.
Poster: Self Portrait (back with arms above), 1984. 24x17 in.
John Coplans: Autoportraits. Centre de Kerpape, Ploemeur, Rencontres Photographiques en Bretagne. Nov 3 30. Brochure.

1989
Self Portraits: Hand. Galerie Lelong, New York. Jan 12 Feb 11.
John Coplans: Mains. Salon d'Angle de la Regionale des Affaires Culturelles, Nantes, France.
Jan 27 Feb 28. Cat., artist's statement and text by Jean Francois Chevrier. Traveled to Abbaye
de Bouchemaine, Angers, (Mar 3 Apr 15); Centre d'Art Passages, Troyes, (Apr 22 June 8).
John Coplans: Autoportrait 1984 1989. Musee de la Vieille Charite, Marseille, France. June 30 – Sept 17. Cat., text by Ben Lifson.
John Coplans: Photographs. Dart Gallery, Chicago, Illinois. June 9 July 7.
John Coplans: Hand. Blum/Helman Gallery, Los Angeles. California. Aug 12 Sept 2.
Coplans. Galerie Lelong, Paris, France. Sept 27 Oct 28.
John Coplans. In Extremis/Photographie Contemporaine, Strasbourg, France. Sept 29 Oct 25.
A Body of Work. Ginny Williams Gallery, Denver, Colorado. Nov 3 Dec 6.

1990
Self Portraits: Foot. Galerie Lelong, New York. Jan 9 Feb 10.
A Body of Work. Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts. Feb 10 Mar 13.
Self Portraits. Tomasulo Gallery, Union College, Cranford, New Jersey. Mar 2 30. Poster: Self
Portrait (hand, spread fingers), 1987. 31x17 in.
Self Portraits. Frankfurter Kunstverein, Germany. June 2 July 8. Cat., Introduction by Peter
Weiermair. Poster: Self Portrait (hands spread on knees), 1985. 33x24 in.
John Coplans: Hand. Galeria Comicos, Luis Serpa, Lisbon, Portugal. Sept 20 Oct 20.
John Coplans: Self Portraits Hand and Foot. Museum Boymans van Beuningen Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Nov. 25, 1990 Jan. 20, 1991. Cat., text by Jean Francois Chevrier.

1991
John Coplans: Self Portraits. Matrix Gallery, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut. Jan 13 Mar 24. Brochure, text by Andrea Miller Keller.
John Coplans. Galerie Lelong, New York. Mar 14 Apr 20. Cat., Interview with artist by Jean Francois Chevrier.
John Coplans. Liverpool Gallery, Brussels, Belgium. Nov. 15, 1991 Jan 11, 1992. Cat., essay by Ben Lifson.
John Coplans. Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford, Connecticut. Nov. 24, 1991 Jan. 10, 1992.

1992
John Coplans. Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts. Feb 1-26.
John Coplans. Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York. Sept 10 Oct 10.
John Coplans: Self Portraits. Gulbenkian Foundation Lisbon, Portugal. Sept 17-Oct 25. Cat.,
essays by Jean-Francois Chevrier and Jorge Molder
1993
Self-Portrait: Back. Asher/Faure, Los Angeles, California. Jan 9 - Feb 6.
Self-Portrait: Back. Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris, France. March 13 - April 17.
Self-Portriats. Massimo De Carlo, Milan, Italy. June 1 - July 29.
John Coplans. Peter Kilchmann Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland. Nov 19 - Jan 10 1993.
1994
John Coplans: Back Series. Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, Feb 12 - Mar 8.
Self Portraits. Musee National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou. Paris., France, Mar 2-27. Cat. interview with artist by Jean de Loisy.
Self Portraits. Feigen Incorporated, Chicago, Illinois. Mar 19 - Apr 23.
John Coplans: Upside Down Series. Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York. May 26 - July 2.

1995
Self Portraits. Ludwig Forum, Aachen. Jan 19 - Feb 28
John Coplans. Maine College of Art, Baxter Gallery, Portland, ME. Feb 23 - Mar 26
Self Portraits. Galerie der Stadt Kornwesthrim. Apr 7 - Jun 4
Self Portrait Frieze. Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York. Dec 1 - Jan 13, 1996

1996
Self Portrait Freize. Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston. Jan 6 - Feb 3
Self Portrait Frieze. Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, CA. Mar. 9 – Apr. 13
Self Portraits. Galerie Coppens. Brussels, Belgium. April 25 - June 1
John Coplans. Galerie Senda, Barcelona. May 2 – May 30
Upside Down Self Portraits. London Projects, London, England. May 2 - June 8
Self Portrait. Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm. Aug. 24 – Sept. 14
Self Portrait Frieze. Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, Switzerland. Nov. 23 – Jan. 10, 1997
John Coplans: Autoretratos. Galeria Visa, Valencia, Spain. Nov. 29 – Jan. 8, 1997

1997
John Coplans. Galerie Anne Villepoix, Paris, France, March 1 - April 5
John Coplans: A Self Portrait 1984-1997., P.S. 1, Brooklyn, New York, Oct. 24 – Feb. 28,
1998. Cat., essays by Jean-Francois Chevrier and Alanna Heiss
John Coplans: Self-Portrait Polaroids., Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York. November 28, 1997 – January 3, 1998

1999
John Coplans – Self Portraits. Art Affairs, Amsterdam. Jan. 9 – Feb. 7
John Coplans: Legs Horizontal, Crossed Fingers. Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, Switzerland. May 15 – July 10
John Coplans: A Self Portrait 1984-1999.. The Dean Gallery, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Scotland. May 29 – July 25. Cat., essay by Martin Hammer
John Coplans. Galleria Massimo De Carlo, Milan, Italy. Sept. 27. – Oct. 31
John Coplans; Självporträtt 1984-1999. Mälmo Konstall, Mälmo Sweden. Nov. 10 – Feb. 10, 2000. Cat. essay by Martin Hammer.
Self Portrait - Finger. Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY. Dec. 10 – Jan. 22, 2000

2000
John Coplans: A Self Portrait, 1984-1997. Fondation ICAR, The Institute for the Cooperation of Art Research, Paris, France. Jan. 27 – Mar. 26.
Self Portrait – Finger. Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA. Feb. 10 – Mar. 3
John Coplans, Self Portrait: Finger. Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris, France. Mar. 18 – Apr. 18
John Coplans, A Self Portrait, 1984-2000. Liljevalchs Konsthall, Sweden, Apr. 4 – May 28. Cat. essays by Eva Strom and John Coplans
John Coplans, Self Portrait: Finger. Galerie Nordenhake, Stokholm, Sweden. April 21 – May 23
John Coplans: Självporträtt, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden, November 27 – January 9

2001
John Coplans. Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY. Sept. – Oct.
John Coplans. Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin, Germany, September – October 27
John Coplans: Self Portraits. Revolution, Ferndale, MI, March 24 – April 21

2002
John Coplans. Ace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. April 2 – September 20

2003
John Coplans. Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY, May 17 – June 20

2004
John Coplans: Body Parts, A Self Portrait, The Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, January 24 to April 11; MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA, October 7 – December 31
John Coplans: Body Parts, Galerie Visor, Valencia, Spain, March 5 – April 20 2004.
John Coplans: Early Photographs, Skarstedt Fine Art, May 8 to June 26, 2004
John Coplans: Serial Figures, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY. May 21-June 26, 2004
John Coplans: Photographs from 1985 – 1992, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, October 23 – December 23

2005
John Coplans, Art & Public – Cabinet P.H., Geneva, March 18 to April 16 2005
Espaldas y Dedos, Galeria Elvira Gonzalez, Madrid, May 19 to June 25 2005

2006
John Coplans: Body Parts, Reykjavik Art Museum, Iceland, January 27 – April 17 (catalogue)


SELECTED GROUP PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITIONS
1981
Love is Blind. Castelli Graphics, New York. July 7 31 and Sept 7 14.

1982
Counterparts: Form and Emotion in Photography. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Feb 26 May 9. Cat., text by Weston Naef.
Lichtbildnisse: Das Portrat in der Fotografie. Rheinischen Landesmuseum, Bonn, Germany. Book, edited by Klaus Honnef.
Observing Culture. Suzanne Lemberg Usdan Gallery, Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont. Sept 21 Oct 15. Poster: Mardi Gras, 1982. 24x17 in.
Faces Photographed: Contemporary Camera Images. Grey Art Gallery, New York University. New York. Nov 9 Dec 23. Cat., text by Ben Lifson.

1983
1983 Biennial Exhibition. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Mar 15 May 29. Cat., preface by John J. Hanhardt, Barbara Haskell, Richard Marshall, and Patterson Sims.
Phototypes: The Development of Photography in New York City. Whitney Museum of American Art, Downtown Branch, New York. May 4 June 3. Cat., text by Lauren Baker, Jennifer Dowd, and Phillip Hotchkiss Walsh.
Huit Photographes Americains. Art 45 Gallery, Montreal, Canada. May 18 June 17.
Presentation: Recent Portrait Photography. Taft Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio. June 17 July 31. Cat., text by Janet Borden.
Photography in America: 1910 1983. Tampa Museum of Art, Florida. Sept 4 Nov 6. Cat., text by Julie Saul.

1984
Contemporary Triptychs. Edith C. Blum Art Institute, Bard College Center, Annandale on Hudson, New York. June 3 July 15.
Face to Face: Recent Portrait Photography. Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. June 13 July 29. Brochure, text by Paula Marincola.

1985
Self Portrait: The Photographer's Persona, 1840 1985. Museum of Modern Art, New York. Nov. 5, 1985 Jan. 7, 1986.
Viewpoints: Contemporary Photography. Calkins Gallery of Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York. Dec. 4, 1985 Jan. 28, 1986.
Nude, Naked, Stripped. Hayden Gallery, List Visual Arts Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. Dec. 13, 1985 Feb. 2, 1986. Cat., artists' statements and texts by Dana Friis Hansen and Carrie Rickey.

1986
Street Photography: New York. Daniel Wolf Gallery, New York. Feb 4 Mar 1.
Un Choix Photographique dans la Creation Contemporaine. Caves Saint Croix, Metz, France. Oct 3 Nov 2.
Staging the Self. National Portrait Gallery, London, England. Oct. 3, 1986 Jan. 11, 1987. Cat., text by Jean Francois Chevrier. Traveled to Plymouth Arts Centre, Plymouth, (Jan 21 Feb 2); John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, (Mar 2 Apr 11); Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, (May 1987).

1987
The Other Man: Representations of Masculinity. New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York. May 8 July 12. Cat., text by Marcia Tucker.
Portrayals. International Center of Photography, New York. June 12 July 18. Cat., text by Carol Squiers.
The Body Politic: Representations of Sexuality. Photographers' Gallery, London, England. July 4 Sept 5. Cat., Interview with John Coplans and text by Susan Butler. Traveled to Impressions Gallery, York, (Oct 24 Dec 4); Triangle Media Center, Birmingham, (Feb 1 Mar 1) Poster: Self Portrait (hands holding), 1985. 24x15 in.
The Legacy of Light. International Center of Photography, New York. Nov. 22, 1987 Jan. 11, 1988. Book, text by Constance Sullivan.
Le Corps Figure, Apercu des Collections de Photographies du FRAC Rhone Alpes. Musee de Roanne, France. Dec. 5, 1987 Feb. 28, 1988. Cat., text by Jean Francois Chevrier.

1988
First Person Singular: Self Portrait Photography, 1840 1987. The High Museum of Art at Georgia Pacific Center, Atlanta, Georgia. Jan 14 Mar 4. Cat., text by Ellen Dugan.
Le Corps Figure II. Fondation Nationale de la Photographie, Lyon, France. Jan 21 Feb 28.
De L'Ambiguite, Trois Artistes dans la Collection Photographique du FRAC Rhones Alpes. Centre Regional de la Photographie du Nord Pas de Calais Douchy, France. Mar 9 Apr 17.
Another Objectivity: Recent International Photography. Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, England. June 9 July 17. Cat., text by Jean Francois Chevrier and James Lingwood.
The Instant Likeness: Polaroid Portraits. National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C. Aug 27 Dec 4. Brochure, text by William F. Stapp.
Splendeurs et Miseres du Corps. Musee d'Art et d'Histoire de Fribourg, Switzerland. June 18 - Oct 16. Cat., text by Pierre Borhan. Traveled to Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. Oct 25 Dec 31.
The Second Israeli Photography Biennale, 1988. Mishkan Le'Omanut Museum of Art, Ein Harod. Sept 1 30. Cat., text by Ben Lifson.
Bodies of Experience. Beaver College Art Gallery, Glenside, Pennsylvania. Nov 30 Dec 18.
One of A Kind: Contemporary Serial Imagery. Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, California. Dec. 6, 1988 Jan. 15, 1989. Cat., text by Edward Leffingwell.

1989
The Photography of Invention: American Pictures of the '80's. National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C. Apr 28 Sept 10. Cat., text by Merry Foresta and Joshua Smith. Traveled to the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, (Nov. 11, 1989 Jan. 28, 1990); Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, (June 10 Aug. 26, 1990).
Un Autre Objectivite. Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Paris. Mar 14 Apr 30. Cat., text by Jean Francois Chevrier and James Lingwood. Traveled to Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea, Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy, (June 24 Aug 31).
The Big Picture Show. Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, California. May 9 June 3.
New Acquisitions, New Work, New Directions. South Gallery, International Museum of Photography, George Eastman House, Rochester, New York. May 12 July 16.
Galerie Lelong, New York. June 8 July 28.
Recent Acquisitions: Photographs. The Brooklyn Museum, New York. June 30 Oct 2.
Self and Shadow. Burden Gallery, Aperture Foundation, New York. Oct 10 Nov 18.
Prospect Photographie. Frankfurter Kunstverein, Germany. Oct 14 Nov 26. Cat., text by Peter Weiermair.
Photo Kunst. Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Germany. Nov. 11, 1989 Jan. 14, 1990. Cat., text by Jean-Francois Chevrier.
Les Grands Formats. Musee Rimbaud, Charleville Mezieres, France. Dec. 15, 1989 Feb. 18, 1990.

1990
Drawing From Experience. Euphrat Gallery, De Anza College, Santa Clara, California. Jan 2 Feb 22.
The Indomitable Spirit. International Center of Photography Midtown, New York. Feb 9 Apr 13. Traveled to Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery (May 13 June 17). Cat., essays by various authors.
"Je est un Autre". Galeria Comicos, Luis Serpa, Lisbon, Portugal. Feb 22 Mar 24. Cat., text by Chake Matossian, John Yau, Pedro Miguel Frade.
Acquisitions 1989. Musee de Saint Lo, F.R.A.C. de Basse Normandie, Caen Cedex, France. Mar 9 Apr 1. Cat., text by Bernard Millet.
Chroniques Des Apparences. Conseil Regional de Basse Normandie, Abbaye aux Dames, Caen, France. Apr 13 May 13.
The Decade Show. Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, New York. May 16 Aug 19. Cat., essays by various authors.
Choix d'Oeuvres du F.R.A.C. et de Bistra. Halle aux Grains de Mortagne au Perche, Mortagne au Perche, France. May 19 June 29.
Camera Culture: Curriculum Vitae. Thomas Segal Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts. June 23 Aug 10.
Body Language: The Figure in the Art of Our Time. Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University; Waltham, Massachusetts. Aug 26 Oct 7.

1991
Recent Acquisitions. Salon Decouvertes, Grand Palais. Paris. Mar 2 10.
Whitney Biennial. Whitney Museum of American Art. New York. Apr 19 June 16.
Collection du Fonds Regional d'Art Contemporain de Basse Normandie. F.R.A.C. Basse Normandie. Granville, France. June 27 Sept 1. Cat., text by Bernard Millet.
John Coplans/Chrystele Lerisse. Cardinaux. Chatellerault, France. July Aug. Cat., Introduction by John Coplans and Jean Luc Terradillos.
Presenting Rearwards. Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica, California. Aug 10 Sept 17. Cat., text by R.C. Ruggoff.
No More Heroes. San Francisco Camerawork, California. Oct 17 Nov 23. Cat., text by Barbara de Genevieve.
The Encompassing Eye Photography as Drawing. Emily Davis Gallery, The University of Akron, Ohio. Oct 21 Nov 16. Travelling exhibition.
The Physical Self. Museum Boymans van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam. Oct. 27, 1991 Jan. 12, 1992. Cat. text by Peter Greenaway.
Photographie/Sculpture. Palais de Tokyo, Paris. Nov. 21, 1991 Apr. 2 1992. Cat., essays by various authors.

1992
Persona. Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, California. Feb 12 Apr 12. Cat., essay by Arthur Ollman.
The Whole Part. Fiction/Non Fiction. New York. Apr 25 May 23.
De La Curiosite: Petite Anatomie d'un Regard. Dazibao, Centre de Photographies Actuelles, Montreal, Quebec. May 2 31. Cat., essays by various authors.
Manifeste. Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris. June.
More than one Photography: Works since 1980 from the Collection. Museum of Modern Art, New York. May 14 Aug 9. Brochure, essay by Peter Galassi.
Erotiques. Albert Benamou Galeries, Paris. June 10 July 25.
Le Portrait dans l'Art Contemporain, 1945-1992. Musee d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain, Nice. July 3 - Sept 27. Cat., essays by various authors.
Baring Up: Embodiments of Strength and Spirit. Higgins Art Gallery, Cape Cod Community College, West Barnstable, Massachusetts. Sept 17 - Oct 17.

1993
I Am The Enunciator. Thread Waxing Space, New York. Jan 9 - Feb 27. Curated by Christian Leigh
Aspects of Photography. Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. January 15 - 30.
Autoportraits Contemporain: Here's Looking at Me. Espace Lyonnais d'Art Contemporain, Lyon. January 29 - April 30. Cat essay by Bernard Brunon.
Medaljens Bakside: Piroquettes. Lillehammer Art Museum, Norway. Mar 11 - May 16. Cat., essay by Asmund Thorkildsen.
Body Parts. Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA. May 4 - June 12.
Magicians of Light: Photographs Since 1965 From the Collection. Museum of Modern Art, New York. July 15 - Sept 28.
snap!. Tomoko Liguori Gallery, New York, NY. June 10 - July 24.
Up With People. Feature Gallery, New York, NY. July 7 - August 6.
Multiple Images: Photographs Since 1965 From The Collection. Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY. July - Sept. 28
Das Bild des Korpers (The Image of the Body). Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany. August 3 - Sept 19 (catalogue)
The Contemporary Musem Collections: The First Five Years. The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii. Oct. 8 - Nov. 28.

1994
Passing Through. Galerie Walcheturm, Zurich, Switzerland, Jan.13 - Feb. 26, curated by Ugo Rondinone
Acquisitions 1992 et 1993. Fonds Departmental d'Art Contemporain, Bobigny. Feb. 7 - Mar. 4
Pictures of the Real World (In Real Time), Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY, February 10 - March 12, organized by Robert Nickas; traveled to Le Capitou, Art Contemporain Frejus, Frejus, France; Nov 19 - Jan 6, 1995; Stadtische Galerie Goppingen, Goppingen, Germany, Jan 22 - Feb 26, 1995; Galleria Massimo De Carlo, Milan, Italy, April 6 - May 13, 1995; Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan, June 24 - Sept 3, 1995.
Musee d'Art Contemporain de Marseille, France, May 28 - Sept 10.
The Epic & The Everyday: Contemporary Photographic Art. The South Bank Centre at the Hayward Gallery, London, England. June 23 - Aug 29. Cat. essay by James Lingwood.
Sum of the Parts. The University of Hawaii Gallery, Honolulu, Hawaii. Aug 28 – Sept 30. Cat. essays by Gaye Chan, Margo Mensing, and Thomas Pavel.
Face Off: The Portait in Recent Art. The Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA. Sept 9 - Oct 30; travels to Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE, Jan 28 - March 19, 1995; Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC, April 9 - May 28, 1995. (catalogue)
Aspects d'une Collection. Musee d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporarin de Nice. Oct 8 - Jan 10, 1995.
A Positive View. Saatchi Gallery, London, England. Sept 12 – 30.
Big Shots/Little Shots. Transamerica Pyramid Lobby Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Oct 12 - Nov 30
Embody - The Photograph and the Figure. The Proctor Arts Center, Bard College, Annandal-on-Hudson, NY. Oct 20 - Nov 16
An American Century of Photography: From Dry-Plate to Digital. Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Kansas City, Kansas. Dec 15 – Feb 19

1995
Portrait of Our Time. Revolution, A Gallery Project, Ferndale, Michigan. Jan 14 - Feb 25.
The Body Photographic. Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans. Jan 28 - Mar 5.
Ars 95 Helsinki. Museum of Contemporary Art, Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki, Finland, February 11 - May 28. (catalogue)
An American Century of Photography: From Dry-Plate to Digital Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst MA. Mar 10- May 14; International Center of Photography, New York, Jun 2- Sep 10; Auckland City Art Gallery, New Zealand, Nov 15- Feb 5 1996
A Corps Perdus. Saint Martin du Mejan, Arles, France. Apr 1 - June 5. Cat., text by Michel Enrici.
Inside Out: Psychological Self-Portraiture. The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT, May 20 - Sept 17. Cat., essay by Douglas Maxwell.
Face forward: Self portraiture in contemporary art. The John Michael Kohler Arts Center Shenboygen, WI, May 28-August 27, curated by Maureen P. Sherlock. Cat., essays by Marlon Riggs.
Rites of Passage: Art for the End of the Century. Tate Gallery, London, England. June 15 - Sept. 3. Cat., essays by various authors.
New Works. Feigen Incorporated, Chicago, IL. June 23 - August 11.
Body of Evidence: The Figure in Contemporary Photography. Cleveland State University Art Gallery, OH. Sept 22-Oct 20.
100 Jahre 100 Bilder (100 Years/100 Images). Frankfurter Kunstverein. Sept 30 - Nov 26. (catalogue)
Witness, Tate Gallery, London, England Oct. - Jan.

1996
Self Portrait Frieze. Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA. January 6 - February 3.
Epitaphs. Edward Thorpe Gallery, New York, NY. January 12 - March 2.
An American Century of Photography: From Dry-Plate to Digital National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, Mar 8 – May 6; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, May 17 – Jun 30; Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA, Aug 28 – Dec 1 (shown in two parts).
Prospect '96. Frankfurter Kunstverein and Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Germany. March 9 - May 12.
Une Eventure contemporaine: La Photographie (1955-1995). La Maison Europeenne de la Photographie, paris, France. Apr. 17 – June 16. Cat., essays by Henry Chapier, Jean-Luc Monterosso, and Dominique Baque.
Gender - Beyond Memory. Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 5 – Oct. 27. Cat., essays by Koji Taki, Aiko Ogoshi, and Michiko Kasahara.
Collection in Context: Selected Contemporary Photographs of Hands from the Collection of Henry Buhl. Thread Waxing Space, New York. Sept. 7 – Oct. 19; traveled to The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York., Nove. 23, 1997 – Jan. 4, 1998; Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH; Alvin O. Kuhn Library and Gallery, University of Maryland, Baltimore. Cat., essay by Luc Sante

1997
An American Century of Photography: From Dry-Plate to Digital Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, IL, Jan 17 – Mar 30
Bridge. Satellite, Long Island City, New York, NY. May 18 - June 18, curated by Willoughby Sharp.
Identity Crisis: Self Portraiture at the End of the Century. Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI, Sept. 12 – Nov. 16. (catalogue)
A Hotbed of Advanced Art. The Art Gallery at The University of California, Irvine, CA, Nov. 11 – Dec. 6, curated by Dickran Tashjian

1998
Surrogate: The Figure in Contemporary Sculpture and Photography. Henry Art Gallery, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA. Oct. 8 – Feb. 7, 1999
Portrait – Human Figure. Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, Switzerland. March 28 – May 9
Spatiotemporal verk ur Samlingen 1988-1988. Magasin 3, Stockholm, Sweden. March 28 – June 14. Cat., essay by David Neuman
Art That Happens to be Photography. Nina Freudenheim, Inc., Buffalo, NY. Sept 26 – Nov 16
Degrees of Stillness: Photographs from the Manfred Helting Collection. Die Photographische Sammlung – August Sander Archiv, SK Stiftung Kultur, Cologne. October 30 – December 30. Cat.

1999
Alter/Body. Galerie Lelong, New York, NY. January 21 – February 27
An American Century of Photography: From Dry-Plate to Digital, the Hallmark Photographic Collection (1995). Phillips Collection, Washington D.C., January 23 – Mar 28; Seattle Art Museum, Sep 30 – Jan 9 2000 Cat.
Body. Salina Art Center, Salina, Kansas. February 20 – May 16. Cat.
Refining the Imagination: Tradition, Collecting and the Vassar Education. The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, April 23 – Sept. 19. Cat.
the hand. The Power Plant, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. June 26 – September 6. Cat.
The Body in Question: Tracing, Displacing and Remaking the Human Figure in Contemporary Art. The Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY. July 6 – August 22
Zero G: When Gravity Becomes Form. Whitney Museum of American Art at Champion, Stamford, CT. June 4 – August 4. Curated by Koan Jeff Baysa, Eva Diaz and Michelle-Lee White.
The Nude in Contemporary Art. The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT. June 6 – September 12 Cat.
Private/Public. Carol Ehlers Gallery, Chicago, IL. July 14 – August 25
Fabien Lerat: Hors de Soi. Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris, France. September 10 – October 16
The Century of the Body: Photoworks 1900-2000. Culturgest, Lisbon. October 1 – December 19

2000
Kunst zwischen Selbstbefragung und Selbstinszenierung / Entre introspection et mise en scene. Centre PasquART, Bienne, Switzerland. January 1 – February 2.
Vanitas Personae. Robert Miller Gallery, New York. March 4 – April 1
Haar – Obsession und Kunst. Museum Bellerive Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland. March 7 – May 21.
Der anagrammatische Körper. ZKM Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, Germany. March
17 – June 18.
2000 Biennial Exhibition. The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA. March 21 – June 4, 2000. Cat.
Kwangju Biennale 2000: Man + Space. Biennale Hall, Kwangju, Korea. March 29 – June 7 (catalogue)
Body Beautiful. Galerie Jennifer Flay, Paris, France. June 15 – July 29
"MoMA 2000, A Series of Exhibtions from the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York": "Open Ends, 11 Exhibitions of Contemporary Art from 1960 to Now": Museum of Modern Art, NYC. Sept. 28, 2000 – Jan. 2, 2001 (cat.)
Surface and Depth: Contemporary Photography. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, Oct 7 – Dec 31, curated by Diane Miliotes (brochure)
An American Century of Photography: From Dry-Plate to Digital Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE, Oct 14 – Jan 7 2001 (cat)
The Bigger Picture: Contemporary Photography Reconsidered. The Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronot, Ontario, Canada, Nov. 30 – Feb. 18, 2001. Brochure. Essay by Jessica Bradley.
Vanitas Personae: An Exploration of the Self and Other Related Characters. Sabine Knust Galerie, Munich, Germany, December 8 – January 31, 2001, in collaboration with Olivier Renaud-Clement

2001
American Century of Photography: From Dry-Plate to Digital Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington DE, Feb 9 – Apr 22; The Columbus Museum, Columbus GA, Sep 24 – Jan 7 2002 (cat)
Typical Men: The Male Body in Photography by Men 1980-2000. Djangoly Art Gallery, Nottingham, England, March 3 – April 22
Identities: Contemporary Portraiture. New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ. March 25 – May 20 (catalogue and pamphlet)
Les Voluptes. Borusan Culture and Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey. April 7 – May 31, curated by Elga Wimmer
What's New: Recent Acquisitions in Photography. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY. May 26 – September 16
Conversation/s. Fonds Regional D'Art Contemporain Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, Gap, France, July 6 – October 28
The Reality Effect: Contemporary American Photography. Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY, August 10 – September 23, curated by Simon Taylor Cat.
Imprint. The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA. Sept. 15 – Oct. 20 Cat.
Contemporary Art and Photography. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, September 30, 2001 – March 31, 2002
2002
An American Century of Photography: From Dry-Plate to Digital The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, Feb 26 – May 19; Denver Art Museum, Jun 29 – Sep 29
Portrait as Performance. Hand Workshop Art Center, Richmond, VA, March 22 – May 12, travels to Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA, May 24 – August 11
Heroes Caidos: Masculinidad y representacion. Espai D'Art Contemporani de Castello, Valencia, Spain, April 26 – June 23 (pamphlet)
Visions from America: Photographs from the Whitney Museum of American Art. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, June 27 – September 22 (catalogue)

2003
Imperfect Innocence (The Debra and Dennis Scholl Collection). Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Florida, April 12 to June 15 2003
Cruel and Tender: the real in twentieth century photography. Tate Modern, 5 June to 7 September
John Coplans: Self Portraits. Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT, September 26 – November 16
Exhibiting Signs of Age, University of California, Berkley Art Museum, Oct 8 2003 –January 18 2004; Colby College Museum of Art, Maine, February 12 - April 14 2004
Counterparts: The Self-Portraiture of Joan Semmel and John Coplans, Kresge Gallery, Berrie Center, Ramapo, New Jersey, November 12 to December 18

2004
Ideale e Realta: A History of the Nude, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna, January 17 - May 9 2004
John Coplans, Craigie Horsfield, Ingrid Mwangi, Galerie Anne de Villepoix, March 26 to April 24, 2004
Revisit the Mirror: Self-Portraits through Time, Palo Alto Art Center, September 25, 2004- January 2, 2005.
Male Body Image, Contemporary Art Galleries, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, September 1 – October 1

2005
Suddenly Older, The Clifford Gallery at Colgate University, January 24 to February 27, 2005 (Catalogue)
Densidade Relativa, Centro de Arte Moderna Jose de Azeredo Perdigao at the Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian, August 27.

ARTIST BOOKS
A Body of Work, 1987. Distributed by Printed Matter, 7 Lispenard Street, New York, New York 10013. (23 duotones).
Hand, 1988. Published by Galerie Lelong, 20 W. 57th Street, New York, N.Y. 10019. (24 duotones).
Foot, 1989. Published by Galerie Lelong, 20 W. 57th Street, ew York, N.Y. 10019. (19 duotones).
Self Portrait Frieze, 1994. Published by Paul Bianchini, Galerie Toner, Paris, France. (6 duotones)
Sel Portrait Finger, 1999. Published by Andrea Rosen Gallery, 525 West 24th Street, New York, N.Y. 10011 (12 duotones).
A Body, 2002. Published by powerhouse, 180 Varick Street, Suite 1302, New York, NY 10014 (400 images)
(Best Book of 2002, Photo District News; Distinctive Merit Award, Art Director's Club; Best Photo Book of 2002, Photo Eye; Best Book of 2002, Village Voice)
Body Parts, 2003. Published by powerhouse, 180 Varick Street, Suite 1302, New York, NY 10014 (27 images)

MUSEUM COLLECTIONS

Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Ohio.
Akron Art Museum, Ohio.
Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois.
Bowdoin College Art Museum, Brunswick, Maine.
Brooklyn Museum, New York.
Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, Arizona.
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio.
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn.
Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts
J. Paul Getty Museum, Santa Monica, California
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia.
Honolulu Academy of Arts, Hawaii.
Honolulu Contemporary Museum, Hawaii.
International Museum of Photography, Rochester, New York.
Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University, East Lansing.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California.
Madison Art Center, Wisconsin.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York.
Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin.
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minnesota.
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts.
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York.
Neuberger Museum, Purchase, New York
Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, California.
Princeton University Art Museum, New Jersey.
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California.
Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence
University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut.
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, California
Musee d'Art Contemporain de Montreal, Quebec.
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa.
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Manitoba.
Arts Council of Great Britain, London.
Tate Gallery, London.
Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Scottish National Galleries, Edinburgh
Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
Artotheque de Nantes, France
Artotheque de Vitre, France
Bibliotheque National, Paris.
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris.
Fonds National d'Art Contemporain, Paris.
Fonds Regional d'Art Contemporain, Basse Normandie, France
Fonds Regional d'Art Contemporain, Champagne Ardenne, France
Fonds Regional d'Art Contemporain, Marseille
La Maison Euopeenne de la Photographie, Paris, France
Musee d'Art Moderne, St. Etienne, France
Musee des Beaux Arts de Metz, France
Musee des Beaux Arts de Strasbourg, France
Musee du Nouveau Monde, La Rochelle, France
Musee de la Vieille Charite, Marseille, France
Ludwig Forum, Aachen, Germany
Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany.
Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, Germany.
Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Japan.
Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Museum Overholland, Amsterdam
Lillehammer Art Museum, Norway.
I.V.A.M. Valencia, Spain
Swedish State Collection, Stockholm
Magasin 3 Stockholm Kunsthalle, Sweden
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY