John Coplans  (British, 1920-2003) 

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John Coplans Biography
1920   Born: in London, UK
1938 - 1946   Served in British armed forces
Selected Exhibitions
2011   Projectroom, Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris, France (solo)
2007   A Legacy, Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin, Germany (solo)
2005   Suddenly Older, The Clifford Gallery at Colgate University, (group)
2004   Ideale e Realta: A History of the Nude, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Bologna, (group)
2004   John Coplans, Craigie Horsfield, Ingrid Mwangi, Galerie Anne de Villepoix, (group)
2004   Revisit the Mirror: Self-Portraits through Time, Palo Alto Art Center, (group)
2004   John Coplans: Serial Figures, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY. (solo)
2004   John Coplans: Early Photographs, Skarstedt Fine Art, (solo)
2004   John Coplans: Body Parts, Galerie Visor, Valencia, Spain, (solo)
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, (solo)
2004   John Coplans Photographs, Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA
2003   John Coplans. Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY, (solo)
2003   Imperfect Innocence (The Debra and Dennis Scholl Collection). Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Florida, (group)
2003   Cruel and Tender: the real in twentieth century photography. Tate Modern, (group)
2003   John Coplans: Self Portraits. Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT, (group)
2003   Exhibiting Signs of Age, University of California, Berkley Art Museum; Colby College Museum of Art, Maine, (group)
2003   Counterparts: The Self-Portraiture of Joan Semmel and John Coplans, Kresge Gallery, Berrie Center, Ramapo, New Jersey, (group)
2002   An American Century of Photography: From Dry-Plate to Digital The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA; Denver Art Museum, (group)
2002   Portrait as Performance. Hand Workshop Art Center, Richmond, VA, travels to Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA, (group)
2002   Heroes Caidos: Masculinidad y representacion. Espai D’Art Contemporani de Castello, Valencia, Spain, (group)(pamphlet)
2002   Visions from America: Photographs from the Whitney Museum of American Art. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, (group) (catalogue)
2002   John Coplans. Ace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. (solo)
2001   John Coplans. Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin, Germany, (solo)
2001   John Coplans. Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY. (solo)
2001   Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA
2000   John Coplans, Self Portrait: Finger. Galerie Nordenhake, Stokholm, Sweden. (solo)
2000   John Coplans, A Self Portrait, 1984-2000. Liljevalchs Konsthall, Sweden, Cat. essays by Eva Strom and John Coplans (solo)
2000   John Coplans, Self Portrait: Finger. Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris, France. (solo)
2000   Self Portrait – Finger. Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA. (solo)
2000   John Coplans: A Self Portrait, 1984-1997. Fondation ICAR, The Institute for the Cooperation of Art Research, Paris, France.(solo)
Literature
2007   “Women Artist Then and Now: Painting, Sculpture, and the Image of the Self“, Linda Nochlin, Global Feminisms, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, March – July, p. 66, ex. cat.
2006   „Collectors 1“, Eva Brioschi, Collezione la Gaia, Centro Sperimentale per le Arti Contemporanee, Caraglio, pp. 44 – 47, ex. cat
2003   Body Parts, 2003. Published by powerhouse, 180 Varick Street, Suite 1302, New York, NY 10014 (27 images)
2002   A Body, 2002. Published by powerhouse, 180 Varick Street, Suite 1302, New York, NY 10014 (400 images)
1999   Self Portrait Finger, 1999. Published by Andrea Rosen Gallery, 525 West 24th Street, New York, N.Y. 10011 (12 duotones).
1994   Self Portrait Frieze, 1994. Published by Paul Bianchini, Galerie Toner, Paris, France. (6 duotones)
1989   Foot, 1989. Published by Galerie Lelong, 20 W. 57th Street, New York, N.Y. 10019. (19 duotones).
1988   Hand, 1988. Published by Galerie Lelong, 20 W. 57th Street, New York, N.Y. 10019. (24 duotones).
1987   A Body of Work, 1987. Distributed by Printed Matter, 7 Lispenard Street, New York, New York 10013. (23 duotones).