David LaChapelle

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John Byrne Dance Company at the Lever House installation of David LaChapelle's From Darkness to Light (2011)

David LaChapelle

David LaChapelle
LaChapelle's images, both bizarre and gorgeous, have forged a singular style that is unique, original, perfectly unmistakable, and often imitated. He has photographed a diverse collection of the world's most influential cultural personalities. In 1995 he was recognized as "Photographer of the Year" by American Photo Magazine. In 1998 he won the "Alfred Eisenstandt Awards" for the "the most interesting photographic style".

1963
Born in Farmington, Connecticut

2011
Lives in Hana, Maui
2011
Works in Los Angeles



Current Exhibitions

2011
Florida | Norton Museum of Art | "Cocktail Culture" | December 15 - March 11, 2012
2011
Prague | Galerie Rudolfinum | "Thus Spoke LaChapelle" | December 7 - February 26, 2012
2011
Seoul, South Korea | Hanagram Design Museum: Seoul Arts Center | "David LaChapelle" | November 22 - February 26, 2012
2011
Puerto Rico | Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Puerto Rico | "NosOtros: La humanidad al borde" | October 23 - March 25, 2012



Upcoming Exhibitions

2012
St. Moritz | Patricia Low Contemporary | Group Show | February 10 - March 31
2012
St. Moritz | Reformiere Dorfkirche | "Earth Laughs in Flowers" | February 11 - 26
2012
London | Robilant + Voena | "Earth Laughs in Flowers" | February 14 - March 24
2012
Milan | Robilant + Voena | "Earth Laughs in Flowers" | February 16 - March 24
2012
New York | Fred Torres Collaborations | "Earth Laughs in Flowers" | February 23 - March 24
2012
Geneva | Patricia Low Contemporary | Group Show | March 15 - April 29
2012
Singapore | Singapore Art Museum | "David LaChapelle" | March 22 - July 22
2012
Frankfurt, Germany | Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt | "Making History" | April 19 - July 8
2012
New York | American Friends of the Tel Aviv Museum | "Artist of the Year" | April 26
2012
Stockholm, Sweden | Fotografiska | December



Solo Museum + Public Exhibitions

2011
London | National Portrait Gallery aquires David LaChapelle's "Burning Down the House" | October 14
2011
New York | Lever House | From Darkness to Light | June 2 - September 2
2011
Hanover, Germany | Kestner-Gesellschaft | "David LaChapelle" | February 25 - May 8

2010
Tel Aviv | The Tel Aviv Museum of Art | "David LaChapelle: Post Modern Pop Photography" (curated by Nili Goren) | July 22 - November 20
2010
St. Moritz | St. Moritz Art Masters | "Bliss Amongst Chaos" (Maybach Foundation Collaboration) | August 26 - September 4
2010
Taipei | MOCA Taipei | "David LaChapelle" | April 9 - May 31

2009
Guadalajara | Museo De Las Artes | "Delirium of Reason" | September 4 - November 15
2009
Paris | Musee de la Monnaie de Paris | "Retrospective" | February 6 - May 31
2009
Mexico City | Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso | "Delirium of Reason" | February 4 - June 28

2008
St. Moritz | St. Moritz Art Masters | "Jesus is my Homeboy" | August 29 - September 5
2008
Florence | Forte Belvedere | "David LaChapelle" | July 15
2008
Stockholm | Fotografiska Museet | "David LaChapelle" | April 10 - May 11
2008
San Paulo | MUBE Museum | "Heaven to Hell / Bellezas y Desastres" | January 23 - February 5
2008
Milan | Palazzo Reale | "David LaChapelle" | September 24, 2007 - January 6, 2008

2007
Buenos Aires | MALBA Museum | "Heaven to Hell / Bellezas y Desastres" | March 30 - May 21
2007
Berlin | Helmut Newton Foundation | "Men, War, + Peace" | November 31, 2006 - January 23, 2007

2006
Naples | Capodimonte Museum | "VIP: Very Important Portraits" | March 24 - June 31

2005
Palermo (Italy) | KALS'ART | "David LaChapelle" | July 2005

2003
New York | Rockefeller Center (Montblanc International) | "All American" | 2003

2002
London | Barbican Museum | "David LaChapelle" | October 10 - December 23
2002
Vienna | Kunsthaus Wien | "David LaChapelle" | June 6 - September 22

2000
San Paulo | Museo de Arte Brazileira | "Femmes Plus Que Femmes" | May 4 - June 4

1999
Paris | Galleries LaFayette | "20th Festival de la Mode" | 1999
1999
Rome | Palazzo delle Esposizioni | "Hotel Lachapelle" | March 19, 1999
1999
New York | School of Visual Arts | "The Beautiful + Bizarre" | 1999

1998
Lisbon | Palacio Pombal | "David LaChapelle" | September 17 - December 11
1998
Aries (France) | Les Recontres D'Aries | "LaChapelle Land" | July 5 - August 16

1989
Santa Fe | Santa Fe Center for Photography | "David LaChapelle" | February 18
1989
New York | Mars | "Life Never Dies" (Slide Exhibition) | February 11

1986
New York | Palladium | "Taking Pictures is Fun" | September 11



Solo Gallery Exhibitions

2011
Los Angeles | Prism Gallery | “David LaChapelle: Recollections in America and Earth Laughs in Flowers” | September 27 – November 5
2011
Knokke (Belgium) | Serge Maruani & Alain Noirhomme Gallery | “David LaChapelle: Earth Laughs in Flowers” | August 5 – September 12
2011
Aspen, CO | The Drasner Gallery | “David LaChapelle” |
August 5 – On Going
2011
Salzburg (Austria) | Museum Der Moderne Salzburg | “Role Models and Role Playing” | July 23 – October 30
2011
Hong Kong | De Sarthe Fine Art | David LaChapelle | May 25 - July 2
2011
Tenerife (Spain) | Galeria Leyendecker | "David LaChapelle" | December 17 - February 26

2010
New York | Paul Kasmin Gallery | "American Jesus" | July 7 - September 18
2010
London | Robilant + Voena | "The Rape of Africa" | April 26 - May 25
2010
Brussels | Alain Noirhomme Gallery | "Eden" | April 21 - May 20
2010
Miami | Wolfgang Roth + Partners | "Cars + Money" | December 2, 2009 - March 12, 2010

2009
Dublin | Sebastian Guinness Gallery | "American Jesus" | September 18 - November 28
2009
Los Angeles | David Desanctis Gallery | "The Rape of Africa" | September 12 - October 31
2009
Amsterdam | Galerie Alex Daniels | "The Rape of Africa" | June 6 - July 31
2009
Miami | Wolfgang Roth + Partners | "Jesus is My Homeboy" | December 2, 2008 - January 10, 2009

2008
London | Robilant + Voena | "Jesus is My Homeboy" | October 31 - November 7
2008
New York | Tony Shafrazi Gallery | "Auguries of Innocence" | September 12 - October 24
2008
Maastricht | TEFAF (Rafael Jablonka) | "Jesus is My Homeboy" | March 4 - March 14

2007
Tenerife (Spain) | Galería Leyendecker | "Awakened" | November 9
2007
London | Frieze (Rafael Jablonka) | "Awakened" | September
2007
Monaco | La Galerie Delphine Pastor | "David LaChapelle" | May 11 - July 29
2007
Dallas | Goss Gallery | "Awakened" | March 20 - April 11
2007
New York | Tony Shafrazi Gallery | "Awakened" | February 24 - April 28
2007
Berlin | Jablonka Galerie | "Heaven to Hell" | November 30, 2006 - February 17, 2007

2006
Paris | La Galerie Du XX ( w/ Maruani Noirhomme) | "David LaChapelle" | October 26 - November 18

2005
Dallas | Goss Gallery (Grand Opening) | "David LaChapelle" | May 20
2005
Amsterdam | Galerie Alex Daniels | "David LaChapelle" | May 7 - June 16
2005
Knokke (Belgium) | Maruani Noirhomme Gallery | "David LaChapelle" | March 2005
2005
New York | Deitch Projects | "Artists + Prostitutes" | March 12 - April 16

2003
Moscow | Moscow Photo Festival (James Gallery) | "David LaChapelle" | April 9

2002
New York | Tony Shafrazi Gallery | "All American" | July 16 - September 21

2001
Milan | Galleria Carla Sozzani | "David LaChapelle" | September 27 - November 23
2001
Berlin | Camerawork Gallery | "Fish Stick" | September 7 - November 23
2001
Bologna (Italy) | Photology (Villa Impero) | "David LaChapelle" | March 4 - July 28
2001
Aspen | Baldwin Gallery | "David LaChapelle" | December 29, 2000 - February 29, 2001

2000
Los Angeles | Fahey Klein Gallery | "David LaChapelle" | May 25 - June 8

1999
New York | Tony Shafrazi Gallery | "David LaChapelle" | June 4 - September 15

1997
Tokyo | Parco Gallery | "LaChapelle Land" | March 30 - April 15
1997
Milan | Photology | "LaChapelle Land" | March 6 - August 30

1996
New York | Staley Wise Gallery | "LaChapelle Land" | November 8 - November 30

1995
New York | Trabia MacAfee | "Javier Cibachromes" | April 11 - May 12

1993
New York | 303 Gallery (Lisa Spellman) | "Pom Pom Croissant" | September 11 - September 19

1991
New York | Tomoko Ligouri Gallery | "Facility of Movement" | November 9 - December 21

1989
New York | Trabia MacAfee Gallery | "Mirrors of God + the Intervention of St. Lucy" | May 25 - June 18
1989
New York | Trabia MacAfee Gallery | "Somewhere Better" | January 7 - January 28

1988
New York | 56 Bleecker Gallery | "Your Needs Met" | May 25 - June 25

1984
New York | 303 Gallery (Lisa Spellman) | "Angels, Saints, + Martyrs" | October 11 - November 8
1984
New York | 303 Gallery (Lisa Spellman) | "Good News for Modern Man" | March 29 - April 30



Group Museum + Public Exhibitions

2011
Turin, Italy | Venaria Reale | "Il Genio, il Mito" | November 18 - January 29, 2012
2011
Los Angeles | Annenberg Space for Photography | "Beauty Culture" | May 28 - November 27
2011
Houston, TX | George R. Brown Convention Center | “Texas Contemporary Art Fair” | October 20-23
2011
Los Angeles | PULSE Contemporary Art Fair | September 30 - October 3
2011
Austria | Museum der Modern Salzburg | "Role Models and Role Playing" | July 23 - October 30
2011
Montreal | Montreal Museum of Fine Arts | "The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Street to the Stars" | June 13 - October 2
2011
New London, CT | Lyman Allyn Art Museum | "Face Off: Contemporary Portraits by Contemporary Artists" (curated by Barbara Zabel) | April 9 - September 30
2011
Israel | Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art | Body Gestures | February 12 - May 28
2011
Israel | Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art | Screening of RIZE | February 12

2010
Toronto | Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art | "Pervasive Influence: The Mechanical Bride" | May 1 - June 6
2010
New Britain | Central Connecticut State University | "Revealed: The Tradition of Male Homoerotic Art" | March 18 - April 22
2010
Barcelona | CCB | "Atopia, Arte Y Ciudad en el Siglo XXI" | February 25 - May 24

2009
New York | Brooklyn Museum | "Who Shot Rock + Roll" | October 20, 2009 - January 31, 2010
2009
Los Angeles | LACMA | "Vanity Fair Portraits" | October 26, 2008 - March 1, 2009

2008
London | National Portrait Gallery | "Vanity Fair Portraits" | February 14 - May 18

2006
Berlin | Helmut Newton Foundation | "Men, War, + Peace" | December 2, 2006 - May 30, 2007

2000
Bologna, Italy | Villa Impero | "Il Secolo Della Fotoarte" | December 2, 2006 - May 30, 2007

1989
New York | The Lesbian + Gay Center | "The Center Show" | June 1 - December 1

1988
New York | Grand Central Station | "Grand Windows" | December 13



Group Gallery Exhibitions

2011
Los Angeles | NYE+BROWN | “The Lords and the New Creatures” | September 10 – October 31
2011
Michigan | Oakland University Art Gallery | Borders and Frontiers: Globalization, Temporality & Appropriation in the Contemporary Image | March 5 - April 10

2010
Germany | Galeria Thomas MODERN | "POPular: Brands, Symbols, Icons" | November 25 - February 19, 2011
2010
Tel Aviv | Tavi Art Gallery | "Restart" | curated by Dana Gillerman & Sagi Rafael | October 7 - November 4
2010
New York | Sotheby's Gallery | "Divine Comedy" | curated by Lisa Dennison | September 29 - October 19
2010
Busan | Gana Art | “Real Interface” | July 30 – September 22
2010
New York | Armand Bartos Fine Art | "Knock Knock: That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore" | February 24 – April 24
2010
Los Angeles | Photo LA: 19th Annual International Los Angeles Photographic Art Exposition | January 14 - 17

2009
Geneva | Patricia Low Contemporary | "Pop My Cherry" | September 17 - November 11
2009
New York | Paul Kasmin Gallery | "Naked!" | July 9 - September 19

2008
Berlin | Jablonka Galerie | "REVERB" | November 14, 2008 - January 31, 2009
2008
New York | Jose Martos Gallery | "Love Love Love" | November 6 - December 6

2006
New York | Tony Shafrazi Gallery | "The Other Side #2" | November 11 - February 3, 2007

2005
New York | Tony Shafrazi Gallery | "René Magritte, Robert Williams, David LaChapelle" | January 15 - April 2

1989
New York | Tony Shafrazi Gallery | "Don't Bungle in the Jungle!" | June 3 - June 30



Public Collections

2011
London | National Portrait Gallery

2009
Stuttgart | Daimler Art Collection
2009
Paris | La Monnaie de Paris

2007
Paris | LVMH Foundation

2006
Munich | Brandhorst Foundation

2005
Belgium | Serge Delsemme Foundation


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