David LaChapelle

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Archangel Michael: And No Message Could Have Been Any Clearer, (detail) 2009, Chromogenic Print, 120 x 72 in.

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

2010
Lives in Hana, Maui
2010
Works in Los Angeles



Featured Exhibitions

2010
London | Robilant + Voena | "The Rape of Africa" | April 26 - May 25
2010
Brussels | Alain Noirhomme Gallery | "Eden" | April 21 - May 20
2010
Taipei | MOCA Taipei | "David LaChapelle" | April 9 - May 31
2010
New York | Brooklyn Museum | "Who Shot Rock + Roll" | October 20, 2009 - January 31, 2010

2009
Paris | Musee de la Monnaie de Paris | "Retrospective" | February 6 - May 31



Upcoming Exhibitions

2012
Singapore | Singapore Art Museum

2011
New York | Lever House | "TBD" | March 1 - TBD
2011
Hanover | Kestnergesellschaft | "TBD" | February 23 preview

2010
Los Angeles | TBD | "TBD" | November 1 - TBD
2010
Tel Aviv | The Tel Aviv Museum of Art | "David LaChapelle" | July 23 - October 22
2010
Beijing | The Today Art Museum | "David LaChapelle" |



Solo Museum + Public Exhibitions

2010
Taipei | MOCA Taipei | "David LaChapelle" | April 9 - May 31

2009
Guadalajara | Museo De Las Artes | "Delrium 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" | 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 | "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

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

2010
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

2007
Berlin | Helmut Newton Foundation | "Men, War, + Peace" | 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

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

2009
Geneva | Patricia Low Contemporary | "Pop My Cherry" | September 17 - November 11
2009
New York | Paul Kasmin Gallery | "Naked!" | July 9 - September 19
2009
Berlin | Jablonka Galerie | "REVERB" | November 14, 2008 - January 31, 2009

2008
New York | Jose Martos Gallery | "Love Love Love" | November 6 - December 6

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

2005
New York | Tony Shafrazi Gallery | "Magritte, Williams, Lachapelle" | 2005

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



Public Collections

2009
Paris | La Monnaie de Paris

2007
Paris | LVMH Foundation

2006
Munich | Brandhorst Foundation

2005
Belgium | Serge Delsemme Foundation


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