David LaChapelle
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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