David LaChapelle
The artist
Born in 1963 in Connecticut, USA, David LaChapelle is an internationally renowned artist known for his vivid fashion photographs and baroque images populated by celebrities. Skilfully fusing art history with references to popular culture, metaphysical questions with street culture, he paints a disquieting portrait of 21st century values and lifestyles. David LaChapelle is now one of the most widely published photographers in the world. Since 2006 he has been focusing on the artistic side of his work.
Exhibitions
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Letter to the World
November 3 - December 29, 2018
Paris - Grenier Saint Lazare -
LAND SCAPE
October 30, 2014 - January 3, 2015
Paris - Beaubourg -
Still Life
June 6 - July 26, 2013
Paris - Beaubourg
Biography
| Birth | Born in 1963 in Fairfield, Connecticut, USA |
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| Residency | Lives and works in New York, and Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Education | North Carolina School of Arts, Wisten-Salem, North Carolina, USA School of Visual Arts, New York, USA |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
| 2023 | Fulmini, Salone degli Incanti, Trieste, Italy |
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| 2022 | David LaChapelle, make BELIEVE, Fotografiska, New York, USA |
| 2019 | David La Chapelle, Galleria Mucciaccia, Rome, Italy LaChapelle : Act of Nature, Reflex Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Acts of God, La Venaria Reale, Turin, Italy Castles in the Sky : Fantasy architecture in contemporary Art, Coral Gables Museum, Coral Gables, USA |
| 2018 | David LaChapelle, Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow, Staley Wise Gallery, New York, USA David LaChapelle, Letter to the world, Galerie Templon, Paris, France David LaChapelle : After the Deluge, Beaux Arts Mons, Mons, Belgium David LaChapelle : Songs for the World, Stary Browar Art Gallery, Poznan, Poland Good News for Modern Man, Groningen Museum, Groningen, Netherlands LaChapelle – Negative Currency, Geuer & Geuer, Düsseldorf, Germany Back to Nature, Museum Frieder Burda, Berlin, Germany Recollections in America, Galerie Bene Taschen, Cologne, Germany Solo Show, Art stations Gallery, Poznan, Poland |
| 2017 | LOST+FOUND, Casa Dei Tre Oci, Venice, Italy; Instituto Cultural Cabañas, Guadalajara, Mexico Solo show, Ara Modern Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea Solo show, Beaux-Arts Mons, Mons, Belgium |
| 2016 | Bling Bling Baby Show, NRW Forum, Düsseldorf, Germany Solo show, Ara Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea Gas Stations, Edward Hopper House, Nyack, New York, USA Solo show, Centro de la Fotografia, Montevideo, Uruguay Illuminacion, Fundacion Union, Montevideo, Uruguay Solo show, Museo Agadu, Montevideo, Uruguay Solo show, Espacio de Arte Contemporaneo, Montevideo, Uruguay Gas Stations, The Edward Hopper House, New York, USA LACHAPELLE, Moca Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand David Lachapelle, Adler Subhashok gallery, Bangkok, Thailand Muses, DSC Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic Solo show, Usina del Arte, Buenos Aires, Argentina Pipe Dream, Galerie Andrea Caratsch, Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2015 | Fotografias 1984 – 2013, Museum of Contemporary Art Chile, Santiago, Chile After the Deluge, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy Fotografias 1984 – 2013, Museo de Arte Contempraneo, Lima, Peru |
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
| 2019 | Versus, Galerie Supper, Baden-Baden, Germany Michael Jackson: On the Wall, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, Germany Modell-Naturen in der zeitgenössischen Fotografie, Kallmann-Museum, Ismaning, Germany Showroom, Galerie Supper, Baden-Baden, Germany Thierry Mugler, Couturissime, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada Dior, From Paris to the World, Dallas Art Museum, Dallas, USA |
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| 2018 | Zurück zur Natur ?, Museum Frieder Burda, Berlin, Germany Photo London, Staley Wise Gallery, London, UK Micheal Jackson : On The Wall, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK Portraits of Artists, Staley Wise Gallery, New York, USA Dior : From Paris to The World, Denver Art Museum, Denver, USA Castles in the Sky : Fantasy Architecture, Lehman Art College Gallery, New York, USA Images Makes Religion, Kunstmuseum Bochum, Bochum, Germany SP-ARTE /FOTO, Sao Paulo, Brazil Camera Work Gallery, Berlin, Germany |
| 2017 | Like A Horse, Fotografiska, Stockholm, Sweden Nautilus, Landesmuseum fur Kunst aund Kulturgeschichte Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany Christian Dior: Couturier du rêve, Musée des arts décoratifs, Paris, France |
| 2016 | Boticelli Reimagined, The Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK The Photography Show, Aipad, New York, New York, USA Divine Decadence, Castle of Gaasbeek, Brussels, Belgium The Fashion world of Jean-Paul Gaultier : from the sidewalk to the catwalk, Dongdaemun Design Plaza, Seoul, South Korea La Grande Galerie du foot, La Villette, Paris, France |
| 2015 | The Botticelli Renaissance, Gemäldegalerie Kultureforum, Berlin, Germany Hamster - Hipster - Hand: under the spellbound of the mobile phone, Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany Open Rhapsody: A journey into photography and video collections, Beirut Exhibition Center, Beirut, Lebanon Once Upon a Time and Now, The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center, New York, USA Il Cibo nell’ Arte: Capolavori del Grandi Maestri dal Seicento a Warhol, Associazione Amici di Palazzo Martinengo, Brescia, Italy 20 + 2 Years, ARNDT, Singapour 2050, The Royal museums of fine arts of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium |
| 2014 | The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk, Barbican, London, UK A New Selection from the Elgiz Collection, Elgiz Museum, Istanbul, Turkey Images 2014, Fairfield Museum and History Center, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Possession, Sheppard Contemporary, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, USA American Cool, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, Columbia, USA Beyond Earth Art, Cornell University: Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, New York, USA |
| 2013 | In God we Trust, Zacheta National Galerie of art, Warsaw, Poland En compagnie de Guy Bourdin: Fotografien aus der Sammlung F.C. Gundlach, Haus der Photographie / Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany A Queen Within: Adorned Archetypes, Fashion and Chess, World Chess Hall of Fame, St. Louis, Missouri, USA Cabinets de Curiosities, Le Musee Sainte-Croix, Poitiers, France |
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PUBLIC COLLECTIONS (SELECTION)
| Bayerische Staatsoper Portrait Gallery, Munich, Germany | |
| LACMA- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California, USA | |
| Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel | |
| National Portrait Gallery, London, UK | |
| Daimler Art Collection, Stuttgart, Germany | |
| La Monnaie de Paris, Paris, France | |
| LVMH Foundation, Paris, France |
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AWARDS
| 2015 | Doctorate in Fine Arts (Hon.) from UNCSA |
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| 2014 | Young Photographers Alliance Lifetime Achievement Award |
| 2012 | Artist of the Year, American Friends of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art National Geographic Magazine Photography Seminar, Featured Speaker |
| 2010 | OUT in Art Award, GLAAD Award |
| 2006 | Presented with GLAAD's Vito Russo Award for Outstanding Contributions Toward Eliminating Homophobia |
| 2004 | 13th Annual MVPA Awards - Winner Director of the Year - Best Rock Video of the Year for No Doubt It's My Life Special Juried Prize Mountainfilm, Telluride Special Juried Recognition, Sundance Film Festival Best Documentary, Aspen Film Festival |
| 2003 | 13th Annual MVPA Awards - Winner Director of the Year - Best Rock Video of the Year for No Doubt It's My Life Special Juried Prize Mountainfilm, Telluride Special Juried Recognition, Sundance Film Festival Best Documentary, Aspen Film Festival 12th Annual MVPA Awards - Adult Contemporary Video of the Year - Elton John This Train Don't Stop There Anymore |
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Press Release
Numéro - décembre-janvier 2018
La sélection du mois
Connaissance des Arts - décembre 2018
L'Oeuvre du mois
Point de Vue - novembre 2018
Le mois de la photo
The New Yorker.com - décembre 2017
What can David LaChapelle's celebrity-fuelled fantasias tell us now?
Dan Piepenbring
Le Monde - novembre 2017
David LaChapelle, le spectacle à satiété
France 2 - novembre 2017
Télématin Europe - Photographe iconique
Le Figaroscope - novembre 2014
Surnaturel David LaChapelle
The times - mai 2014
The man who hung up on Madonna
Photo Magazine - mars-avril 2014
Ça gaze pour David laChapelle
Beaux Arts Magazine - août 2013
David LaChapelle
Paris Capitale - Hors Série - juillet 2013
David Lachapelle
Le Nouvel Observateur - juin 2013
Triste Cires
News
David LaChapelle
“THIERRY MUGLER: COUTURISSIME” – GROUP SHOW
Until April 18, 2021
Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Theatinerstrasse 8, Munich, Germany
The exhibition “Thierry Mugler: Couturissime” presents 150 haute-couture and prêt-à-porter outfits by a visionary couturier, director, photographer, perfumer and dancer – almost none of which have ever been exhibited – in addition to accessories, stage costumes, videos, rarely seen sketches, and archival material. Numerous art prints by leading fashion photographers, from Helmut Newton to David LaChapelle, round out the show.
David LaChapelle
ATTI DIVINI – SOLO SHOW
REGGIA DI VENARIA - CITRONIERA, TURIN, ITALY From 14/06/2019 to 06/01/2019
The exhibition Atti Divini (acts of god), curated by Denis Curti and Reiner Opoku, presents 70 of the most significant and emblematic works of the artist’s career. The exhibition proposes a set of large and very large works. These are the most iconic and significant works of La Chapelle that have contributed to making him one of the most influential artists in the world.
David LaChapelle
Kehinde Wiley
MICHAEL JACKSON: ON THE WALL – GROUP SHOW
NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY, LONDON, UK From 28/06/2018 to 21/10/2018
This landmark exhibition explores the influence of Michael Jackson on some of the leading names in contemporary art, spanning several generations of artists across all media. Curated by Dr Nicholas Cullinan, Director of the National Portrait Gallery, the exhibition will open in the summer of 2018 to coincide with what would have been Michael Jackson’s 60th birthday (on August 29, 2018). With among others Andy Warhol, David Hammons, David LaChapelle, Kehinde Wiley, Glenn Ligon.
David LaChapelle
GOOD NEWS FOR MODERN MAN – SOLO SHOW
GRONINGER MUSEUM, GRONINGEN, THE NETHERLANDS From 20/04/2018 to 28/10/2018
‘LaChapelle: Good News for Modern Man’ will feature an expansive survey of work by David LaChapelle, offering over 70 pieces from various periods of the artist’s career. As a part of the opening night events, renowned ballet dancer Sergei Polunin will give a performance in the Martini Church in Groningen. His first large-scale solo museum show in the Netherlands will highlight areas of the artist’s oeuvre, from portraiture, still life, landscapes and tableaux. This comprehensive survey also introduces LaChapelle’s latest series, New World, in which he attempts to photograph the unphotographable – in a future quest for paradise. Opening April 20th, 2018 from 8 to 10pm.
David LaChapelle
AFTER THE DELUGE – SOLO SHOW
MUSÉE DES BEAUX-ARTS DE MONS, MONS, BELGIUM
From 10/28/2017 to 02/25/2018
BAM is to host, for the first time in Belgium, one of the largest and most important retrospectives ever dedicated to the great American photographer David LaChapelle. The exhibition looks back over his entire artistic output from the 1990s to the present day.
After many years with the biggest stars of his generation as his subject matter, the artist began a new creative chapter with a series of more personal pieces highlighting his concerns regarding ecological and ethical issues affecting the world.
More than 100 photographs will be exhibited – some in large format – touching on all aspects of his prolific output, together
with music videos he has produced for well-known pop and rock singers.
David LaChapelle
LOST + FOUND – SOLO SHOW
CASA DEI TRE OCI, VENICE, ITALYFrom 4/12/2017 to 9/10/2017
Casa dei Tre Oci, a splendid example of early 20th-century Venetian architecture, welcomes a major retrospective of David LaChapelle, gathering around 100 works by the American photographer, including the never seen before new series New World.
David LaChapelle
Pierre et Gilles
BLING BLING BABY ! – GROUP SHOW
NRW FORUM, DÜSSELDORF, GERMANY From 11/19/2016 to 1/15/2017
New trends in photography: the exhibition “Bling Bling Baby” will present the new, colourful world of photography. From Glam Fashion to nature poems, from the ironic representation to pop portraits – the past few years have seen the emergence of a fascinating canon of images which celebrate the artificial and do not shy away from kitsch. David LaChapelle and Pierre et Gilles successfully continued this flirt with pop. The international group exhibition, curated by Nadine Barth, combines the most interesting new approaches from the field of photography, it introduces new and familiar names and carries us off to a sweet, surreal, glittering and incredibly fresh cosmos.
David LaChapelle
GAS STATIONS – SOLO SHOW
EDWARD HOPPER HOUSE ART CENTER, NYACK, NY, USADu 07/09/2016 au 09/11/2016
Renowned photographer David LaChapelle will exhibit six large-scale photographs from his Gas Stations series. Inspired in part by Edward Hopper’s painting Gas (1940), LaChapelle created scale models using common, found objects, which he then photographed on location in the rainforest of Maui. The natural landscape of the rainforest envelops the fabricated structures of the gas stations, acting at once as a generative force and a destructive one. The work is a commentary on our reliance on fossil fuels and “the absurdity of our attempts to harness nature.”
