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
DIALOGOS IMAGINARIOS – SOLO SHOW
ESPACIO DE ARTE CONTEMPORANEO, From 06/09/16 to 08/26/16SALA DE AGADU, From 06/22/16 to 07/22/16CENTRO DE FOTOGRAFIA, From 06/24/16 to 9/04/16FUNDACION UNION, From 07/24/16 to 10/07/16MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY
The exhibition circuit will be composed of 4 different venues in the city of Montevideo, and consists of multi-sections that present a total of 89 photos. It will be the first time that David LaChapelle opens 4 simultaneous exhibitions in the same city.
David LaChapelle
Kehinde Wiley
LA GRANDE GALERIE DU FOOT – GROUP SHOW
LA VILLETTE, PARIS, FRANCEFrom 06/05/2016 to 07/10/2016
KEHINDE WILEY and DAVID LACHAPELLE are in ‘La Grande Galerie du Foot’ show, during #FootForaine festival at Paris’ La Villette
James Casebere
David LaChapelle
“DIMENSIONS VARIABLES. ARTISTS AND ARCHITECTURE” COLLECTIVE SHOW
PAVILLON DE L'ARSENAL, PARIS, FRANCE
For the first time, the Pavillon de l’Arsenal dedicates all of its exhibition space to contemporary art. Fifty six French and international artists, some renowned and others emerging, put in question and challenge Architecture, its issues and stakes, through one of their works. Artists and Architecture, Variable dimensions, is based on the conviction that artists highlight and reveal potentials capable of enriching and transforming our sharedambitions to build together the world city of tomorrow. With Vito Acconci – Renaud Auguste-Dormeuil – Daniel Arsham – Thomas Bayrle – Christophe Berdaguer & Marie Péjus – Pierre Besson – Julien Bismuth – Mel Bochner – Marie Bovo – Brevet & Rochette – stanley brouwn – Alain Bublex – Heidi Bucher – Daniel Buren – Pedro Cabrita Reis – James Casebere – Jordi Colomer – Stéphane Couturier – François Dallegret – Denicolai & Provoost – Larissa Fassler – Martine Feipel & Jean Bechameil – Jean-Pascal Flavien – Zachary Formwalt – Peter Friedl – Carlos Garaicoa – Anne-Valérie Gasc – Liam Gillick – Pierre-Jean Giloux – Geert Goiris – Dan Graham – Carsten Höller with Philippe Parreno – JR – Anish Kapoor – Sabina Lang & Daniel Baumann – Jonier Marin – Matthieu Martin – Gordon Matta-Clark – Rita McBride – Dean Monogenis – Nicolas Moulin – Matt Mullican – Bruce Nauman – Olaf Nicolaï – Julian Opie – Giulio Paolini – Enoc Perez – Alexandre Perigot – Tabor Robak – Yvan Salomone – Peter Scott – Richard Serra – Timothée Talard – Bert Theis – Lawrence Weiner
Oda Jaune
David LaChapelle
Pierre et Gilles
‘GENRE IDÉAL ?’, COLLECTIVE SHOW
MAISON GUERLAIN, PARISFrom 10/16/2015 to 11/13/2015
Associated with FIAC Parcours Privé, Guerlain focuses its new show at Maison Guerlain on the Champs Elysées in Paris on the gender issues. The selection of works gathered in the exhibition explore this complex notion through symbolical, poetical or intimate approaches. With Vanessa Beecroft, Valérie Belin, Jean Cocteau, Oda Jaune, David LaChapelle,Christopher Makos, Javier Perez, Pierre et Gilles, Bettina Rheims, Elsa Sahal, Claire Tabouret, Agnès Thurnauer, Joana Vasconcelos, Li Yongbin.
David LaChapelle
FOTOINDUSTRIA
PINACOTECA NAZIONALE, BOLOGNA, ITALYFrom 10/03/2015 to 11/01/2015
The FOTOINDUSTRIA industrial photography Biennale in Bologna, presents an outstanding solo show by DavidLaChapelle at Bologna’s iconic Pinacoteca Nazionale, focusing on the American photographer’s industrial lanscapes series.
David LaChapelle
FOTOGRAFIAS 1984-2013
MUSEO DE ARTE CONTEMPORANEO, SANTIAGO, CHILEFrom 07/29/2015 to 09/27/2015
Fotografias 1984-2013 features more than 90 photographs and video pieces that represent David’s diverse career. This major retrospective is presented and funded by WADA Foundation to the Museum of Contemporary Art and will be exhibited to the public from July 29 to September 27th, 2015 at MAC Forest Park in Santiago, Chile.
David LaChapelle
Kehinde Wiley
Pierre et Gilles
MASCULIN / MASCULIN. L’HOMME NU DANS L’ART DE 1800 à NOS JOURS.(GROUP SHOW)
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France
From Tuesday 24th September to Thursday 2nd January 2014 Alors que le nu féminin s’expose aussi régulièrement que naturellement, le corps masculin n’a pas eu la même faveur. Qu’aucune exposition ne se soit donné pour objet de remettre en perspective la représentation de l’homme nu sur une longue période de l’histoire avant le Leopold Museum de Vienne à l’automne 2012 est plus que significatif. Pourtant, la nudité masculine était pendant longtemps au fondement de la formation académique du XVIIe au XIXe siècles et constitue une ligne de force de la création en Occident. (…)
David LaChapelle
FLOWERS AND MUSHROOMS
Museum der Moderne, Mönchsberg, Salzburg, Austria
From Saturday 27th July to Sunday 27th October 2013 The comprehensive exhibition Flowers & Mushrooms presents current positions of contemporary representations of flowers and mushrooms and their newly developing levels of meaning. For some time now, there has been a renaissance of flowers and mushroom themes in fine art. The works of leading “portraitists” of flowers and mushrooms, such as Peter Fischli/David Weiss, David LaChapelle, Marc Quinn, Sylvie Fleury, Nobuyoshi Araki or Carsten Höller, continue the multi-faceted and long pictorial tradition of flowers, which is unparalleled in the history of art. At the same time no other motif is so easily suspected of trivialism. The question arises of how a subject that is frequently accused of being trivial and shallow has been able to gain ground in a field of art that is generally regarded as serious and sophisticated. The picture of a flower is too easily associated with the idea of harmless beauty and the mushroom with cliché-like hallucinogenic states of conscousness. Nevertheless many artists increasingly adopt these motifs, adapt them and find individual ways to put them into the context of sociocritical, feminist, political and media-reflexive art. (…)
