David LACHAPELLE
Born in Fairfield, Connecticut, USA, 1963
Lives and work in NY
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
- HBC Global Art Collection, USA.
- Foundation Carmignac, France.
- Daimler Art Collection, Stuttgart.
- Bayerische Staatsoper Portrait Gallery, Munich.
- The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual
& Transgender Comunity Center, NY. - La Monnaie de Paris, París.
- LVMH Foundation, París.
- Los Angeles Museum Of Art, Los Angeles.
- Brandhorst Foundation, Munich.
- National Portrait Gallery, London.
- Serge Delsemme Foundation, Bélgica.
- Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel.
SOLO SHOW
- 2017
- “Gas Stations”, Edward Hopper House, New York
- “Lost and Found”, Instituto Cultural Cabañas, Guadalajara, Mexico
- 2016
- “Pipe Dream”, Galería Andre Caratsch, Zurich
- “Aipad: The Photography Show”, The Park Avenue Armory, NY
- “Muzy”, Dvorak Sec Contemporary, Prague
- 2015
- “David LaChapelle”, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Chile
- “Fotografías 1984 – 2013”, MAC Lima, Lima, Peru
- “David LaChapelle”, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy
- 2014
- “Land Scape”, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris
- Selected Works, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris
- “Evening in Space”, British Film Institute, London
- “Land Scape”, Public Exhibition, London
- “Land Scape”, Robilant + Voena, Milan
- “Once in the Garden”, OstLicht Galerie für Fotografie, Vienna, Austria
- 2013
- “Divine Bodies”, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle
- “Still Life”, Daniel Templon, Paris
- 2012
- “Burning Beauty”, Fotografiska Museet, Stockholm
- “David LaChapelle”, Lu.C.C.A. Museum, Lucca
- “Artist of the Year”, American Friends of the Tel Aviv Museum, New York
- “David LaChapelle”, Bexco Art Center, Busan
- “Still Life”, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York
- “Addicted to Passion”, Arendt & Medernach, Luxembourg
- “Jesus is My Homeboy”, Joblonka Galerie, Germany
- “Earth Laughs in Flowers”, Patricia Low Contemporary, Geneva
- “Earth Laughs in Flowers”, Fred Torres, New York
- “Earth Laughs in Flowers”, Robilant + Voena, Milan
- “Earth Laughs in Flowers”, Reformiere Dorfkirche, St. Moritz
- 2011
- “Daphne Guiness”, Fashion Institute of Technology Museum, New York
- “The fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: from Streets to the stars”,
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal - “Lost and Found”, Galería Mesta Bratislavy, Bratislava.
- “Earth laughts in Flowers”, Muruani & Noirhomme, Knokke, Bélgica
- “From Darkness to Light”, Lever House, New York
- “David LaChapelle: The Raft”, De Sarthe Fine Art, Hong Kong
- “David LaChapelle: Early Work”, Michelman Fine Art, New York
- “David LaChapelle: Earth laughs in flowers”, Kestnergesellschaft,
Hannover, Alemania
- 2010
- “David LaChapelle”, Galería Leyendecker, Santa Cruz de Tenerife
- “David LaChapelle: Documents of Desires & Disasters”,
Paul Kasim Gallery, Istanbul - “Post Modern Pop Photography” Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
- “The rape of Africa”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Mocca Courtyard,
Toronto, Canadá - “David LaChapelle”, MOCA Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei, Taiwan
- “American Jesús”, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York
- “The rape of Africa” Robilant + Voena, Londres
- “Eden” Serge Maruani & Alain Noirhomme, Bruselas, Bélgica
- 2009
- “Cars and Money” Wolfgang Roth & Partners Gallery, Florida
- “Delirios de Razón”, Museo de las Artes, Guadalajara, México
- “American Jesús”, Sebastien Guinness Gallery, Dublín, Irlanda
- “The rape of Africa”, David DeSanctis Gallery, Los Angeles
- “Retrospective”, Musee de la Monnaie de Paris, París, Francia
- “The Rape of Africa” Galerie Alex Daniels & Reflex, Amsterdam
- “Delirios de Razón”, Antiguo Colegio San Idelfonso, México DC, México
- 2008
- “Jesus is my Homeboy”, St. Moritz Art masters, St. Moritz, Suiza
- “Jesus is my Homeboy”, Robilant + Voena, London
- “Auguries of Innocence”, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York
- “Jesus is my Homeboy”, TEFAF, Maastricht, Holanda
- “David La Chapelle”, Fotografiska Mussett, Stockholm, Sweden
- “David La Chapelle”, National Museum in Krakow, Poland.
- “David La Chapelle”,Forte Belvedere, Florencia
- Salzburg Art Fair, Salzburgo, Austria
- 2007
- “Awakened”, Galería Leyendecker, Santa Cruz de Tenerife
- “Awakened”, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York
- “David LaChapelle: Heaven to Hell”, Malba Museum, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- “Awakened”, Goss Gallery, Dallas, Texas
- “Awakened”, Frieze (Rafael Jablonka), London
- “David LaChapelle”, La Galerie Delphine Pastor, Monaco
- “Heaven to Hell”, Jablonka Gallery, Berlín
- 2006
- “David LaChapelle”, La Galerie Du XX Siecle Gallery
(w/ Maruani Noirhomme), París - “David LaChapelle Pictures for Italian Vogue”, Staley Wise Gallery, New York
- “Grand Opening: David LaChapelle”, Goss Gallery, Dallas
- “VIP: Very Important Portraits”,Capodimonte Museum, Naples, Italy
- “David LaChapelle”, La Galerie Du XX Siecle Gallery
- 2005
- “David LaChapelle”, Galerie Alex Daniels, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- “David LaChapelle”, Maruani & Noirhomme Gallery, Kanokke, Belgium
- “Artists and Prostitutes”, Deitch Gallery, New York, New York
- “David LaChapelle”, KALS’ART, Palermo, Italia
- 2004
- “Portraits of Musicians”, Palais Kinsky – Rudolf Budja Galerie, Vienna
- 2003
- “All American” Montblanc International at Rockfeller Center, New York,
- “David LaChapelle”, Moscow Photo Festival (James Gallery), Moscú, Rusia
- 2002
- “David LaChapelle” Barbican Museum, Londres
- “All American”, Tony Shafrazi Gallery New York, New York
- “LaChapelle” Kunsthaus, Vienna, Austria
- 2001
- “David LaChapelle”, Galleria Carla Sozzani, Milán
- “Fish Stick”, Camerawork Gallery, Berlín
- “David LaChapelle”, Photology (Villa Impero) Bologna, Italia
- “David LaChapelle”, Baldwin Gallery, Aspen
- 2000
- “David LaChapelle”, Fahey Klein Gallery Los Angeles, CA
- “Femmes plus que femmes” Museu de Arte Brazileira Sao Paolo, Brazil
- 1999
- “20th Festival de la Mode”, Galleries LaFayette, París, Francia
- “David LaChapelle”, Tony Shafrazi Gallery New York, NY
- “Hotel LaChapelle”, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Roma, Italia
- “The Beautiful & Bizarre” School Of Visual Arts, New York, NY
- Photoplus Expo Jacob Javits Center, New York, NY
- 1998
- “David LaChapelle”, Palacio Pombal Lisbon, Portugal
- “LaChapelle Land”, Les Rencontres D’Arles, Aries, Francia
- 1997
- “LaChapelle Land”, Parco Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- “LaChapelle Land”, Photology, Milán, Italia
- 1996
- “LaChapelle Land”, Staley Wise Gallery, New York, NY
- 1995
- “Javier Cibachromes”, Trabia MacAfee, New York, NY
- 1993
- “PomPom Croissant”, 303 Gallery (Lisa Spellman), New York
- 1991
- “Facility of Movement” Tomoko Liqouri Gallery, New York
- 1989
- “David LaChapelle”, Santa Fe Center for Photography Exhibition, Santa Fe
- “Life Never Dies (Slide Exhibitions)”, Mars, New York
- “Somewhere Better”, Trabia-MacAffee Gallery, New York
- 1989
- “Mirrors Of God” & the Intervention of St. Lucy” Trabia- MacAfee Gallery,
New York, New York
- “Mirrors Of God” & the Intervention of St. Lucy” Trabia- MacAfee Gallery,
- 1988
- “Your Needs Met”, 56 Bleecker Gallery, New York, New York,
- 1986
- “Taking Pictures is Fun” Palladium, New York, New York
- 1984
- “Angels, Saints, Martyrs” 303 Gallery (Lisa Spellman), New York, New York
- “Good News for Modern Man” 303, New York, New York

GROUP SHOW
- 2019
- “Modell-Naturen in der zeitgenössischen Fotografie”, Kallmann Museum,
Ismaning, Germany - “Showroom”, Galerie Supper, Germany
- “Modell-Naturen in der zeitgenössischen Fotografie”, Kallmann Museum,
- 2018
- “Michael Jackson: On the Wall”, National Portrait Gallery, London
- “Made in Berlin”, Camera Work, Berlin
- 2017
- “Bling Bling Baby”, Museum Hilversum, Netherlands
- 2016
- “Photographic Support”, Galería Leyendecker, Tenerife
- 2015
- “Once Upon a Time and Now”, LGBT Center, New York
- “The Armory Show”, Galerie Daniel Templon, New York
- “Bogota Biennale”, Bogota, Colombia
- “Hamster – Hipster – Hand”, Museum Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt,
Frankfurt, Germany - “The Botticelli Renaissance”, Gemaldegalerie, Berlin, Germany
- 2013
- “Krakow Protomonth Festival”, National Museum in Krakow, Krakow
Art Basel, Switzerland
Art Basel, Hong Kong
- “Krakow Protomonth Festival”, National Museum in Krakow, Krakow
- 2012
- “About Caravaggio Visioni & Illusioni Contemporanee”, Museo Tuscolano
Scuderie Aldobrandini, Rome - “Figure and Form in Contemporary Photography”, LACMA, Los Angeles
- “Everywhere and Nowhere”, Villa Jauss, Germany
- “Making History”, Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt, Frankfurt
- “About Caravaggio Visioni & Illusioni Contemporanee”, Museo Tuscolano
- 2011
- “Face Off: Portraits by Contemporary Artists”, Lyman Allyn Art Museum,
Connecticut - “Borders and Frontiers: Collage and Appropriation in the Contemporary
Image”, Oakland University Art Gallery - “Body Gestures”, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Israel
- “Face Off: Portraits by Contemporary Artists”, Lyman Allyn Art Museum,
- 2010
- “Pervasive Influence :The Mechanical Bride”, Museum of Contemporary
Canadian Art, Toronto, Canada - “Atopia, Arte Y Ciudad en el Siglo XXI”, CCB, Barcelona
- “Who shot rock&roll”, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
- “Knock Knock: Who’s There? That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore”, Armand Batos
Fine Art, New York - “Real Interface”, Gana Art, Busan, Korea
- “Pervasive Influence :The Mechanical Bride”, Museum of Contemporary
- 2009
- “Rape of Africa”, Galleria d´arte Moderna, Milán
Frieze Art Fair, London - “Naked!” Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York
- “REVERB”, Jablonka Galerie, Berlín
- “Rape of Africa”, Galleria d´arte Moderna, Milán
- 2008
- “Vanity Fair Portraits”, National Portrait Gallery, London
- “Love Love Love”, Jose Martos Gallery, New York
- 2007
- “Men, War, & Peace”, Helmut Newton Foundation, Berlín
- “The Other Side #2” Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York
- 2006
- VIP: Very Important Portraits Capodimonte Museum, Naples, Italy
- 2005
- “Magritte, Williams, LaChapelle”, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York
- Kals ‘Art Exhibition Palermo, Italia
- 2000
- “Il secolo della Fotoarte”, Villa Impero, Bologna, Italia
- 1989
- “Don’t Bungle The Jungle!”, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York
- “The Center Show”, The lesbian + gay center, New York
- 1988
- “Grand Windows”, Grand Central Station, New York


AWARDS
- 1995
- “Mejor Fotógrafo Nuevo” por la revista Photo, en sus ediciones
americana y francesa.
- “Mejor Fotógrafo Nuevo” por la revista Photo, en sus ediciones
- 1996
- “Premio Fotógrafo del Año” en los VH1 Fashion Awards.
- “Premio Fotografía Aplicada del Año” por The International
Center of Photography. - “Premio Fotógrafo del Año” en los VH1 Fashion Awards.
- “Premio Fotografía Aplicada del Año” por The International
Center of Photography.
- 1997
- “Art Directors Club Award” Mejor diseño de Libro para
- “LaChapelle Land”
2000 “Mejor video” de los MTV Europe Awards por Moby’s “Natural Blues” - “Art Directors Club Award” Mejor diseño de Libro para “LaChapelle Land”
- 2000
- “Adult Contemporary Video of the year” de los MVPA Awards por Elton John
- “This Train Don’t Stop There Anymore”
- “Mejor video” de los MTV Europe Awards por Moby’s “Natural Blues”
- “Adult Contemporary Video of the year” de los MVPA Awards por Elton John
- “This Train Don’t Stop There Anymore”
- 2004
- “Mejor Documental” en Aspen Film Festival
Mención especial del Jurado en el Sundance Film Festival
“Director del año” y “Mejor Video de Rock del año” en los MVPA Awards por No Doubt “It’s My Life” - “Mejor Documental” en Aspen Film Festival
Mención especial del Jurado en el Sundance Film Festival - “Director del año” y “Mejor Video de Rock del año” en los MVPA Awards por No Doubt “It’s My Life”
- “Mejor Documental” en Aspen Film Festival
- 2014
- Lifetime Achievement Award, Young Photographers Alliance1995 “Mejor Fotógrafo Nuevo” por la revista Photo, en sus ediciones americana y francesa.