Biographical Summary of John Coplans
Personal History:
- Born: June 24, 1920, London, England.
- Education: Jeppe High School, Johannesburg, South Africa. Started
painting after World War II, mainly self-taught.
Career History:
- Contributing editor,
Artforum, 1962-66;
associate editor, 1966-70; editor, 1971-77.
- Director, Fine Arts Gallery, University of California, Irvine,
1965-68.
- Curator, Pasadena Art Museum, 1967-70.
- Director, Akron Art Institute, 1978-81.
Exhibitions of Coplan's Painting and Photography (partial
listing):
- New Vision Centre Gallery, London, 1957
- Redfern Gallery, London, 1957.
- Wittenborn and Co., New York, 1957.
- Lawrence Adler Galleries, Johannesburg, 1958.
- D.S. Vorster Galleries, Pretoria, South Africa, 1958.
- Art Institute of Chicago, 1981.
- Daniel Wolf, Inc., New York, 1981, 1982.
- "Bad John's Back," Fine Arts Gallery, University of California,
Irvine, 1985.
- "Counterpoints," Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1986.
- "A Body of Work," Galerie Lelong, New York, 1987. "Hand:
Self-Portraits," Galerie Lelong, New York, 1989.
Publications:
- "Pop Art USA," exhibition catalog, Oakland Art Museum, 1963.
- "Twentieth Century Sculpture," exhibition catalog, Fine Arts
Gallery, University of California, Irvine, 1965.
- "Bacon, Balthus, Dubuffet, Giacometti, Morandi: Paintings and
Drawings," exhibition catalog, Fine Arts Gallery, University of
California, Irvine, 1966.
- "Jawlensky and the Serial Image," exhibition catalog, Fine Arts
Gallery, University of California, Irvine, 1966.
- "Ten from Los Angeles," exhibition catalog, Seattle Art Museum, 1966.
- "Cezanne Watercolors," exhibition catalog, Pasadena Art Museum, 1967.
- "Roy Lichtenstein," exhibition catalog, Pasadena Art Museum, 1967.
- "Serial Imagery," exhibition catalog, Pasadena Art Museum, 1968.
- "Wayne Theibaud," exhibition catalog, Pasadena Art Museum, 1968.
Andy Warhol. Greenwich, Connecticut: New
York Graphic Society, 1970.
- "Don Judd," exhibition catalog, Pasadena Art Museum, 1971.
Ellsworth Kelly. New York: Abrams, 1972.
Roy Lichtenstein. New York: Praeger
Publishers, 1972.
Decisions, Decisions: Same Theory and You.
New York: Norton, 1976.
- "A Body of Work," exhibition catalog, Galerie Lelong, New York,
1987.
- "Hand: Self-Portraits," exhibition catalog, Galerie Lelong, New
York, 1989.
Awards:
- Guggenheim Fellowship, 1969, 1984.
- Frank Jewitt Mather Award, 1974.
- National Endowment for the Arts Fellow, 1975, 1981.