ARTIST NETWORK
BJORN COPELAND
2009-2010 Monument Snowboards F.V.K
Location: New York, NY
Profile
Co-founder of the experimental rock band Black Dice, Bjorn Copeland creates a visual universe that resonates of his abstract musical compositions. His hypnotic collages of kaleidoscopic patterns, influenced by psychedelia and Pop art, comment on the malleability of perception. Using everyday consumer culture imagery as starting point, Copeland perverts brandmaking semiotics to morph them into conceptual works that underscore the uncanny. Copeland graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1998, and Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2001. His work has been shown in exhibitions around the world, including at PS1 Contemporary Art Center, D’Amelio Terras and the Gagosian Gallery in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, Galerie Frank Elbaz in Paris, France, Flaca in London, England, among other places. Solo shows of his work have been held at Jack Hanley gallery, and Daniel Reich gallery in New York, and China Art Object Galleries in Los Angeles. Born in 1975 in Malone, NY, Copeland lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
