E-mail: kstuartcoppin@gmail.com

A.A.S. / Photography / Fashion Institute of Technology / New York, New York / 1973

Regents Diploma / Vocational Diploma / Photography / High School of Art and Design / New York, New York / 1971

Associate Professor of Visual Arts and Associate Professor of Africana Studies: Brown University, Undergraduate College / Department of Visual Art and Department of Africana Studies / Providence, Rhode Island / 2006 - 2009

Associate Professor of Visual Arts: Brown University, Undergraduate College / Department of Visual Art / Providence, Rhode Island / 2005 - 2006

Assistant Professor: University of Miami / College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Art and Art History / Coral Gables, Florida / 1999 - 2005

Assistant Professor: Kansas State University / College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Art / Manhattan, Kansas / 1997 - 1999

Associate Professor: Rochester Institute of Technology / School of Photographic Arts and Sciences, Applied Photography Department / Rochester, New York / 1992 - 1997 (tenured 1996)

Visiting Associate Professor: Rochester Institute of Technology / School of Photographic Arts and Sciences, Applied Photography Department / Rochester, New York / 1991 - 1992

Assistant Professor: University of Maryland at College Park / College of Arts and Humanities, Department of Art / College Park, Maryland / 1990 - 1991

Professor: Columbia College Chicago / Department of Photography / Chicago, Illinois / 1986 - 1990

Visiting Instructor: University of Hawaii at Manoa / College of Arts and Humanities, Department of Art / Honolulu, Hawaii / 1984 -1985

Instructor: Columbia College Chicago / Department of Photography / Chicago, Illinois / 1978 - 1986

Honorable Mention: Photowork ’07: 20th Annual National Juried Photography Exhibition / Dutches County Art Association / Barrett Art Center / Poughkeepsie, New York / 2007

Certificate of Appreciation: In Recognition of Ethnic and Artistic Contribution to Rhode Island’s Quality of Life / Donald L. Garcieri, Governor / Providence, Rhode Island / 2006

Master of Arts ad eundem: Board of Fellows / Brown University / Providence, Rhode Island / 2006

Certificate of Appreciation: In Recognition of Contributions to the Heritage of South Florida and Commemorating Artistic Excellence / The Black Archives History and Research Foundation / Miami, Florida / 2004

Honorable Mention: Magic Silver 2003 / Clara M. Eagle Gallery / Murray State University / Murray, Kentucky

Juror’s Choice Award for Outstanding Artistic Achievement: Thomas Center Galleries Regional Juried Exhibition / City of Gainesville Department of Cultural Affairs / Gainesville, Florida / 2003

Second Place: 8th Biennial Juried Competition in Contemporary Southeastern Photography / Crealdé School of Art / Winter Park, Florida / 2003

Honorary Collaborator: Museo Casa de África / Oficina del Historiador / La Habana de Cuba / 2003

Grand Prize: Thomas Center Galleries Regional Juried Exhibition / City of Gainesville Department of Cultural Affairs / Gainesville, Florida / 2002

Special Judge’s Recognition Award: 64th Annual National Exhibition of American Paintings and Photography / The Society of the Four Arts / Palm Beach, Florida / 2002

First Place: National Photographic Competition / The Camera Club of New York / New York / 2002

Fellowship 2002: Silver Eye Center for Photography / Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania / 2002

Catherine T. Lane Memorial Award for Works on Paper: Art Encounter 2002 / The von Liebig Art Center / Naples Art Association / Naples, Florida / 2002

Purchase Award: Stare: Photographic Survey / Mesa Arts Center / Mesa, Arizona / 2001

Honorable Mention: Current Works 2001 / Society For Contemporary Photography / Kansas City, Missouri / 2001

Third Place: 7th Biennial Juried Competition in Contemporary Southeastern Photography / Crealdé School of Art / Winter Park, Florida / 2001

Juror’s Award: The Magic Silver Show / University of Northern Iowa / Cedar Falls, Iowa / 2001

Purchase / Existing Artwork: Cultural Heritage Collection National Competition / King County Public Art Program, Seattle, Washington / 1998

Individual Artist Fellowship: Illinois Arts Council / Chicago, Illinois / 1990

Commission: Changing Chicago / Focus Infinity Fund, Chicago, Illinois / 1987

Newport Art Museum / Newport, Rhode Island / 2009

Haas Gallery of Art / Haas Center for the Arts / Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania / Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania / 2009

University Gallery at UMass Lowell / University of Massachusetts Lowell / 2008

Pool Art Center Gallery / Pool Art Center / Drury University / Springfield, Missouri / 2008

Reed Whipple Cultural Center / Office of Cultural Affairs / Las Vegas, Nevada / 2008

Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center / Cambridge, Massachusetts / 2007

Bannister Gallery / Rhode Island College / Providence, Rhode Island / 2007

Gallery 101 / Georgetown University / Washington, DC / 2006

Rhode Island Black Heritage Society / Providence, Rhode Island / 2006 (two-person)

Photomedia Center / Erie, Pennsylvania / 2005


Sol Mednick Gallery / University of the Arts / Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / 2005


Manchester Craftsmen's Guild / Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania / 2005


En Foco Touring Gallery / ICP at The Point / Bronx, New York / 2004


Kelly Writers House / University of Pennsylvania / Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / 2004


Galería de la Revista Revolución y Cultura / La Habana de Cuba / 2004


Center for Documentary Studies / Duke University / 2003


Riley Hall of Art and Design / University of Notre Dame / Notre Dame, Indiana / 2003


Lowe Art Museum / University of Miami / Coral Gables, Florida / 2003


Palm Beach Photographic Centre Museum / Delray Beach, Florida / 2003


University of California / Berkeley Extension / San Francisco, California / 2003


Southern Light Gallery / Amarillo College / Amarillo, Texas / 2003


Weitman Gallery / Washington University in St. Louis / St. Louis, Missouri / 2003


El Museo Casa de África / Oficina del Historiador / La Habana de Cuba / 2003


Alfred Lowenherz Gallery / The Camera Club of New York / New York, New York / 2002


Blue Sky Gallery / Portland, Oregon / 2002


Silver Eye Center for Photography / Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania / 2002


West African Research Center / Dakar, Senegal / 2002


FotoCircle Gallery / Seattle, Washington / 2002


Commission for Pan-African Affairs / Bridgetown, Barbados / 2002


Chattanooga African American Museum / Chattanooga, Tennessee / 2001


Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute / Utica, New York / 2001 (two-person)


Meta B. Brown Gallery / Dunedin Fine Art Center / Dunedin, Florida / 2000

RISD New England Alumni Biennial. Arsenal Center for the Arts / Watertown, Massachusetts / 2009

Silver Eye Benefit Auction. Silver Eye Center for Photography / Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania / 2008

PhotoSpiva 2008. Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, Missouri

Africa: Man, Woman, and Child. International Décor Gallery / Houston, Texas / 2008

Image and Identity. Southeast Museum of Photography / Daytona Beach College / Daytona Beach, Florida / 2008

58th Art of the Northeast. Silvermine Guild Galleries / Silvermine Guild Arts Center / New Canaan, Connecticut / 2007

The 22nd Biennial Carroll Harris Simms National Black Art Competition and Exhibition. African American Museum / Dallas, Texas / 2007

Rituals and Revelry / Depictions of Carnival. New Orleans Photo Alliance / Brad Edelman Gallery / New Orleans, Louisiana / 2007

Beyond the Lines: Prints From the Collection. African American Museum in Philadelphia / Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / 2003

8th Biennial Juried Competition in Contemporary Southeastern Photography. Alice & William Jenkins Gallery / Crealdé School of Art / Winter Park, Florida / 2003

Photography 2002. Nexus Gallery / New York, New York / 2002

76th Annual International Competition: Photography. The Print Center / Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / 2002


Art Miami 2002: International Contemporary Art Exposition. The Modern Primitive Gallery / Atlanta, Georgia (Booth # 625) / Miami Beach Convention Center / Miami Beach, Florida / January 4 - 8, 2002


Stare: Photographic Survey. Mesa Arts Center / Mesa Contemporary Arts / Mesa, Arizona / 2001


Latent Images: International Juried Photography Exhibition. Alberta Arts Pavilion / Our Dream Gallery / Portland, Oregon / 2001


Zeros and Ones: A National Survey of Digital Photo-based Art. Moser Performing Arts Center Gallery / University of St. Francis / Joliet, Illinois / 2001


Insatiable Eye: Photography Today. Brevard Museum of Art & Science / Melbourne, Florida / 2001 (Six-person exhibition)

Pan Am II: Exorcising the Exotic. Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center / in collaboration with El Museo Francisco Oller y Diego Rivera / Buffalo / New York / 2001 (four-person exhibition)


Committed to the Image: Contemporary Black Photographers. Brooklyn Museum of Art / Brooklyn, New York / 2001


The Magic Silver Show 2001. Gallery of Art / University of Northern Iowa / Cedar Falls, Iowa / 2001


Hearing With The Eyes. Atlanta Photography Gallery / The Atlanta Photography Group / Atlanta, Georgia / 2000 (four-person exhibition)

The Providence Journal. Looking at African Diaspora . . . Bill Van Siclen, Providence, Rhode Island, April 5, 2009 (Arts & Travel, Section G / page 1 & 3 / 4 photographs reproduced)

Lowell Sun. Images That Pop With the Powerful. Nancy Tuttle, Lowell, Massachusetts, April 10, 2008 (page S3 / photograph reproduced)

The Providence Phoenix. Learning to Fly: Kerry Stuart Coppin’s Images of Africa and Beyond / Greg Cook / Providence, Rhode Island / October 12-18, 2007 (Art & Entertainment Section / page 14 / photograph reproduced)

The Boston Globe. African Spirit: A film festival and a Photo exhibit present Africa’s new urban reality . . . / Sarah Tomlinson / Boston, Massachusetts / Thursday, February 16, 2006 (Calendar Section / page 5 / photograph reproduced)


Interview / Africa: A Harvest of Quiet Eyes / South Florida Today (Interview/Talk Show) / Naomi Morales, Producer / NBC Channel 6 / WTVJ, Miramar, Florida / Monday, January 24 / 2005

Debates de Arteamerica / Presentación del fotógrafo norteamericano Kerry Stuart Coppin / en el espacio Café Arteamérica / el 14 de abril de 2004 / Casa de la Américas / Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba


The Miami Herald. The Big Picture . . . / Elisa Turner / Miami, Florida / Sunday, March 28 / 2004


The Herald-Sun. Coppin’s Photos Challenge One World / Blue Greenberg / Durham, North Carolina / Thursday, December 4, 2003


Veritas. Kerry Stuart Coppin’s Pictures Highlight the Positive Experiences of Blacks / Robert C. Jones, Jr / University of Miami / Miami, Florida / November, 2003 (Volume 46, Number 3 / page 5)


The Chronicle. Documenting Change: Two Artists Tell Their Stories / Julia Fryett / Duke University Durham, North Carolina / November 13 / 2003


Interview / Mornin' Barbados (Interview/Talk Show) / Penny Gomez-Richards Interview / CBC TV Channel 8 / Bridgetown, Barbados / Monday, November 10 / 2003


The Miami Herald. Diaspora and Destiny: Photographer Kerry Coppin Captures the Contemporary Experience of People African Descent / Elisa Turner / Miami, Florida / Sunday, August 31 / 2003 (Section M, Arts in South Florida / page 3 and 4 / 5 photographs reproduced)


Esthet: A Tokyo Perspective on Photography / African Aperture Brings Together Photographers Who Focus on Africa / esthet.org - daily photography eyecandy from Tokyo / June 16 / 2003


Interview / Herido de Sombras: A Broken Shadow / South Florida Today / Nelis Gonzalez, Producer and Editor / WXEL - TV42 & 90.7FM (affiliated with PBS & NPR) / West Palm Beach, Florida / Wednesday, May 7 / 2003


Interview / Mornin Barbados (Interview/Talk Show) / Jewel Forde Interview / CBC TV Channel 8 / Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation / Bridgetown, St. Michael, Barbados / Monday, November 4 / 2002


The Miami Herald. Snapshots From The Edge: A series of South Florida Photo Exhibits Force Viewers to See the World Through New Eyes / Elisa Turner / Miami, Florida Sunday, October 27 / 2002 (Section M / Arts in South Florida / page 1, 3, and 10 / 3 photographs reproduced)


The New York Times. Art Reviews / Helen A. Harrison / New York, New York / Sunday, August 4 / 2002 (page 7 / Late Edition / Secttion 14LI / Long Island Weekly Desk)


Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Shooting for Change: Silver Eye Fellowship Winner Focuses on Cuba and Senegal / Dave Gordon / Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania / Friday, July 12 / 2002 (Weekend Mag / page 23 & 32 / photograph reproduced)


Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Culture Shock: Photographer . . . Gains a New Perspective of the African Race - in Cuba / Kurt Shaw / Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania / Friday, June 28 / 2002 (Art / Section 7 / three photographs reproduced)


Weekend Nation. Black Man in Flight / Andrea King / St. Michael, Barbados / Friday, March 15 / 2002 (page 35 - 36 / ShowBiz Section / photograph reproduced)


Interview / Mornin Barbados (Interview/Talk Show) / Carol Roberts Interview / CBC TV Channel 8 / Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation, Bridgetown, St. Michael, Barbados, Wednesday, March 13 / 2002


The New York Times. Exhibitions Embrace a Diversity of Expression / Art Reviews / Helen A. Harrison / New York, New York / Sunday, November 19 / 2000 (page 18 / Long Island Section / photograph reproduced)

Silver Eye Benefit Auction: An Invitation to Collect / Exhibition Catalog / Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania / 2008 (page 17)

Image and Identity / Exhibition Catalog / Southeast Museum of Photography / Daytona Beach Community College / Daytona Beach, Florida / 2008

Indigo+ing Youth Humanities Magazine / International Edition, Vol. 01 / Indigo Sowon / Busan, South Korea / October-November 2007 (cover, page 3, 30 & 31)

Indigo+ing Magazine, Vol. 4, 2007 / Indigo Book Company / Busan, South Korea / March-April 2007 (page 75 - 82)

Writing the World: On Globalization / David Rothenberg, editor / MIT Press / 2005 (page 160 & 202)


Exposure, Volume 37:2. / The Society for Photographic Education / Oxford, Ohio / 2004 (page 13 - 24)


Panorama Magazine / Volume 21, Number 1 / International Association of Panoramic Photographers / Las Vegas, Nevada / Spring/Summer 2004 (page 8, 19, and 20)


Photo Portfolio Success / John Kaplan / Writer’s Digest Books / F & W Publications / Cincinnati, Ohio / 2003 (page 155)


Nueva Luz / Photographic Journal / Volume 9 No.1. / En Foco Inc. / Bronx, New York / July 2003 (page 12 - 21)


El Museo Francisco Oller y Diego Rivera / Exhibition Catalog / El Museo Francisco Oller y Diego Rivera / Buffalo, New York / 2003


Blue Sky #36 / Quarterly Exhibition Catalogue / Blue Sky Gallery / Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts Inc. / Portland, Oregon / 2002


Fellowship 2002 / Exhibition Catalog / Silver Eye Center for Photography / Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania / 2002

In Our Own Image: Treasured African-American Traditions, Journeys & Icons / Patrick Henry Bass and Karen Pugh / Running Press / Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / 2001 (page 31, 38, 49, # 25, and 69)


Committed to the Image: Contemporary Black Photographers / Barbara Millstein / Brooklyn Museum of Art / Merrell Publishers / Brooklyn, New York / 2001 (Page 80 - 81)


African Americans in Art: Selections from The Art Institute of Chicago / Essay by Margaret Denny / The Art Institute of Chicago / Museum Studies / Volume 24, No. 2 / 1999 (page 216 – 217)


Perception and Imaging. Richard D. Zakia / Focal Press / Boston, Massachusetts / 1997 (page 100)


Washington Review / Vol. XVII, No. 2. / Essay by George Hemphill / Friends of the Washington Review of the Arts, Inc. / Washington, D.C. / August/September / 1991 (page 11 - 19)

Changing Chicago: A Photodocumentary. The University of Illinois Press / Champaign, Illinois / 1989 (page 62 - 64)

Photographic Materials and Processes. Strobel, Compton, Current and Zakia / Focal Press / Butterworth Publishers / Boston, Massachusetts / 1986 (page 433)


Andy Warhol’s Interview / Vol. XV, No. 12 / Interview Enterprises, Inc. / New York, New York / November 1985 (page 158)


Andy Warhol’s Interview / Vol. XV, No. 11 / Interview Enterprises, Inc. / New York, New York / October 1985 (page 150)


British Journal of Photography 1985 Annual / Henry Greenwood and Co., Ltd. / London, Great Britain / 1984 (page 57, 64, and 65)

Lecturer Panelist / Selected:

Lecture: Haas Center for the Arts / Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania / Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania / February 5, 2009

Lecture: Center for African American Studies / African American Studies Program / Wesleyan University / Middletown, Connecticut / November 6, 2008

Panelist: Visual Interpretation of Historical Sites, landmarks, and Communities / 2008 Underground Railroad Conference / The Underground Railroad Association / Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / September 15 - 20, 2008

Lecture: Department of Art / University of Massachusetts Lowell / Lowell, Massachusetts / April 16, 2008

Lecture: The Hope and Action Convocation Series, 2007 - 2008 / Drury University / Springfield, Missouri / March 7, 2008

Lecture: Reed Whipple Cultural Center / City of Las Vegas / Office of Cultural Affairs / Las Vegas, Nevada / February 15, 2008

Lecture: T. C. Colley Lecture Series / Photography Department / Rhode Island School of Design / Providence, Rhode Island / November 13, 2007

Artist-in-Residence: Image and Identity: NEA Summer School in the Arts / Southeast Museum of Photography / Daytona Beach Community College / Daytona Beach, Florida / June 25 – 29 / 2007

Gallery Talk: Georgetown University / Department of Art, Music and Theater / Washington, DC / November 1 / 2006

Gallery Talk: Rhode Island Black Heritage Society / The Atrium Gallery / Providence, Rhode Island / September 13 / 2006


Visiting Artist: Maine College of Art / Portland, Maine / April 12 / 2006


Lecture: Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center / Cambridge, Massachusetts / February 3 / 2006


Artist Residency: Manchester Craftsmen's Guild / Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania / February 9 – 11 / 2005


Lecture: la Revista Arteamérica / Casa de Las Américas, La Habana de Cuba / April 14 / 2004


Lecture: Departmento de Historia del Arte / Universidad de La Habana, La Habana de Cuba / April 13 / 2004

Lecture: VIII Scientific “Workshop on Social and Cultural Anthropology of the African Cultural Influence / Museo Casa de África / Oficina del Historiador / La Habana de Cuba / January 6 – 9 / 2004

Lecture: Center for Documentary Studies / Duke University / Durham, North Carolina / October 22 / 2003


Gallery Talk: Palm Beach Photographic Centre Museum / Delray Beach / Florida, April 17 / 2003


Lecture: Society for Photographic Education 40th National Conference / Austin, Texas / March 20 – 23 / 2003


Lecture: National Cultural Foundation of Barbados / Queen’s Park Gallery / St. James, Barbados / November 5 / 2002


Gallery Talk: Silver Eye Center for Photography / Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania / July 12 / 2002


Lecture: Centre de Recherche Ouest-African / Second International Symposium “Fieldwork in Africa” / Dakar, Senegal / June 12 - 15, 2002


Gallery Talk: Government of Barbados Commission for Pan-African Affairs / Bridgetown, St. Michael, Barbados / March 14 / 2002


Lecture: International Conference on "The Impact of Globalization on Africa and the African World in the 21st Century" / University of Miami / October 12 / 2001


Lecture: Le Media Center de Dakar / Dakar, Senegal / June 22 / 2001


Lecture: PhotoFusion 2001 / Palm Beach Photographic Centre / Delray Beach, Florida / January 23 – 27 / 2001


Master Artist Workshop: Museum of Contemporary Art / North Miami, Florida, July 8 / 2000

Selected Curatorial Projects:

Curator / Africa: A Harvest of Quiet Eyes (Photography Exhibition & Lecture Series) / The New Gallery / University of Miami / Department of Art and Art History / Coral Gables, Florida / January 18 – February 12 / 2005 (five exhibitions)


Co-curator / Cuba: Fotografia / Palm Beach Photographic Centre Museum / Delray Beach, Florida / November 15 / 2002 - January 4 / 2003


Curator / Mysterium Photographicum: 55 Photographs From the Private Collections of Contemporary Photographers / Dunedin Fine Art Center / Dunedin, Florida / April 5 – May 17 / 2002


Curator / A Month of Photography at the Manhattan Arts Center / Manhattan Arts Center / Manhattan, Kansas / March 29 - May 2 / 1999 (three exhibitions)