Born
Bay Village, Ohio, April 1966
Education
University of Michigan : 1989 Honors Graduate
BA English Literature & Photography
Business
Birdman Inc Location and Production Services - Founder/Owner since 1994
Rick Chapman Photography - Commercial Portraiture and Fine Art since 1990
Solo Exhibitions
2020 KOBE BRYANT : IN MEMORIAM, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC
2019 PIONEERS OF CLEAN ENERGY, TED Talk, South Lake Tahoe, CA
2018 PIONEERS OF CLEAN ENERGY, Sierra Nevada College, Incline Village, NV
2012 CIRCLE, Bolinas Museum, Bolinas CA
2011 TREE, SFO International Airport Museum, San Francisco, CA
2008 THE ESPY COLLECTION, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, MI
2005 CIRCLE, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005 HUMAN, Modern Book, Palo Alto, CA
2003 TREE, Modern Book, Palo Alto, CA
2001 CIRCLE, Modern Book, Palo Alto, CA
2001 CIRCLE, Bolinas Museum, Bolinas CA
1997 ISOLATE, Bank of America Building, San Francisco, CA
1995 ISOLATE, Vision Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1994 ISOLATE, Il Tempo / Zeit Foto Salon, Tokyo, Japan
Group Exhibitions
2016 EYE POP : The Celebrity Gaze, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC
2012 THE UNSEEN EYE : the Collection of W.M. Hunt, George Eastman Museum, Rochester, NY
2009 Cavallo Point Gallery, Sausalito, CA
2008 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC
2006 PERSONAL PERSPECTIVES : Aspects of American Photography, DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, CA
2006 THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHY, MOPA, San Diego, CA
2005 ON THE OTHER HAND, George Eastman Museum, Rochester, NY
2005 ART INTO ACTION EXHIBITION, San Francisco, CA
2002 Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angles, CA
2002 FOTOFEST DISCOVERIES EXHIBITION, Fotofest, Houston, TX
2000 Ricco / Maresca Gallery, New York, NY
2000 Photographs Do Not Bend Gallery, Dallas, TX
1997 Scott Nichols Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1994 Vision Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Permanent Museum & Private Collections
LA County Museum
Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
NY Public Library
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
George Eastman House
Private Collection of Sir Elton John
Museum of Fine Arts Houston
Berkeley Art Museum
University of Michigan Museum of Art
Mills College Art Museum
Gap Corporation
Genentech Corporation
Cavallo Point – Sausalito, CA
Selected Publications
Dec 2010 – THE VIEW PROJECT, Naples Museum of Art
Feb 2010 – BEHIND THE PORTRAIT, Smithsonian, Washington DC
Jan. 2010 – PHOT ‘ART INTERNATIONAL, Paris, France
April 2009 – CAVALLO POINT MONOGRAPH, Sausalito, CA
Dec 2002 – NEW YORKER, New York, NY
Aug 2002 – BLACK & WHITE, Santa Barbara, CA
Jul/Aug 2002 – AMERICAN PHOTO, New York, NY
March 2002 – SF EXAMINER, San Francisco, CA
Aug 2001 – BLACK & WHITE, Santa Barbara, CA
Spring 2001 – ZYZZYVA, San Francisco, CA
Sept 2000 – PHOTO METRO, San Francisco, CA