Catherine Opie

(American, born 1961)

Catherine Opie is an influential contemporary American photographer. Best known for her color portraits, Opie’s work explores the strata of our society by focusing on particular groups such as high school football players, S&M leather participants, and LGBT communities. Often politically charged, her photographs feature a central figure occupying a flattened space, highlighting her subject’s inner life through the removal of external detail. Throughout her practice, Opie investigates queer culture and personal history, creating work that is often autobiographical and informed by her experiences as a lesbian woman. In describing her iconic self-portrait, in which she appears bloodied and with the word ‘pervert’ carved into her chest, she explained, “I made the piece out of a reaction to all of the sudden gays and lesbians’ bringing on the ‘normal’ dialogue to us,” and wanted to “push the boundaries a little bit here about what you guys think normal is.” Still living and working on the west coast, Opie attended the San Francisco Art Institute and the California Institute of the Arts for her bachelor's and master's degrees, respectively. Born in Sandusky, OH in 1961, she has been the recipient of tremendous critical acclaim, including retrospectives at the Guggenheim Museum in New York in 2008 and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston in 2011.

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Art Collectors

L.A. Collector Eileen Harris Norton on a Lifetime Spent Championing Artists of Color

by Lee Carter
L.A. Collector Eileen Harris Norton on a Lifetime Spent Championing Artists of Color
Gallery Network

Spotlight: The FotoFocus Biennial, the World's Broadest Array of Lens-Based Art, Returns for Sixth Edition

by Artnet Gallery Network
Spotlight: The FotoFocus Biennial, the World's Broadest Array of Lens-Based Art, Returns for Sixth Edition
Art World

Art Stars Cindy Sherman and Catherine Opie Have United With an Unlikely Mission: To Make Antique Cameo Jewelry Cool Again

by Sarah Cascone
Art Stars Cindy Sherman and Catherine Opie Have United With an Unlikely Mission: To Make Antique Cameo Jewelry Cool Again

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Catherine Opie (325 results)
Ron Athey and Daryl Carlton, from New..., 2000–2001

Catherine Opie

Ron Athey and Daryl Carlton, from New..., 2000–2001

Sale Date: December 7, 2013

Auction Closed

Alaska Landscape #3, 2007

Catherine Opie

Alaska Landscape #3, 2007

Sale Date: November 29, 2013

Auction Closed

Untitled #19, 1999

Catherine Opie

Untitled #19, 1999

Sale Date: November 2, 2013

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Diane Di Masa, 1994

Catherine Opie

Diane Di Masa, 1994

Sale Date: September 26, 2013

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Josh, 2007

Catherine Opie

Josh, 2007

Sale Date: April 26, 2013

Auction Closed

Untitled #11 (Wall Street), 2001

Catherine Opie

Untitled #11 (Wall Street), 2001

Sale Date: May 17, 2013

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Untitled #14 (Wall Street), 2001

Catherine Opie

Untitled #14 (Wall Street), 2001

Sale Date: May 17, 2013

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Divinity Fudge, 1997

Catherine Opie

Divinity Fudge, 1997

Sale Date: April 17, 2013

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Untitled #4 (from the Mini-mall series), 1997

Catherine Opie

Untitled #4 (from the Mini-mall series), 1997

Sale Date: March 8, 2013

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Diane di Masa, 1994, 1994

Catherine Opie

Diane di Masa, 1994, 1994

Sale Date: July 12, 2012

Auction Closed

Tammy Rae & Kaia, Durham, North Carolina, 1998

Catherine Opie

Tammy Rae & Kaia, Durham, North Carolina, 1998

Sale Date: June 8, 2012

Auction Closed

Hovering Birds (Venice, Italy), 2009

Catherine Opie

Hovering Birds (Venice, Italy), 2009

Sale Date: May 12, 2012

Auction Closed

Margaret (+ Matt; 2 works), 2003

Catherine Opie

Margaret (+ Matt; 2 works), 2003

Sale Date: March 8, 2012

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Ron Athey/Human printing press with Darryl..., 2000

Catherine Opie

Ron Athey/Human printing press with Darryl..., 2000

Sale Date: March 7, 2012

Auction Closed

Justin Bond, 1993

Catherine Opie

Justin Bond, 1993

Sale Date: March 7, 2012

Auction Closed

Untitled no.22 (from the Freeway series), 1994

Catherine Opie

Untitled no.22 (from the Freeway series), 1994

Sale Date: November 12, 2011

Auction Closed

Untitled no.31 (from the Freeway series), 1994

Catherine Opie

Untitled no.31 (from the Freeway series), 1994

Sale Date: November 12, 2011

Auction Closed

Self-portrait/Pervert, 1994

Catherine Opie

Self-portrait/Pervert, 1994

Sale Date: November 9, 2011

Auction Closed

Untitled no.2 (from Mini-mall series), 1997

Catherine Opie

Untitled no.2 (from Mini-mall series), 1997

Sale Date: September 23, 2011

Auction Closed

Ron athey and daryl carlton, 2000

Catherine Opie

Ron athey and daryl carlton, 2000

Sale Date: June 21, 2011

Auction Closed

# 20 (from Freeway), 1994

Catherine Opie

# 20 (from Freeway), 1994

Sale Date: May 30, 2011

Auction Closed

Ron Athey and Daryl Carlton, 2001

Catherine Opie

Ron Athey and Daryl Carlton, 2001

Sale Date: May 18, 2011

Auction Closed

Untitled no.10, 1994

Catherine Opie

Untitled no.10, 1994

Sale Date: March 10, 2011

Auction Closed

Hovering birds (venice, italy), 2009

Catherine Opie

Hovering birds (venice, italy), 2009

Sale Date: January 4, 2011

Auction Closed

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