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.

Catherine Opie News

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

Catherine Opie Artworks

Artworks for Sale &
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Catherine Opie (325 results)
Petey, 2004

Catherine Opie

Petey, 2004

Sale Date: October 18, 2008

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Bo, 1994

Catherine Opie

Bo, 1994

Sale Date: June 29, 2008

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Untitled no.15 (from Mini-mall series), 1997

Catherine Opie

Untitled no.15 (from Mini-mall series), 1997

Sale Date: March 31, 2008

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Untitled # 2 -Wall Street, 2001

Catherine Opie

Untitled # 2 -Wall Street, 2001

Sale Date: April 1, 2008

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Portrait of Oliver and Sunny Sunshine, 2007

Catherine Opie

Portrait of Oliver and Sunny Sunshine, 2007

Sale Date: October 17, 2007

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Ron Athey and Daryl Carlton, 2000

Catherine Opie

Ron Athey and Daryl Carlton, 2000

Sale Date: June 2, 2007

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Oliver & Oliver with a Mask #3 (in 2..., 2007

Catherine Opie

Oliver & Oliver with a Mask #3 (in 2..., 2007

Sale Date: April 23, 2007

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Untitled #27, 1999

Catherine Opie

Untitled #27, 1999

Sale Date: March 10, 2007

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Untitled #28, 1999

Catherine Opie

Untitled #28, 1999

Sale Date: March 10, 2007

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Richard & Skeeter, 1994

Catherine Opie

Richard & Skeeter, 1994

Sale Date: March 10, 2007

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Crystal Mason (+ Portrait of Mike, 1993; 2..., 1994

Catherine Opie

Crystal Mason (+ Portrait of Mike, 1993; 2..., 1994

Sale Date: February 27, 2007

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House #8 - Beverly Hills, 1995

Catherine Opie

House #8 - Beverly Hills, 1995

Sale Date: February 27, 2007

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Untitled #7 (from Mini-mall), 1997

Catherine Opie

Untitled #7 (from Mini-mall), 1997

Sale Date: February 27, 2007

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Untitled #4, 1993

Catherine Opie

Untitled #4, 1993

Sale Date: September 16, 2006

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Ron Athey, 1994

Catherine Opie

Ron Athey, 1994

Sale Date: May 10, 2006

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Surfers, 2003

Catherine Opie

Surfers, 2003

Sale Date: April 8, 2006

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Untitled #4 (from Mini-Mall), 1997

Catherine Opie

Untitled #4 (from Mini-Mall), 1997

Sale Date: March 14, 2006

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Being and having (set of 13), 1991

Catherine Opie

Being and having (set of 13), 1991

Sale Date: November 11, 2005

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Untitled no.13 (from Mini-mall), 1997

Catherine Opie

Untitled no.13 (from Mini-mall), 1997

Sale Date: June 23, 2005

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Jerome Caja, 1993

Catherine Opie

Jerome Caja, 1993

Sale Date: June 6, 2005

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Untitled #8 (from Mini-mall), 1997

Catherine Opie

Untitled #8 (from Mini-mall), 1997

Sale Date: May 13, 2005

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Untitled #4 (from Mini-mall), 1997

Catherine Opie

Untitled #4 (from Mini-mall), 1997

Sale Date: May 13, 2005

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Bo (+ Chicken; diptych from Being and having), 1991

Catherine Opie

Bo (+ Chicken; diptych from Being and having), 1991

Sale Date: May 13, 2005

Auction Closed

Untitled (no.1 from Mini-mall series), 1997

Catherine Opie

Untitled (no.1 from Mini-mall series), 1997

Sale Date: April 28, 2005

Auction Closed

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