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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Catherine Opie Artworks

Catherine Opie (218 results)

Untitled No. 5 (Icehouses), 2001

Catherine Opie

Untitled No. 5 (Icehouses), 2001

Sale Date: April 10, 2024

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Untitled #1, from the series

Catherine Opie

Untitled #1, from the series "Mini Malls", 1997

Sale Date: March 13, 2024

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Chara’s 70th Birthday Gift, 2017

Catherine Opie

Chara’s 70th Birthday Gift, 2017

Sale Date: February 29, 2024

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Untitled #40 and #41 (from the Freeway series), 1995

Catherine Opie

Untitled #40 and #41 (from the Freeway series), 1995

Sale Date: March 1, 2024

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Untitled #7, 2012, 2012

Catherine Opie

Untitled #7, 2012, 2012

Sale Date: February 22, 2024

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Jo', 1993

Catherine Opie

Sale Date: December 18, 2023

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John', 1993

Catherine Opie

Sale Date: December 18, 2023

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Sunday Morning Breakfast, 2004

Catherine Opie

Sunday Morning Breakfast, 2004

Sale Date: December 11, 2023

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Frankie, 1994

Catherine Opie

Frankie, 1994

Sale Date: December 11, 2023

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Crenshaw High School Marching Band, 2007, 2007

Catherine Opie

Crenshaw High School Marching Band, 2007, 2007

Sale Date: December 12, 2023

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Bravo, 2011

Catherine Opie

Sale Date: December 7, 2023

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From In and Around Home, 2005

Catherine Opie

From In and Around Home, 2005

Sale Date: December 1, 2023

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Untitled #1, from the series

Catherine Opie

Untitled #1, from the series "Mini Malls", 1997

Sale Date: November 28, 2023

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Untitled #31 (i); Untitled #35 (ii) [2..., 1994

Catherine Opie

Untitled #31 (i); Untitled #35 (ii) [2..., 1994

Sale Date: October 31, 2023

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Surfers, 2003

Catherine Opie

Surfers, 2003

Sale Date: October 5, 2023

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Bravo, 2011

Catherine Opie

Sale Date: October 6, 2023

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Untitled, from New Museum Portfolio, 2000–2001

Catherine Opie

Untitled, from New Museum Portfolio, 2000–2001

Sale Date: September 7, 2023

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Crenshaw High School Marching Band, 2007, 2007

Catherine Opie

Crenshaw High School Marching Band, 2007, 2007

Sale Date: July 13, 2023

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Still Life #2, San Francisco, California, 1996

Catherine Opie

Still Life #2, San Francisco, California, 1996

Sale Date: June 8, 2023

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John and Scott, 1993

Catherine Opie

John and Scott, 1993

Sale Date: May 24, 2023

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Chloë', 1993

Catherine Opie

Chloë', 1993

Sale Date: May 2, 2023

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Sheats-Goldstein #4 (The Modernist), 2016

Catherine Opie

Sheats-Goldstein #4 (The Modernist), 2016

Sale Date: April 4, 2023

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Dyke Deck, 1995

Catherine Opie

Dyke Deck, 1995

Sale Date: March 15, 2023

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California Coast Ship and Whale, 2006

Catherine Opie

California Coast Ship and Whale, 2006

Sale Date: March 4, 2023

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