Catherine Opie

(American, born 1961)

football landscape #5 (juneau vs. douglas, juneau, alaska) by catherine opie

Catherine Opie

Football Landscape #5 (Juneau vs. Douglas, Juneau, Alaska), 2007

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football landscape #9 (crenshaw vs. jefferson, los angeles, ca) by catherine opie

Catherine Opie

Football Landscape #9 (Crenshaw vs. Jefferson, Los Angeles, CA), 2007

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blue of distance (#1-#8) from the alaska series by catherine opie

Catherine Opie

Blue of Distance (#1-#8) from the Alaska series, 2007

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bo from "being and having" by catherine opie

Catherine Opie

Bo from "Being and Having", 1991

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chloe by catherine opie

Catherine Opie

Chloe, 1993

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edge of time (#1-#9) from the alaska series by catherine opie

Catherine Opie

Edge of Time (#1-#9) from the Alaska series, 2007

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football landscape #1 (fairfax vs. marshall, los angeles, ca) by catherine opie

Catherine Opie

Football Landscape #1 (Fairfax vs. Marshall, Los Angeles, CA), 2007

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football landscape #10 (poway vs. mira mesa, poway, ca) by catherine opie

Catherine Opie

Football Landscape #10 (Poway vs. Mira Mesa, Poway, CA), 2007

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football landscape #3 (notre dame vs. st. thomas more, lafayette, la) by catherine opie

Catherine Opie

Football Landscape #3 (Notre Dame vs. St. Thomas More, Lafayette, LA), 2007

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football landscape #9 (crenshaw vs. jefferson, los angeles, ca) by catherine opie

Catherine Opie

Football Landscape #9 (Crenshaw vs. Jefferson, Los Angeles, CA), 2007

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house #5 (beverly hills) by catherine opie

Catherine Opie

House #5 (Beverly Hills), 1995

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marqeil by catherine opie

Catherine Opie

Marqeil, 2007

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Biography

Timeline

1961
Born in Sandusky, Ohio
1985
BFA San Francisco Art Institute
1988
MFA CalArts
1997
Citibank Private Bank Emerging Artist Award
1999
Washington University Freund Fellowship
2000 - 2001
Professor of Fine Art, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
2001 - pres
Professor of Fine Art, Department of Art, University of California, Los Angeles
2003
CalArts Alpert Award in the Arts
2004
Larry Aldrich Award
pres
Lives and works in Los Angeles, California

Exhibitions

2010
“Hard Targets,” Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
2009
"Los Angeles," The Annenberg Space for Photography, March 25-July 5, 2009
"Into the Sunset: Photography's Image of the American West," organized by Eva
Respini, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, March 29 – June 8, 2009
"Mixed Signals: Artists Consider Masculinity in Sports," Cranbrook Art Museum, Michigan, February 1 – March 29, 2009
"In Repose: An exhibition from the collection of Debra and Dennis Scholl, Miami Beach, Florida," curated by Lorie Mertes, The Galleries at Moore, Goldie Paley Gallery Philadelphia, PA, January 26 – March 14, 2008; cat.
"This Side of Paradise: Body and Landscape in Los Angeles Photographs," The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino CA, May 1 – October 20, 2008
"Idle Youth," curated byRussell Ferguson, Gladstone Gallery, New York, June 26 – August 15, 2008
"Kiki: The Proof is in the Pudding," curated by Kevin Killian and Oolter Jacobsen, Ratio 3 Gallery, San Francisco, June 27 – August 2, 2008
"War as a Way of Life," Campbell, Clayton, 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA, September 27 – December 19, 2008

Literature

2006
Catalogue, Dark Places, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, 2006
Kunitz, Daniel, “The Universal Canvas,” The New York Sun, January 19, 2006.
2005
Kunitz, Daniel, “Publisher’s Catalogue,” ArtReview, Nov/Dec 2005, pp.126-131.
Catalogue, “Frieze Art Fair Yearbook 2005-06”, Frieze Art Fair, London, 2005
2004
Catalogue, 26th Sao Paulo Biennial, curated by Alfons Hug, Sao Paulo, Brazil, pp. 180 –181, ill.
Sheets, Hilarie M., “Armand Hammer’s Orphan Museum Turns Into Cinderella in Los Angeles,” The New York Times, October 6, 2004, pp. B1 & B9
2003
Boriani, Glenda, “Micropolitics,” Tema Celeste, issue 96, March/April, 2003, p. 113, ill.
Catalogue, Art and Photography, published by Phaidon, London, England, p. 124
Muchnic, Suzanne, “With all its hang-ups, the L.A. gallery scene thrives,” Los Angeles Times, November 24, 2002
2002
Monograph, Catherine Opie: Skyways + Icehouses, essay by Douglas Fogle, published by the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, ills.