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Chris Ofili

(British, born 1968)

Chris Ofili

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Biography

Timeline

1968: Born in Manchester, United Kingdom
1987 - 1988: Took a foundation course at the Tameside College of Technology, Manchester, UK
1988 - 1991: Graduated with a BA in Fine Art from the Chelsea School of Art, London, UK
1991 - 1993: Graduated with a MA in Fine Art from the Royal College of Art, London, UK
1992: Received the British Council Travel Scholarship, Zimbabwe
1998: Was awarded with the Turner Prize, Tate Gallery, London, UK
2000 - 2005: Was appointed trustee, council member of the Tate Gallery, London, UK
2004: Was awarded with the Honorary Fellowship University of the Arts, London, UK
: Received the South Bank Award: Visual Arts, London, UK
2005: Was commissioned with the decoration of the Nobel Peace Centre, Oslo, Norway
: Currently lives and works in London, UK

Exhibitions

2019: Chris Ofili Selected Exhibitions in 2019:
Chris Ofili: Dangerous Liaisons, David Zwirner, New York (solo exhibition)
Drawn Together Again, The FLAG Art Foundation, New York
2018: Chris Ofili Selected Exhibitions in 2018:
David Zwirner: 25 Years, David Zwirner, New York
Edge of Visibility, International Print Center New York (IPCNY), New York
Rise Up! Social Justice in Art from the Collection of J. Michael Bewley, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California
2017 - 2019: Chris Ofili Selected Exhibitions in 2017-2019:
Chris Ofili, Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami (solo exhibition)
2017: Chris Ofili Selected Exhibitions in 2017:
Chris Ofili: Paradise Lost, David Zwirner, New York (solo exhibition)
Chris Ofili: Poolside Magic, Victoria Miro, Venice (solo exhibition)
Chris Ofili: Weaving Magic, The National Gallery, London (solo exhibition)
Blue Black, Pulitzer Arts Foundation, St. Louis, Missouri
Last Picture Show, 532 Gallery Thomas Jaeckel, New York
Versus Rodin: Bodies Across Space and Time, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
2016: Chris Ofili Selected Exhibitions in 2016:
Archive: Imprint 93, Whitechapel Gallery, London
Making and Unmaking, Camden Arts Centre, London
Protest, Victoria Miro, London
2015: Chris Ofili Selected Exhibitions in 2015:
56th Venice Biennale: All the World’s Futures, Venice
Embracing Modernism: Ten Years of Drawings Acquisitions, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York
Forces in Nature, Victoria Miro, London
Glenn Ligon: Encounters and Collisions, Nottingham Contemporary, England [itinerary: Tate Liverpool]
UNREALISM, The Moore Building, Miami Design District
2014: Chris Ofili Selected Exhibitions in 2014:
Chris Ofili: Night and Day, New Museum, New York [itinerary: Aspen Art Museum, Colorado] (solo exhibition)
An Appetite for painting: Contemporary painting 2000-2014, The National Museum of Art, Architecture, and Design, Oslo, Norway
Bruegel to Freud: Master Prints from The Courtauld Gallery, The Courtauld Gallery, London
Gorgeous, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco
How Soon Was Now: A Brief History of CFA, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin
Look at Me: Portraiture from Manet to the Present, Leila Heller Gallery, New York
The Nakeds, Drawing Room, London
SHE: Picturing women at the turn of the 21st century, David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
Somos Libres II: Works from the Mario Testino Collection, Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli, Turin
2013: Chris Ofili Selected Exhibitions in 2013:
Accrochage, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin
Cinematic Visions: Painting at the Edge of Reality, Victoria Miro, London
2012: Chris Ofili Exhibitions in 2012:
To take and to give, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK (solo exhibition)
The Master Printer and the Collaborative Process, International Print Center New York, New York City, NY
Œuvres de la collection, Battat Contemporary, Montreal, QC, Canada
La Triennale 2012, Intense Proximity, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
2011: Chris Ofili Exhibitions in 2011:
The Strawberry Thief, FAS Contemporary, London, UK
Art², FLAG Art Foundation, New York City, NY, USA
Beyond The Human Clay, James Hyman Fine Art, London, UK
El intervalo luminoso: The D.Daskalopoulos Collection, Museo Guggenheim de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo, Bilbao, Spain
LITOS GRAFERA, Kunst Centret Silkeborg Bad, Silkeborg, Denmark
2010: Chris Ofili Exhibitions in 2010:
Chris Ofili: Afrotranslinear, Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA (solo exhibition)
Chris Ofili, Tate Britain, London, UK (solo exhibition)
21st Century: Art in the First Decade, Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
James Ensor, Hareng Saur: Ensor et l'art contemporain, SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent, Belgium
Happy End, Kunsthalle Göppingen, Göppingen, Germany
Thrice upon a time, Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
Modern Master Works, Scream London, London, UK
Kupferstichkabinett: Between Thought and Action, White Cube, Hoxton Square, London, UK
In the Company of Alice, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK
Tudo o que é sólido dissolve-se no ar: o social na Colecção Berardo, Berardo Museum, Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art, Lisbon
Alpha Omega, Deste Foundation, Centre for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
PAPYROPHILIA, Charlie Smith London, London, UK
Self-Consciousness, VW (VeneKlasen/Werner), Berlin, Germany
Skin Fruit: Selections from the Dakis Joannou Collection, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York City, NY, USA
Party! , The New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall, West Midlands, UK
2009: Chris Ofili Exhibitions in 2009:
Tate Britain, London, UK
Afro Margin, David Zwirner, New York, NY, USA (solo exhibition)
30 Seconds off an Inch, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York City, NY, USA
Work on Paper, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, UK
FLOWER POWER, Craa Centro di ricerca arte attuale Villa Giulia, Verbania
Remain in Light, W139, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2008: …same as it ever was: Painting at Chelsea 1990-2007, The Arts Gallery, University of the Arts London (solo exhibition)
2007: Hunky Dory, Tatinsian Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Draw, mima, Middlesbrough, UK
Devil’s Pie, David Zwirner, New York, NY, USA (solo exhibition)
2006: Chris Ofili Exhibitions in 2006:
The Blue Rider Extended Remix, Kestnergesellschaft, Hanover, Germany (solo exhibition)
How To Improve The World: 60 Years of British Art, Hayward Gallery, London, UK
Surprise Surprise, ICA, London, UK
Prints Now, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
Infinite Painting, Villa Manin Centro d’Arte Contemporanea, Codroipo, Italy
The Compulsive Line: Etching 1900 to Now, MoMA, New York, NY, USA
2005: Chris Ofili Exhibitions in 2005:
The Upper Room, Tate Britain, London, UK (solo exhibition)
The Blue Rider, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany (solo exhibition)
Afro Muses, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY, USA (solo exhibition)
After Cezanne, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Revelations: Reflecting British Art in the Arts Council Collection, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle, UK
Baroque and Neobaroque, Domus Atrium 2002, Salamanca, Spain
Drawing from the Modern: 1975–2005, MoMA, New York, NY, USA
Early Work, David Zwirner, New York, NY, USA
Translation, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
Getting Emotional, ICA, Boston, MA, USA
Contemporary Erotic Drawing, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT, USA
Artists & Prints: Masterworks from the Museum of Modern Art, MoMA, NY, USA
2004: Chris Ofili Exhibitions in 2004:
Faces in the Crowd, Picturing Modern Life from Manet to Today, Castello di Rivoli, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Torino, Italy / Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
Huts, The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Monument to Now, The Dakis Joannou Collection, DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
Seeds & Roots: Selections from the Permanent Collection, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY, USA
Fabulism, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE, USA
2003: Chris Ofili Exhibitions in 2003:
Within Reach, British Pavilion, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy (solo exhibition)
The Dead Bird Show, Whitechapel Project Space, London, UK
Supernova, SFMoMa, San Francisco, CA, USA
Happiness: A Survival Guide for Art and Life, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Paradise, National Gallery, London, UK; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle, UK; City Museum and Art Gallery, Bristol, UK
2002: Chris Ofili Exhibitions in 2002:
Freedom One Day, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK (solo exhibition)
Drawing now: eight propositions, MoMA, New York, NY, USA
Cavepainting, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA, USA
One Planet Under A Groove: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art, Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, NY, USA; Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA; Spelman Museum of Fine Art, Atlanta, GA, USA
2001: Chris Ofili Exhibitions in 2001:
Chris Ofili Watercolours, Gallery Side 2, Japan (solo exhibition)
Form Follows Fiction, Castello di Rivoli, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Torino, Italy
Public Offerings, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Works on Paper: from Acconci to Zittel, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK
Painting at the Edge of the World, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA
2000: Chris Ofili Exhibitions in 2000:
Sydney Biennale, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
Chris Ofili Drawings, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK (solo exhibition)
1999: Chris Ofili Exhibitions in 1999:
Afrobiotics, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York, NY, USA (solo exhibition)
Carnegie International, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
6th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey
Trouble Spot Painting, NICC and MUHKA, Antwerp, Belgium
1998: Chris Ofili Exhibitions in 1998:
The Turner Prize, Tate Gallery, London, England
Sensation: Young British Artists from the Saatchi Collection, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK; Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany; Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, NY, USA
Chris Ofili, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, UK (solo exhibition)
Chris Ofili, Serpentine Gallery, London, UK; Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton, UK (solo exhibition)
1997: Pimpin Ain’t Easy But It Sure Is Fun, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany (solo exhibition)
Pictura Britannica, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
1996: Mothership Connection, Stedelijk Museum Bureau, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Afrodizzia, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK (solo exhibition)
1995: Chris Ofili, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York, NY, USA (solo exhibition)
Brilliant! New Art from London, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA

Public Collections

: Arts Council Collection, Hayward Gallery, London
: Victoria and Albert Museum, London
: Tate Gallery, London
: The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York
: Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton, England
: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
: The Saatchi Collection, London
: Rubell Family Collection, Miami
: Royal College of Art, London
: Provinziaal Versicherung, Düsseldorf
: The Norton Family Collection, Los Angeles
: National Portrait Gallery, London
: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
: The Museum of Modern Art, New York
: Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
: Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
: Joslyn Museum of Art, Omaha, Nebraska
: Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami
: Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
: Goetz Collection, Munich
: Froehlich Collection, Stuttgart
: Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt
: Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa
: The Dakis Joannou Collection, Athens
: Contemporary Art Society, London
: Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
: The British Museum, London
: The Broad, Los Angeles
: British Council Collection, London
: Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama
: Judith Rothschild Collection, New York
: Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, England

Literature

2007: Hunk Dory, Gary Tatintian Gallery, Moscow 2007
2006: Andrea Bruciati und Alessandra Galasso, Painting Codes / Codici Della Pittura, GC.AC. Galleria Communale d'Arte, Monfalcone, 2006
: Translation. A visual trip operated and articulated by Dakis Joannou, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
: Surprise, Surprise, ICA Insitute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK
: The Blue Rider Extended Remix, edited by Veit Görner and Hilke Wagner, Kestnergesellschaft, Hannover, Germany
: Oliver Koerner von Gustorf, Interview mit Chris Ofili, Modernist Blues, www.db-artmag.com, Special Print Issue 2006, No. 1, S. 9
: Chr. Herchenröder, Skulptur auf dem Vormarsch, Handelsblatt, 29.Sept-1.Okt 2006, Kunstmarkt, S.1
: Schlüter, Ralf, Die Sanfte Umschreibung der Geschichte, Art, Nr. 7, Juli 2006, S. 84
: Oliver Koerner von Gustorf, Hey, hey, hey, ich bin der Blaue reiter, Welt am Sonntag, Hamburg, 25. Juni 2006, S. 58
: Blauer Reiter reloaded, Der Spiegel, Nr. 26, 26. Juni 2006, S. 127
: Alexandra Glanz, Das Kreuz der Kulturen, Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung, 23. Juni 2006
: Henning Queren, Die blausilberne Kälte des Nordens – Der expressionistische Reiter als Remix, Neue Presse, 23. Juni 2006, Nr. 144.
: Heidi Bürklin, Chris Ofili und das dekorative Potenzial von Elefantendung, Kunstzeitung, Nr. 115, März 2006, S. 28
: Afro Muses 1995 - 2005, essays by Thelma Golden, Beth Coleman & Hilton Als, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York
: The Blue Rider, essays by Christoph Zuschlag, Bazon Brock, Carolina Grau, Greg Tate & Louis Antwi, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin
: Daniel Völzke, Der Blaue Reiter reitet blauer weiter, Gruß aus dem Garten Eden: Chris Ofili in der Galerie Contemporary Fine Arts, Der Tagesspiegel, NR 19 048, 17. 12.2005, S. 26.
: Luke Harding, Bottoms up, Ofili ponders the nature of relationships, The Guardian, 19.11.2005, S. 1, 10-11.
2005: Kbm, Erdverbunden, The Blue Rider von Chris Ofili bei Contemporary Fine Arts, TIP 25/05, S. 76.
: Adrian Searle, Ofili: the blue period, The Guardian, 22.11.2005, S. 18-19.
2003: Within Reach, published on the occasion of the exhibition at the British Pavilion, 50th Venice Biennale, essays by Thelma Golden, Beth Coleman, Stuart Hall & Adrian Searle
2002: The Upper Room, essays by Dr. Susanna Paisley & Beth Coleman, Victoria Miro Gallery, London
: Freedom One Day, essays by Bidisha, Sophie Woolley, Ray Shell, Roger Robinson, Francesca Beard & Courttia Newland, Victoria Miro Gallery, London
: High Art Lite by Julian Stallabrass, Verso, London & New York
: March E. Leffingwell Carnegie Ramble. Art in America
2000: May 26th Sabatian Smee No-one needs to say sorry. The Sydney Morning Herald
: May 23rd Simon Morley Chris Ofili Drawings. The Independent
: April The art of exhibition. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
: March 19 Graham Shearing The Legacy. Tribune Review
1999: Chris Ofili, essays by Godfrey Worsdale & Lisa G. Corrin. Published by order of Southampton City Art Gallery and the Serpentine Gallery, London

Chris Ofili

(British, born 1968)

Chris Ofili

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Public Collections

Literature

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