Chris Ofili

(British, born 1968)

rincon falls-red light by chris ofili

Chris Ofili

Rincon Falls-Red Light, 2008

4,000 USD

rincon falls-green locks by chris ofili

Chris Ofili

Rincon Falls-Green Locks, 2008

4,000 USD

rincon falls-grey bathers by chris ofili

Chris Ofili

Rincon Falls-Grey Bathers, 2008

4,000 USD

habio green by chris ofili

Chris Ofili

Habio Green, 2009

4,500 USD

rainbow-grey seale by chris ofili

Chris Ofili

Rainbow-Grey Seale, 2008

2,500 USD

rainbow-green riann by chris ofili

Chris Ofili

Rainbow-Green Riann, 2008

2,500 USD

last night, new day by chris ofili

Chris Ofili

Last Night, New Day, 2008

7,000 USD

rainbow-orange ramo by chris ofili

Chris Ofili

Rainbow-Orange Ramo, 2008

2,500 USD

rainbow-yellow day dreamer by chris ofili

Chris Ofili

Rainbow-Yellow Day Dreamer, 2008

2,500 USD

rainbow-paragon pink by chris ofili

Chris Ofili

Rainbow-Paragon Pink, 2008

2,500 USD

rainbow-brown bathers by chris ofili

Chris Ofili

Rainbow-Brown Bathers, 2008

2,500 USD

rainbow by chris ofili

Chris Ofili

Rainbow, 2008

28,000 USD

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

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

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

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