1968

geboren in/ born in Manchester, GB

1987-88

Tameside College of Technology (Foundation Course)

1988-91

Chelsea School of Art, London (BA Fine Art)

1992

Exchange to Hochschule der Künste, Berlin

1991-93

Royal College of Art, London (MA Fine Art)

 

 

 

ausgewählte Einzelausstellungen/ selected solo exhibitions

 

2010

 

„Chris Ofili”, Tate Britain, London, GB

2009

 

„Afro Margin”, David Zwirner, New York, USA

2007

„Devil’s Pie”, David Zwirner, New York, USA

 

2006

„The Blue Rider Extended Remix“, Kestnergesellschaft, Hannover

 

2005

The Blue Rider, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin

 

 

The Upper Room, Tate Britain, London, GB

 

 

„Afro Muses 1995 – 2005“, Studio Museum Harlem, New York, USA

 

2003

Within Reach”, British Pavilion, Venice Biennale, Venedig / Venice, IT

 

2002

Freedom One Day, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, GB

 

2001

Chris Ofili Watercolours, Gallery Side 2, Tokio / Tokyo, JP

 

2000

Chris Ofili Drawings“, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, GB

 

1999

Afrobiotics“, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York, USA

 

Watercolours, Le Case d’Arte, Mailand / Milan, IT

 

1998

Chris Ofili”, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, GB

 

 

Chris Ofili”, Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton, GB; Serpentine Gallery, London

 

1997

Pimpin’ ain’t easy but it sure is fun, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin

 

1996

Afrodizzia, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, GB

 

1995

Chris Ofili”, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York, USA

 

1991

Paintings and Drawings, Kepler Gallery, London, GB
 




Gruppenaustellungen / group shows

 

2010

„40 Jahre Gegenwart, 40 Künstler aus der Sammlung Deutsche Bank", Deutsche Bank Luxembourg, LU

 

2008

„The ICA Auction Exhibition“, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, GB

 

„History in the Making: A Retrospective of the Turner Prize“, Mori Art Museum, Tokio / Tokyo, JP

 

„…Same as it ever was: Painting at Chelsea 1990 – 2007“, University of the Arts, London, GB

2007

„Star Power: Museum as Body Electric“, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, USA

 

 

„True Romance. Allegorien der Liebe von der Renaissance bis heute“, Kunsthalle, Wien / Vienna; Villa Stuck, München / Munich; Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel

 

 

„Turner Prize Retrospective“, Tate Britain, London, GB

 

„Star Power: Museum as Body Electric“, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, USA

 

 

„Mad Love: Young Art in Danish Private Collections”, Arken Museum for Moderne Kunst, Ishøj, DK

 

 

„The Fractured Figure”, The Deste Foundation, Athen / Athens, GR

 

 

„Leerräume des Erzählens", Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg

 

 

Traum und Trauma - Werke aus der Sammlung Dakis Joannou, Athen“, GR Kunsthalle Wien, Wien / Vienna, AT

 

 

„Hunky Dory“, Gary Tatinsian Gallery, Moskau / Moskow, RU

 

„Draw: Conversations Around the Legacy of Drawing“, mima, Middlesbrough, GB

 

2006

„How to Improve the World - 60 years of British Art, Arts Council Collection”, Hayward Gallery, London, GB

 

 

„Surprise, Surprise”, ICA, London,GB

 

 

„Prints Now”, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, GB

 

 

Infinite Painting“, Villa Manin - Centro d’Arte Contemporanea, Codroipo, IT

 

 

„The Compulsive Line: Etching 1900 to Now, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA

 

2005

After Cezanne“, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA

 

 

„Revelations: Reflecting British Art in the Arts Council Collection“, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle, GB

 

Baroque and Neobaroque“, Domus Atrium 2002, Salamanca, ES

 

 

Drawing from the Modern: 1975 – 2005“, Museum of Modern Art,
New York, USA

 

 

Early Work“, David Zwirner, New York, USA

 

 

Translation“, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, FR

 

 

„Provinzial – Engagement im Rheinland für zeitgenössische Kunst”, Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach

 

 

Getting Emotional”, ICA, Boston, USA

 

 

Contemporary Erotic Drawing”, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Fine Art, Connecticut, USA



Artists & Prints: Part 2”, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA

 

2004

„Faces in the Crowd, Picturing Modern Life from Manet to Today”, Whitechapel Gallery, London, GB; Castello di Rivoli, Rivoli, IT; Museo d´Arte Contemporanea, Turin, IT

 

 

„Huts“, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Trinity College, Dublin, IR

 

 

„Monument to Now”, The Dakis Joannou Collection, Deste Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athen / Athens, GR

 

 

„Seeds & Roots” Selections from the Permanent Collection, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, USA

 

 

„Curry Expo”, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin

 

„Fabulism”, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, USA

 

2003

„The dead Bird show”, Whitechapel Project Space, London, GB

 

 

„Supernova, Art of the 1990s from the Logan Collections”, SFMoMA, San Francisco, USA

 

 

Paradise City“, Museum and Art Gallery, Bristol, GB; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle, GB; National Gallery, Sunley Room, London, GB

 

 

Happiness“, Mori Art Museum, Tokio / Tokyo, JP

 

2002

„drawing now: eight propositions, MoMA, New York, USA

 

 

Live is Beautiful, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, GB

 

 

Cave Painting, Santa Monika Museum of Art, Santa Monica, USA

 

2001

The Mystery of Painting”, Sammlung Goetz, München / Munich

 

 

One Planet under a groove: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art, Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, USA; Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis, USA; Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, Atlanta, USA; Museum Villa Stuck, München / Munich

 

 

Form Follows Fiction, Castello di Rivoli, Rivoli, IT

 

 

Works on Paper, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, IR

 

 

Works On Paper: from Acconci to Zittel, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, GB

 

 

Public Offerings, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA

 

 

„Painting at the edge of the world“, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA

2000

Nurture & Desire, The South Bank Centre, London, GB

 

 

Ant Noises 1, The Saatchi Gallery, London, GB

 

 

Sydney Bienniale“, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, AU

 

 

Raw“, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, GB

 

1999

History of the Turner Prize, ArtSway, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, Hampshire, USA

 

 

„53rd Carnegie International, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, USA

 

 

„Get Together. Kunst als Teamwork“, Kunsthalle Wien, Wien / Vienna, AT

 

6th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, TR

 

 

Trouble Spot. Painting, NICC and MUHKA, Antwerpen / Antwerp, BE

 

1998

The Turner Prize, Tate Gallery, London, GB

 

 

The Jerwood Foundation Painting Prize, Jerwood Gallery, London, GB

 

 

Heads willl roll, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, GB

 

 

A to Z, The approach, London, GB

 

 

Pictura Britannica, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, NZ

 

 

About Vision: New British Painting in the 1990’s, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle, GB

 

1997

Date with an artist, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland, GB

 

 

Dimensions Variable, Helsinki City Art Museum, Helsinki, FI; Stockholm Royal Academy of Free Arts, Stockholm, SE; Soros Centre for Contemporary Art, Soros, KZ; Gallery Zacheta, Warschau / Warsaw, PL; Städtische Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Chemnitz; Prague National Gallery of Modern Art, Prag / Prague, CZ; Zagreb Union of Croatian Artists, Zagreb, HR; Magistrat der Stradt Darmstadt, Darmstadt; Vilnius Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, LT; Budapest Museum of Contemporary Arts und / and Ludwig Museum, Budapest, HU; Slovak National Gallery Bratislava, Bratislava, SK; Bucharest National Theatre Galleries, Bucharest, RO

 

 

20th John Moores Liverpool Exhibition of Contemporary Painting, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, GB<