Contemporary Fine Arts

Inhaltsbereich

1968	Born in Manchester, UK
1987-88	Thameside 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)

Einzelausstellungen/ solo shows

2007	„Chris Ofili”, David Zwirner, New York
2006	„The Blue Rider Extended Remix“, Kestnergesellschaft, Hannover, DE
2005	„The Blue Rider“, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin
	„The Upper Room“, Tate Britain, London
	„Afro Muses 1995 – 2005“, Studio Museum Harlem, New York
2003	„Within Reach”, British Pavilion, Venice Biennale, Venedig / Venice
2002	„Freedom One Day“, Victoria Miro Gallery, London
2001	„Chris Ofili Watercolours“, Gallery Side 2, Tokio / Tokyo
2000	„Chris Ofili Drawings“, Victoria Miro Gallery, London
1999	„Afrobiotics“, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York
	„Watercolours“, Le Case d’Arte, Mailand / Milan
1998	Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, UK
	Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton, UK; Serpentine Gallery, London
1997	„Pimpin’ ain’t easy but it sure is fun“, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin
1996	„Afrodizzia“, Victoria Miro Gallery, London
1995	Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York
1991	„Paintings and Drawings“, Kepler Gallery, London

Gruppenaustellungen / group shows

2007	„True Romance. Allegorien der Liebe von der Renaissance bis heute“, Kunsthalle, Wien / Vienna; Villa Stuck, München / Munich
	„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
	„Fractured Figure”, Deste Foundation, Athen / Athens
	„Leerräume des Erzählens", Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, DE
	„Traum und Trauma - Werke aus der Sammlung Dakis Joannou, Athen“, Kunsthalle Wien, Wien / Vienna
	„Draw“, mima, Middlesbrough, UK
2006	„How to Improve the World - 60 years of British Art, Arts Council Collection”, Hayward Gallery, London
	„Surprise, Surprise”, ICA, London
	„Prints Now”, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
	„Infinite Painting“, Villa Manin - Centro d’Arte Contemporanea, Codroipo, IT
	„The Compulsive Line: Etching 1900 to Now“, Museum of Modern Art, New York
2005	„After Cezanne“, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
	„Baroque and Neobaroque“, Domus Atrium 2002, Salamanca, ES
	„Drawing from the Modern: 1975 – 2005“, Museum of Modern Art, New York
	„Early Work“, David Zwirner, New York
	„Translation“, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
	„Provinzial – Engagement im Rheinland für zeitgenössische Kunst”, Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, DE
	„Getting Emotional”, ICA, Boston
	„Artists & Prints: Part 2”, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
2004	„Faces in the Crowd, Picturing Modern Life from Manet to Today”, Whitechapel Gallery, London; Castello di Rivoli, Rivoli, IT; Museo d´Arte Contemporanea, Turin, IT
	„Huts“, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Trinity College, Dublin
	„Monument to Now”, The Dakis Joannou Collection, Deste Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athen / Athens
	„Seeds & Roots” Selections from the Permanent Collection, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York
	„Fabulism”, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, USA
2003	„Supernova”, Art of the 1990s from the Logan Collections, SFMoMA, San Francisco
	„Paradise City“, Museum and Art Gallery, Bristol, UK; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle, UK; National Gallery, Sunley Room, London
	„One Planet under a groove: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art“, Museum Villa Stuck, München / Munich
	„Happiness“, Mori Art Museum, Tokio / Tokyo
2002	„now: eight propositions“, MoMA, New York
	„Live is Beautiful“, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
	„Cave Painting“, Santa Monika Museum of Art, Santa Monica, USA
2001	„One Planet under a groove: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art“, Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York; Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis, USA; Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, Atlanta, USA
	„Form Follows Fiction“, Castello di Rivoli, Rivoli, IT
	„Works on Paper“, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin
	„Works On Paper: from Acconci to Zittel“, Victoria Miro Gallery, London
	„Public Offerings“, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
2000	„Nurture & Desire“, The South Bank Centre, London
	„Ant Noises 1“, The Saatchi Gallery, London
	„Sydney Bienniale“, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
	„Raw“, Victoria Miro Gallery, London
1999	„History of the Turner Prize“, ArtSway, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, Hampshire, USA
	„Carnegie International“, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, USA
	„Sensation. Young British Artists From The Saatchi Collection“, Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York
	6th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul
	„Trouble Spot Painting“, NICC and MUHKA, Antwerp, BE
1998	„The Turner Prize“, Tate Gallery, London
	„Sensation. Young British Artists from the Saatchi Collection“, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
	„The Jerwood Foundation Painting Prize“, Jerwood Gallery, London
	„Heads willl roll“, Victoria Miro Gallery, London
	„A to Z“, The approach, London
	„Pictura Britannica“, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, NZ
	„About Vision: New British Painting in the 1990’s“, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle, UK
1997	„Pictura Britannica“, Art Gallery of Australia, Adelaide, AU
	„Date with an artist“, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland, UK
	„Dimensions Variable. Organised by The British Council“, Helsinki City Art Museum, Helsinki; Stockholm Royal Academy of Free Arts, Stockholm, Soros Centre for Contemporary Art, Soros, KZ; Gallery Zacheta, Warschau / Warsaw; Städtische Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Chemnitz, DE; Prague National Gallery of Modern Art, Prag / Prague; Zagreb Union of Croatian Artists, Zagreb, HR; Magistrat der Stradt Darmstadt, Darmstadt, DE; Vilnius Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, LT; Budapest Museum of Contemporary Arts und / and Ludwig Museum, Budapest; Slovak National Gallery Bratislava, Bratislava; Bucharest National Theatre Galleries, Bucharest, RO
	„20th John Moores Liverpool Exhibition of Contemporary Painting“, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK
	„Minor Sensation“, Victoria Miro Gallery, London
	„Sensation. Young British Artists from the Saatchi Collection“, Royal Academy of Arts, London
	„Pictura Britannica“, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
	„Package Holiday, New British Art in the Ophiuchus Collection“, The Hydra Workshop, Hydra, GR
	„About Vision: New British Painting in the 1990’s“, Christchurch Mansion, Ipswich, UK; The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
	„Belladonna“, ICA, London
	„Popoccultural“, Southampton City Gallery, Southampton, UK
1996	„Mothership Connection“, Stedelijk Museum Bureau, Amsterdam
	„British Art Show 4“ , Manchester; Edinburgh; Cardiff, UK
	„Popoccultural“, South London Gallery, London
	„Wingate Young Artists Award“, Art ‘96, Business Design Centre, London
	„Brilliant! New Art From London“, Museum of Contemporary Art, Houston, USA
	„Maps Elsewhere“, Institute of International Visual Arts, London
	„NowHere“, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Kopenhagen / Copenhagen, DK
	„Young British Artists“, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Paddington, AU
1995	„About Vision: New British Painting in the 1990’s“, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, UK
	„Selections Spring ‘95“, The Drawing Centre, New York
	„LA Invitational“, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles
	„Brilliant! New Art from London“, Walker Art Centre, Minneapolis, USA
	„A Bonnie Situation“, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin
	„Contained“, Cultural Instructions, London
	„John Moore’s Exhibition“, Walker Art Centre, Liverpool, UK
	„Im/Pure“, Osterwalder’s Art Office, Hamburg
	„Prints“, Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York
	„Cocaine Orgasm“, Bank Space, London
1994	„Painting Show“, Victoria Miro Gallery, London
	„Take Five“, Anthony Wilkinson Fine Art, London
	„Miniatures“, The Agency, London
1993	„BT New Contemporaries“, Cornerhouse Gallery, Cedar Rapids, UK; Orchard Gallery, Derry, UK; Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield, UK; Stoke-on-Trent Gallery, CCA, Glasgow, UK
	„To Boldly Go“, Cubitt Street Gallery, London
	„Riverside Open“, Riverside Gallery, London
	„Tokyo Print Biennale“, Machida City Museum, Tokio / Tokyo
	„Lift“, Atlantis Basement, London
	„Borderless Print“, Rochdale Art Gallery, London
	„Shit Sale“, Straße des 17. Juni, Berlin; Brick Lane, London
1992	„Pachipamwe International artists’ workshop exhibition“, Bulawayo Art Gallery, Harare, ZW
1991	„Blauer Montag“,Raum für Kunst, Basel, CH
	„BP Portrait Award“, National Portrait Gallery, London
	„Whitworth Young Contemporaries“, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, UK
1990	„Whitworth Young Contemporaries“, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, UK
	„BP Portrait Award“, National Portrait Gallery, London
1989	„Whitworth Young Contemporaries“ (Prize winner), Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, UK

Sammlungen / collections

ADS Arts Ltd., New York

Arts Council Collection, Hayward Gallery, London

British Council Collection, London

The British Museum, London

Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, USA

César and Mima Reger, Puerto Rico

Contemporary Art Society, London

The Dakis Joannou Collection, Athen / Athens

Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt, DE

The Eli Board Family Foundation, Los Angeles

Froehlich Collection, Stuttgart, DE

Goetz Collection, München / Munich

Joselyn Museum of Art, Cleveland, USA

Judith Rothschild Collection, New York

Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

Museum of Modern Art, New York

Norton Family Collection, Santa Monica, USA

Provinzial Versicherung, Düsseldorf, DE

Rubell Family Collection, Miami

Saatchi Collection, London

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco

Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton, UK

Studio Museum, Harlem, New York

Tate Gallery, London

Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA

Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, UK

Various Private Collections

Awards

2004	Honorary Fellowship, The London Institute of Art, London
	Winner Southbank Award: Visual Arts, London
1998	Winner Turner Prize, Tate Gallery, London
1996	Absolut Vodka commission for About Vision, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, UK
	Wingate Young Artist Award
1993	Second Prizewinner Tokyo Print Bienale, Tokio / Tokyo
1992	British Council Travel Scholarship, ZW
	Erasmus Exchange to Berlin
1989	Chistopher Head drawing Scholarship