Contemporary Fine Arts - CFA Berlin - Artist - Chris Ofili

CHRIS OFILI

SELECTED WORKS

BIOGRAPHY

BIBLIOGRAPHY

PUBLICATIONS

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

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

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
	„Minor Sensation“, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, GB
	„Sensation. Young British Artists from the Saatchi Collection“, Royal Academy of Arts, London GB; Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin; Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, USA
	„Pictura Britannica“, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, AU; Art Gallery of Australia, Adelaide, AU; City Gallery, Wellington, NZ
	„Package Holiday, New British Art in the Ophiuchus Collection“, The Hydra Workshop, Hydra, GR
	„Belladonna“, ICA, London, GB
	„Popoccultural“, Southampton City Gallery, Southampton, GB
1996	„Mothership Connection“, Stedelijk Museum Bureau, Amsterdam, NL
	„British Art Show 4“ , Manchester; Edinburgh; Cardiff, GB
	„Popoccultural“, South London Gallery, London, GB
	„Wingate Young Artists Award“, Art ‘96, Business Design Centre, London, GB
	„Brilliant! New Art From London“, Museum of Contemporary Art, Houston, USA
	„Maps Elsewhere“, Institute of International Visual Arts, London, GB
	„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, GB; Christchurch Mansion, Ipswich, GB; The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, GB
	„Selections Spring ‘95“, The Drawing Centre, New York, USA
	„LA Invitational“, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
	„Brilliant! New Art from London“, Walker Art Centre, Minneapolis, USA; Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, USA
	„A Bonnie Situation“, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin
	„Contained“, Cultural Instructions, London, GB
	„19^th John Moore’s Liverpool Exhibition of Contemporary Painting“, Walker Art Center, Liverpool, GB
	„Im/Pure“, Osterwalder’s Art Office, Hamburg
	„Prints“, Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York, USA
	„Cocaine Orgasm“, Bank Space, London, GB
1994	„Painting Show“, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, GB
	„Take Five“, Anthony Wilkinson Fine Art, London, GB
	„Miniatures“, The Agency, London, GB
1993	„International Print Exhibition”, MACHIDA – TOKYO, Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Tokio/ Tokyo, JP
	„BT New Contemporaries“, Cornerhouse Gallery, Cedar Rapids, GB; Orchard Gallery, Derry, GB; Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield, GB; Stoke-on-Trent Gallery, CCA, Glasgow, GB
	„To Boldly Go“, Cubitt Street Gallery, London, GB
	„Riverside Open“, Riverside Gallery, London, GB
	„Tokyo Print Biennale“, Machida City Museum, Tokio / Tokyo, JP
	„Lift“, Atlantis Basement, London, GB
	„Borderless Print“, Rochdale Art Gallery, London, GB
	„Shit Sale“, Brick Lane, London; Straße des 17. Juni, Berlin
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, GB
	„Whitworth Young Contemporaries“, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, GB
1990	„Whitworth Young Contemporaries“, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, GB
	„BP Portrait Award“, National Portrait Gallery, London, GB
1989	„Whitworth Young Contemporaries“ (Prize winner), Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, GB

Sammlungen / collections

ADS Arts Ltd., New York, USA

Arts Council Collection, Hayward Gallery, London, GB

British Council Collection, London, GB

The British Museum, London, GB

Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, USA

César and Mima Reger, Puerto Rico, PR

Contemporary Art Society, London, GB

The Dakis Joannou Collection, Athen / Athens, GR

De Moines Art Center, Des Moines, USA

Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt

The Eli Board Family Foundation, Los Angeles, USA

Froehlich Collection, Stuttgart

Goetz Collection, München / Munich

Joselyn Museum of Art, Cleveland, USA

Judith Rothschild Collection, New York, USA

Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA

Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA

Norton Family Collection, Santa Monica, USA

Ole Faarup, Kopenhagen / Copenhagen, DK

Provinzial Versicherung, Düsseldorf

Rubell Family Collection, Miami, USA

Saatchi Collection, London, GB

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, USA

Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton, GB

Studio Museum, Harlem, New York, USA

Tate Gallery, London, GB

Victorian and Albert Museum, London, GB

Victoria and Warren Miro, London, GB

Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA

Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, GB

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 Hochschule der Künste, Berlin
1989	Chistopher Head drawing Scholarship
	Whitworth Young Contemporaries