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