| 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
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| 2006 | „The Blue Rider Extended Remix“, Kestnergesellschaft, Hannover
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| 2005 | „The Blue Rider“, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin
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| „The Upper Room“, Tate Britain, London, GB
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| „Afro Muses 1995 – 2005“, Studio Museum Harlem, New York, USA
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| 2003 | „Within Reach”, British Pavilion, Venice Biennale, Venedig / Venice, IT
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| 2002 | „Freedom One Day“, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, GB
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| 2001 | „Chris Ofili Watercolours“, Gallery Side 2, Tokio / Tokyo, JP
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| 2000 | „Chris Ofili Drawings“, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, GB
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| 1999 | „Afrobiotics“, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York, USA |
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| „Watercolours“, Le Case d’Arte, Mailand / Milan, IT
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| 1998 | „Chris Ofili”, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, GB
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| „Chris Ofili”, Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton, GB; Serpentine Gallery, London
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| 1997 | „Pimpin’ ain’t easy but it sure is fun“, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin
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| 1996 | „Afrodizzia“, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, GB
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| 1995 | „Chris Ofili”, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York, USA
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| 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
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| 2008 | „The ICA Auction Exhibition“, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, GB |
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| „History in the Making: A Retrospective of the Turner Prize“, Mori Art Museum, Tokio / Tokyo, JP |
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| „…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
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| „True Romance. Allegorien der Liebe von der Renaissance bis heute“, Kunsthalle, Wien / Vienna; Villa Stuck, München / Munich; Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel
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| „Turner Prize Retrospective“, Tate Britain, London, GB |
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| „Star Power: Museum as Body Electric“, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, USA
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| „Mad Love: Young Art in Danish Private Collections”, Arken Museum for Moderne Kunst, Ishøj, DK
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| „The Fractured Figure”, The Deste Foundation, Athen / Athens, GR
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| „Leerräume des Erzählens", Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg
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| „Traum und Trauma - Werke aus der Sammlung Dakis Joannou, Athen“, GR Kunsthalle Wien, Wien / Vienna, AT
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| „Hunky Dory“, Gary Tatinsian Gallery, Moskau / Moskow, RU |
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| „Draw: Conversations Around the Legacy of Drawing“, mima, Middlesbrough, GB
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| 2006 | „How to Improve the World - 60 years of British Art, Arts Council Collection”, Hayward Gallery, London, GB
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| „Infinite Painting“, Villa Manin - Centro d’Arte Contemporanea, Codroipo, IT
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| „The Compulsive Line: Etching 1900 to Now“, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
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| 2005 | „After Cezanne“, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA
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| „Revelations: Reflecting British Art in the Arts Council Collection“, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle, GB |
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| „Baroque and Neobaroque“, Domus Atrium 2002, Salamanca, ES
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| „Drawing from the Modern: 1975 – 2005“, Museum of Modern Art,
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| „Early Work“, David Zwirner, New York, USA
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| „Translation“, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, FR
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| „Provinzial – Engagement im Rheinland für zeitgenössische Kunst”, Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach
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| „Getting Emotional”, ICA, Boston, USA
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| „Contemporary Erotic Drawing”, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Fine Art, Connecticut, USA |
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| „Artists & Prints: Part 2”, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
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| 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
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| „Huts“, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Trinity College, Dublin, IR
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| „Monument to Now”, The Dakis Joannou Collection, Deste Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athen / Athens, GR
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| „Seeds & Roots” Selections from the Permanent Collection, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, USA
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| „Curry Expo”, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin |
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| „Fabulism”, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, USA
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| 2003 | „The dead Bird show”, Whitechapel Project Space, London, GB
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| „Supernova, Art of the 1990s from the Logan Collections”, SFMoMA, San Francisco, USA
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| „Paradise City“, Museum and Art Gallery, Bristol, GB; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle, GB; National Gallery, Sunley Room, London, GB
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| „Happiness“, Mori Art Museum, Tokio / Tokyo, JP
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| 2002 | „drawing now: eight propositions“, MoMA, New York, USA
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| „Live is Beautiful“, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, GB
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| „Cave Painting“, Santa Monika Museum of Art, Santa Monica, USA
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| 2001 | „The Mystery of Painting”, Sammlung Goetz, München / Munich
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| „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
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| „Form Follows Fiction“, Castello di Rivoli, Rivoli, IT
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| „Works on Paper“, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, IR
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| „Works On Paper: from Acconci to Zittel“, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, GB
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| „Public Offerings“, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA
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| „Painting at the edge of the world“, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA |
| 2000 | „Nurture & Desire“, The South Bank Centre, London, GB
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| „Ant Noises 1“, The Saatchi Gallery, London, GB
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| „Sydney Bienniale“, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, AU
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| „Raw“, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, GB
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| 1999 | „History of the Turner Prize“, ArtSway, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, Hampshire, USA
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| „53rd Carnegie International“, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, USA
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| „Get Together. Kunst als Teamwork“, Kunsthalle Wien, Wien / Vienna, AT |
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| 6th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, TR
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| „Trouble Spot. Painting“, NICC and MUHKA, Antwerpen / Antwerp, BE
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| 1998 | „The Turner Prize“, Tate Gallery, London, GB
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| „The Jerwood Foundation Painting Prize“, Jerwood Gallery, London, GB
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| „Heads willl roll“, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, GB
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| „A to Z“, The approach, London, GB
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| „Pictura Britannica“, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, NZ
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| „About Vision: New British Painting in the 1990’s“, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle, GB
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| 1997 | „Date with an artist“, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland, GB
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| „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
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| „20th John Moores Liverpool Exhibition of Contemporary Painting“, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, GB< |