Chris Ofili
Chris Ofili , CBE (born October 10, 1968 in Manchester ) is a British painter and sculptor .
Life
Chris Ofili is of Nigerian descent. He grew up in Great Britain and studied art in London at the Tameside College of Technology (1987–1988), then until 1991 at the Chelsea School of Art and until 1993 at the Royal Academy (Master's degree). As part of an exchange program, he studied at the Berlin University of the Arts in 1992 .
Since a study visit to Zimbabwe , he has been referring to his African origins in his works, for example by using elephant dung, inserting glass beads or, based on Zimbabwean cave paintings, comparable to pointillism , painting pictures composed of dots. The paintings, works on paper and sculptures move Ofilis on the one hand on the verge of kitsch (with clear references to African folk art), on the other hand they often contain provocations (for example when he decorates a Madonna with genitals and elephant droppings). Ofili's work is often associated with the acculturation processes of young blacks in England and with hip-hop music .
Ofili belonged in the early 1990s, the most famous among the young British artists ( Young British Artists ). In 1998 he took part in the touring exhibition Sensation , organized by collector and gallery owner Charles Saatchi . Today, many international collections and museums of Ofilis own highly traded works on the art market , such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York City and the Tate Gallery in London. Ofili has lived and worked in Trinidad since 2005 .
Exhibitions (selection)
- 1996: Victoria Miro Gallery, London, England
- 1998: Contemporary Museum of Art, Sydney, Australia
- 1999: Carnegie Museum of Art , Pittsburgh (USA)
- 1999: sensation. Young British Artists from the Saatchi Collection, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
- 2006: The Blue Rider Extended Remix - kestnergesellschaft , Hannover, Germany
- 2010: Tate Britain , London, England
- 2014/15: New Museum of Contemporary Art , New York City (USA)
Works (selection)
- Afrodizzia, 1996
- Blossom, 1997
Awards
- 1998: Turner Prize , London
- 2017: Commander of the Order of the British Empire
literature
- The Triumph of Painting (Saatchi Gallery), London 2005
- The Blue Rider (The Blue Rider-Extended Remix), 2005
- Nesbitt Chris Ofili , Tate Britain, London 2010, ISBN 978-1-85437-870-5
Web links
- Literature by and about Chris Ofili in the catalog of the German National Library
- Description of the work with pictures at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh
- Chris Ofili at The Artists
- Chris Ofili at the Contemporary Fine Arts Gallery in Berlin
- Chris Ofili at artfacts.net
- Portrait of Ofili on the BBC website, December 1998
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ofili, Chris |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British painter and sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 10, 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Manchester |