biography of Julian OPIE (1958)

Personal data


Birth : 1958 - London, United Kingdom
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : United Kingdom

Address

London, United Kingdom

Education

1979 – 1982 : Goldsmiths College – University of London – New Cross – London, United Kingdom

Work


Categorie and medium


Painting : Mural painting
Print-Multiple : Serigraph
Sculpture-Volume : Sculpture, wood - Steel
Photography :

Works

Imagine you are walking
Date of creation : 1998-1999
Medium : Serigraph
Supports : paper
Size : 61 x 79 cm
 
You are in a Car (Volvo 440)
Date of creation : 1996
Medium : Sculpture, wood
Process : painting
Size : 131 x 144 x 395 cm
 
There is an office building (8)
Date of creation : 1996
Medium : Mural painting
 
There are hills in the distance (C)
Date of creation : 1996
Medium : Mural painting
 
It is believed that some dinausaurs could run faster than a cheetah
Date of creation : 1991
Medium : Sculpture, wood
Process : painting
Size : 200 x 200 x 280 cm
 
H
Date of creation : 1987
Medium : Sculpture
Materials : plastic-wood-aluminium-steel
Size : 132 x 219 x 29 cm
 
Making it
Date of creation : 1983
Medium : Steel
Materials : aluminium
Size : 261 x 118 x 193 cm
 
My Aunt's Sheep
Medium : Sculpture
Materials : plastic-aluminium
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

2003

Galerie Bob van Orsouw – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
2003 – 10/11/2003

Alan Cristea Gallery – London, United Kingdom
09/10/2003 – 10/25/2003

2001

Habitat – London, United Kingdom
2001

Julian Opie
Ikon Gallery – Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
09/14/2001 – 11/04/2001

2000

Abbaye Saint-André – Centre d’Art Contemporain – Meymac, France
2000

1998

Ace Gallery – New York NY, United States
04/07/1998 – 06/13/1998

1996

Lisson Gallery – London, United Kingdom
1996

1992

Wiener Secession – Vereinigung bildender Künstler – Vienna, Austria
1992

1985

Lisson Gallery – London, United Kingdom
1985

1983

Lisson Gallery – London, United Kingdom
1983

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Art shows / fairs

2007

FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais – Paris, France
10/18/2007 – 10/22/2007
Represented by : Lisson Gallery – 52-54 Bell Street – London, United Kingdom

ArtBrussels – Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/20/2007 – 04/23/2007
Represented by : Patrick de Brock Gallery – Strandstraat 11 – Knokke-Heist, Belgium

2006

Paris Photo n°10
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/16/2006 – 11/19/2006
Represented by : Galerie Florence Loewy – 46 avenue René Coty – Paris, France

Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Galerie Krobath & Wimmer – Eschenbachgasse 9 – Vienna, Austria

2004

FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, n°31
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/21/2004 – 10/25/2004
Represented by : Lisson Gallery – 52-54 Bell Street – London, United Kingdom

Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Lisson Gallery – 52-54 Bell Street – London, United Kingdom

ART2004 – The 16th London Contemporary Art Fair
Business Design Centre – London, United Kingdom
01/14/2004 – 01/18/2004
Represented by : Alan Cristea Gallery – 31 Cork Street – London, United Kingdom

2003

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Lisson Gallery – 52-54 Bell Street – London, United Kingdom

Art Cologne, n° 37
Cologne, Germany
10/29/2003 – 11/02/2003
Represented by : Galerie Bob van Orsouw – Limmatstrasse 270 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland

FIAC, n°30
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/09/2003 – 10/13/2003
Represented by : Galerie Art Of This Century – 63 avenue de Breteuil – Paris, France

Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Art of this Century – 530 West 25th Str., 6th Floor – New York NY, United States

Art Chicago 2003
Navy Pier’s Festival Hall – Chicago IL, United States
05/09/2003 – 05/12/2003
Represented by : Alan Cristea Gallery – 31 Cork Street – London, United Kingdom

ArtBrussels – 21st Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/04/2003 – 04/08/2003
Represented by : Rebecca M. Camhi – Tthemistokleous 80 – Athens, Greece

The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : Galerie Bob van Orsouw – Limmatstrasse 270 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland

2002

Art Forum Berlin, n° 7
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
09/26/2002 – 09/30/2002
Represented by : Lisson Gallery – 52-54 Bell Street – London, United Kingdom

Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Monica De Cardenas – Via F. Vigano 4 – Milan MI, Italy

ArtBrussels – 20th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
05/02/2002 – 05/06/2002
Represented by : Patrick de Brock Gallery – Strandstraat 11 – Knokke-Heist, Belgium

The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : Art of this Century – 530 West 25th Str., 6th Floor – New York NY, United States

ART2002 – The 14th London Contemporary Art Fair
Business Design Centre – London, United Kingdom
01/16/2002 – 01/20/2002
Represented by : Alan Cristea Gallery – 31 Cork Street – London, United Kingdom

2001

Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Lisson Gallery – 52-54 Bell Street – London, United Kingdom

FIAC, n°28
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/10/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : Galerie Art Of This Century – 63 avenue de Breteuil – Paris, France

Art Forum Berlin, n° 6
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
10/03/2001 – 10/07/2001
Represented by : Galerie Barbara Thumm – Dircksenstraße 41 – Berlin, Germany

Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Lisson Gallery – 52-54 Bell Street – London, United Kingdom

ArtBrussels – 19th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/20/2001 – 04/24/2001
Represented by : Patrick de Brock Gallery – Strandstraat 11 – Knokke-Heist, Belgium

The Armory Show 2001
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/23/2001 – 02/26/2001
Represented by : Barbara Krakow Gallery – 5th floor 10 Newbury Street – Boston MA, United States

ART2001 – The 13th London Contemporary Art Fair
Business Design Centre – London, United Kingdom
01/17/2001 – 01/21/2001
Represented by : Alan Cristea Gallery – 31 Cork Street – London, United Kingdom

1999

Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Lisson Gallery – 52-54 Bell Street – London, United Kingdom


Group exhibitions

2005

Où sommes-nous ? Paysages avec (ou sans) personnage(s)
Limoges, France
07/08/2005 – 10/29/2005

2004

Le proche et le lointain / Near and Far
Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Centre d’Art Contemporain – Bignan, France
2004 – 03/28/2004

2003

25 year anniversary
Heland Wetterling Gallery – Stockholm, Sweden
2003

Urban Codes, Coder / Décoder
Espace de l’Art Concret – Mouans-Sartoux, France
06/30/2003 – 10/05/2003

2002

Beck’s Futures 3
ICA Institute of Contemporary Arts – London, United Kingdom
03/29/2002 – 05/12/2002

2000

Version_2000
Centre pour l’Image Contemporaine Saint-Gervais Genève – Geneva GE, Switzerland
11/03/2000 – 12/17/2000

Intelligence – 1st Tate Triennial of Contemporary British Art
Tate Britain – London, United Kingdom
07/06/2000 – 09/24/2000

1990

The British Art Show 3
Hayward Gallery – London, United Kingdom
01/24/1990 – 08/12/1990

The British Art Show 3
Glasgow, Scotland (United Kingdom)
01/24/1990 – 08/12/1990

The British Art Show 3
Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
01/24/1990 – 08/12/1990

Bibliography (Selected)


On the artist


Books

2002

Art Tomorrow
Publisher: Editions Terrail – Paris, France
Author: Lucie-Smith Edward – London, United Kingdom
2002
ISBN : 2879392497

Legals