Chris Ofili

born 1968

Chris Ofili, ‘Black Shunga’ 2008–15
Black Shunga 2008–15
© Chris Ofili; photo courtesy Two Palms, New York
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Ideas Depot: Ideas Depot

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Walk Through British Art: Sixty Years: The Unfinished Conversation

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Millbank Apses

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Biography

Christopher Ofili, (born 10 October 1968) is a British Turner Prize-winning painter who is best known for his paintings incorporating elephant dung. He was one of the Young British Artists. Since 2005, Ofili has been living and working in Trinidad and Tobago, where he currently resides in Port of Spain. He also lives and works in London and Brooklyn.

Ofili has utilized resin, beads, oil paint, glitter, lumps of elephant dung, cut-outs from porn magazines as painting elements. His work has been classified as "punk art."

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  • Chris Ofili, ‘No Woman, No Cry’ 1998

    In the Gallery

    Audio Description: No Woman, No Cry

    Listen to and watch an in-depth visual description of this artwork by artist Chris Ofili

  • Tracey Emin, ‘My Bed’ 1998

    Podcast

    Walks of art: Grace Dent on the YBAs and Shoreditch

    The journalist journeys through East London to explore the artists who lived and worked there in the nineties

  • Chris Ofili conservation

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    Conserving Chris Ofili

    Witness the conservation department in action making a series of Chris Ofili replica paintings

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    David Adjaye on Chris Ofili

    Chris Ofili's The Upper Room was first displayed in 2002, to great critical acclaim. This installation, on show in the …

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    Afrodizzia: Ofili in Focus

    Tim Marlow joins a panel including Bonnie Greer, Leon Wainwright and Gayle Chong Kwan to discuss Chris Ofili and his …

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    Chris Ofili: Curator's Talk

    Judith Nesbitt, Chief Curator at Tate Britain, shares her experience of curating the current Chris Ofili exhibition.
  • INSA on Chris Ofili

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    INSA on Chris Ofili

    Graffiti artist and shoe designer INSA responds to Chris Ofili's 2010 exhibition

  • Chris Ofili

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    Chris Ofili: Exploding the crystal

    Through oil painting, Chris Ofili explores concerns about imagery, identity and violence

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    Living History: No Woman No Cry

    This discussion between Doreen Lawrence, mother of Stephen; Ekow Eshun, broadcaster and director of the Institute of Contemporary Art in …

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