Julian Opie /UK/


Born 1958 in London, England
Lives in London

education

1979-82 Goldsmith's School of Art, London

 

selected solo exhibitions

2008 MAK, Vienna, Austria
Lisson Gallery, London
Krobath Wimmer, Vienna, Austria
Art Tower Mito, Japan
2007 Gallerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin
"Walk on the Vltava", Museum Kampa, Prague
Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, USA
"Julian Opie in the 90's", King's Lynn art centre, Norfolk
2006 "Julian Opie", CAC Malaga, Spain
Galerie Bob Van Orsouw, Zürich, Switzerland
Alan Cristea Gallery, London
Museum of Indianapolis, IN, USA
2005-2006 Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, USA
2005 Gallery Mario Sequeira, Braga, Portugal
La Chocolateria, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Scai the Bathhouse, Tokyo
Gallery MGM Oslo, Norway
Gallery Valentina Bonomo, Rome, Italy
2004-2005 "Animals, buildings, cars and people" Public Art Fund, City hall Park, New York City, curated by Tom Eccles
2004 'Sara, Bryan & Monique', Lisson Gallery, London (exh cat)
Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm (exh cat)
Kunsthandlung H. Krobath & B. Wimmer, Vienna
Patrick de Brock Gallery, Knokke, Belgium
Barbara Thumm Galerie, Berlin
MCA Chicago
2003 Neues Museum, Staatliches Museum für Kunst und Design in Nürnberg, Germany (exh cat)
"Bijou gets undressed", K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf. Curated by Julian Heynen (exh cat)
Alan Cristea Gallery, London
Galerie Bob Van Orsouw, Zürich, Switzerland
2002 Rebecca Camhi Gallery, Athens
Mario Sequeira Gallery, Braga, Portugal (exh cat)
"Berlin Classics", Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin: an installation in the courtyard of the gallery in collaboration with Caroline Raspé
Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA
Atelier Augarten, Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria (exh cat)
2001 Lisson Gallery, London
Patrick de Brock Gallery, Knokke, Belgium
Ikon Gallery, Birmingham (exh cat)
Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm
2000 Abbaye Saint-André, centre d'art contemporain, Meymac, France (exh cat)
Junge Kunst, Wolfsburg
Alan Cristea Gallery, London (exh cat)
Scai the Bathhouse, Tokyo
1999 Primo Piano, Rome (exh cat)
Morrison Judd, London
Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm
John Islip Street wall, Tate Gallery, London
Barbara Thumm Galerie, Berlin (exh)
Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zurich
Stadtgalerie am Lehnbachhaus, Munich (exh cat)
The Lux Centre, London, night time window projections
Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston
1998 Heathrow Airport terminal 1.
1997 Gallery Nova Sin, Prague (exh cat)
Barbara Thumm Galerie, Berlin (exh cat)
The Economist Plaza, London
Kunsthandlung H. Krobath & B. Wimmer, Vienna
"New Pieces", Julian Opie and Lily van der Stokker, De Gouverneurstuin, Assen, NL
1996 Galerie Analix B&L Polla, Geneva
CCC Tours (exh cat)
Galerie Bob Van Orsouw, Zurich
Lisson Gallery, London

 

selected group exhibitions

2008 "Regard_ Camera", Le Centre d'art contemporain de la ferme du buisson, France.
"Outlines", Gimpel Fils, London.
"Static: Contemporary Still Life and Portraiture". Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston, UK
"Art is for the spirit: Works from the UBS art collection", Mori Art Museum, Japan
"Still / Motion", Mie Prefecture Museum, Japan
Osaka, Japan
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Japan
2007 "The Last Days of the British Underground 1978 - 1988", ICA. London.
"Existencias", Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla Y Leon, Spain
"Sculpture Grande", Prague
Des Moines Art Center, USA
"Animated Painting", San Diego Museum of Art, US
Group Show II, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, US
2006 -2007 "The Wonderful Fund: Art for the new millennium 2000-2005", Pallent House Gallery, UK
"Eye on Europe: Prints, books & Multiples, 1960 to Now", MOMA, NY
2006 "Face to Face (Portraits from Reynolds to Opie)", Sherborne House, UK
"Summer group show", Barbara Krakow gallery, Boston, MA
"Swing Space: Contemporary art in unexpected places", Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), Canada
"Switched On", Alan Cristea, London
Shanghai Biennale, China
Auto Nom Kasel, Germany
2004-2006 "Likeness: Portraits of Artists by Other Artists" touring: California College of Arts, Wattis Institute, San Francisco, CA; McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC; ICA Boston, MA; Dalhousie University Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; University Art Museum, California State University at Long Beach; Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art & Design, Calgary, Alberta, Canada;
2004 2004 "Making Faces", A National Gallery Touring Exhibition, Bristol Museums & Art Gallery and the Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle (exh cat)
"Settlements", Musée d'Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne, France. Curated by Lorand Hegyi (exh cat)
"Bearings: Landscapes from the IMMA Collection", Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland.
"The Tower Block, vertical architecture", Clifford Chance, Canary Wharf, London.
"Porträt ohne Antlitz" (Face without features) Kunsthalle Kiel, Germany. (exh cat)
"Funny Cuts; cartoons and comics in contemporary art" Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, Germany.
"People" Mimmo Scognamiglio, Naples, Italy.
"Summer Exhibiton" Royal Academy of Art, London
2003 "Saved", 100 Years of the National Art Collections Fund, Hayward Gallery, London (exh cat)
Lenbachhaus Kunstbau, Münich
"Arcadia; the other life of video games" Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Zealand.
"Addiction", curated by Christopher Kul-Want, 15 Micamber Street, London
"Bienal de Valencia" Valencia, Spain.
"No Art-No City - City Utopias in Contemporary Art." Städtische Galerie im Buntentor, Bremen, Germany (exh cat)
"Auto-nom", das Automobil in der Zeitgenössischen Kunst, NRW Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft, Düsseldorf, Germany (exh cat)
"Urban Codes - Coder/De' coder", espace de l'art concret, Château de Mouans, Mouans-Sartoux, France, curated by Dominique Boudou (exh cat)
'Trickfilm', André Buchmann Galerie, Cologne
Robert Mc Lain Gallery, Houston, Texas. Curated by Christian Eckart.
MART - Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto (exh cat).
2002-2003 "Trespassing: Houses x Artists" at the Bellevue Art Museum, Washington, MAK Centre for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles and MAK Vienna (exh cat).
"Total Überzogen", Edith-Russ-Haus für Medienkunst, Oldenburg, Germany
2002 "The Wall at WAM", a mural commissioned for the Museum's Renaissance Court, Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts.
"Frenetic Interference", a presentation of Memory/Cage editions art publishers, Zurich in the New Museum Store, New York. Window on Broadway by Julian Opie. Curated by Daniel Kurjacovic and Adrian Notz (exh cat).
"Bigger Splash", The Whitechapel Art Gallery at London Art Fair.
"Sculptura 02", International Art in Public Spaces, Falkenberg, Sweden. Curated by Deborah Thompson.
"Remix", Contemporary Art and Pop, Tate Liverpool.
"Out of Place", Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery, Bury St Edmunds.
"Shine", the Lowry, The National Landmark Millennium Project for the Arts, Salford Quays, Salford (exh cat).
"Babel 2002" ("Race-Face, Langue-Dialogue"), National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
New Acquisitions, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
Sandra Gering Gallery, New York
Baltic, the Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead (exh cat).
"Shine", Saint Pancras Chambers, London
"Blast to Freeze", British Art in the 20th Century, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg (exh cat)
The Galleries Show, the Royal Academy, London
"Projects 77", billboards for the Museum of Modern Art, New York
"Continuity/Departure", Tokyo Museum of Modern Art, curator Kazuo Nakabayashi ( ex cat)
National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan.
2001 - 2002 "Landscape", curated by Ann Gallagher, The British Council. Exhibition tour opening at ACC Gallery, Weimar; travelling to House of Artists, Moscow; Peter and Paul Fortress, St. Petersburg; Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome; Centro Cultural del Conde Duque, Madrid; Sofia Municipal Gallery of Art, Bulgaria; Museu de Arte Contemporânes de Niterio, Rio de Janeiro; Museu de Arte de São Paolo; Le Botanique, centre culturel de la communauté française Wallonie-Bruxelles (exh cat).
"In Fumo" (Art, Comics, Communication), Curated by Giacinto di Pietrantonio, Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Bergamo, Italy (exh cat)
" Import" Irish Museum of Modern Art.
"Multiplication", a British Council touring exhibition of Artist's Multiples, National Museum of Art, Bucharest, Muzeul de Arta in Brasov, Muzeul Brukenthal, Sibu, Rumania; show travelling to Croatia, Turkey, Russia, Estonia and Poland. (exh cat) Tate Modern permanent collection
2001 "/arts", BBC websites, the Lux, London
"Art › Music", Rock Pop Techno, an exhibition looking at crossovers between visual art and music; Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney (exh cat)
"Sculpture in the Close", Jesus College, Cambridge
"Cause & Effect " organised by the British Council (touring in Poland, Hamburg, and Cuba).
"Milano Europa 2000", PAC e Triennale di Milano, Milan. Curated by Jonathan Watkins.
"Art/Music: rock, pop, techno", curated by Sue Cramer, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
2000 "Contemporary Performance Arts, Inc.", Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Lawrence Rubin / Greenberg / Van Doren, New York
John Weber Gallery, New York: "A Salon for the 21st Century", (curated by Elga Wimmer)
"Lost" Ikon Gallery, Birmingham (curated by Tania Kovats) (exh cat)
"Videoprogramm" Galerie Barbara Thumm. (Travelled)
"Drive", Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand (exh cat)
"The Self is Something Else" - Art at the end of the 20th Century, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf (exh cat)
"Hausschau - Das Haus in der Kunst", Deichtorhallen, Hamburg (exh cat)
Outdoor project for Volkswagen\Stadt Wolfsburg in Wolfsburg
"Sitooteries" Belsay Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
"Between Cinema and a Hard Place", Tate Modern, London (exh cat)
"Parklight", curated by Alice Sharp, Clissold Park, London (exh cat)
"Fact & Value", Charlottenburg, Copenhagen (exh cat)
"New British Art 2000: Intelligence" Tate Britain, London (exh cat)
"Face à face", Kunstpanorama Luzern, Switzerland
"Pict" curated by Yvonne Force and Carmen Zita, Walter Phillips Gallery Banff Center for the Arts, Banff, Canada
"Give and Take", Jerwood Gallery, London
"Version 2000" Centre pour l'image contemporaine, Saint-Gervais, Genève (exh cat)
"Wanted!", International Video Program, Bunkier Sztuki, Krakow


projects, multiples and special publications

2007 Vltava river, Prague
Phoenix, Arizona
2006 Rogers Building, Toronto, Canada
Mori Building, Omotesando Hills, Japan
Aldrich Museum of Art, Connecticut, USA
Arts Council of Indianapolis, USA
2003 Selfridges, Manchester, project curated by General Assembly
Drop sheet to clad the West Wing at Barts, Barts & the London Hospital, London, curated by Field Art Project, Theresa Bergne
Visual Arts at Sadler's Wells, London
"Formula 1 Racing" Ongoing tribe art commission, Milan Railway Station, Italy.
2002 "People and Places with No Name" Auction, a fundraising and awareness campaign created by Michel Comte in association with the International Committee of the Red Cross. Auction conducted by Simon de Pury, Ace Gallery Los Angeles (exh cat).
WWK Munich, portrait commission in the company headquarters
Tribe Art Commission 2002 - Julian Opie. Curated by Artwise for the B.A.R. Honda Formula One Team. Project travelling on location to Silverstone, Monaco and other races. Opening exhibition in the Boiler House, Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London Fridge Magnets, Atelier Prof. Edelbert Köb, Vienna, Austria
"Conduire. Auteur: Julian Opie", publication Contrat Main, Pascal Poyet 6 Gloria, Marseille, France.
"Space", Cooks Book, publication by Space Studios, Arts Services, London.
Sculptures for the lobby of the new Dentsu Building, Tokyo, Japan
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, wallpaper and window works.
2000 St Etienne: CD and album covers + poster campaign
"The Art of Barbie", charity event organised by Elton John
Cruise ship on Lake Constance, organised by Kunsthaus Bregenz
Blur: record and album covers + campaign (posters, objects
"I remember her" multiple for "Art of this Century" New York.
1998 HousesXArtist ongoing project. Open Office New York
Habitat credit cards, Habitat, London
Collection Box, Whitechapel Gallery, London
Save the Children Colouring Book
"Other Rooms, Other Voices / Andere Raüme, andere Stimmen / Autres voix, autres espaces", audio works by artists - played on Swiss Radio Station. Curator Daniel Kurjacovic (cat)
1996 'Tate Gallery Christmas Tree, Tate Gallery, London


awards

2001 - Music Week CADS, Best Illustration for "Best of Blur"
1995-96 - Residency at the Atelier Calder in Saché, France
1995 - Sargant Fellowship at the British School in Rome

works in collection

  • Aberdeen Art Gallery, Scotland
  • Arts Council of Great Britain
  • Banque Bruxelles Lambert, Bruxelles
  • Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, USA
  • Collection Essl, Vienna, Austria
  • Contemporary Art Society, Britain
  • Daimler Chrysler, Berlin
  • Dresdner Bank, Berlin
  • Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt
  • Daros Collection, Zurich, Switerland
  • Fonds National d'Art Contemporain, France
  • Fundacion Caja de Pensiones, Madrid
  • Gana Art Centre Seoul, Korea
  • Gjensidige, Oslo Norway
  • ICA, Boston
  • Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM), Spain
  • Kunsthalle Bern, Bern
  • Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz
  • Kunsthaus Zurich, Switzerland
  • Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University
  • Lenbachhaus Städtische Galerie, Munich
  • Maison Europeene de la photographie Paris
  • Museet for Samtidskunst, Oslo
  • Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Prato
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  • Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • Neue Galerie, Sammlung Ludwig
  • Neues Museum, Nuremberg, Germany
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
  • National Portrait Gallery, London
  • Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
  • The British Council, England
  • The British Museum, London
  • The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Portugal
  • The Government Art Collection, London
  • The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
  • The Museum of Contemporary Art of Leon (MUSAC), Spain
  • The National Museum of Art, Osaka
  • Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Japan
  • The Tate Gallery, London
  • The Victoria and Albert Museum, London
  • Wadsworth Atheneum