A graduate of the Royal College of Art, Manchester born Chris Ofili came to prominence in the early 1990s with his densely orchestrated paintings. He won the Turner prize in 1998 and has exhibited in many international institutions over the past decade. He was selected to represent Britain at the 50th Venice Biennale in June 2003 where he presented his ambitious exhibition Within Reach. Ofili's paintings exalt in the power of colour, decoration and sexuality. pspdesignclub
This year's winner describes his work as allowing "you to laugh about issues that are potentially serious". news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/225737.stm
Chris Ofili was born in Manchester, England in 1968. From 1988 to 1991 he attended Chelsea School of Art, and continued his studies at the Royal College of Art until 1993. He won the Turner Prize in 1998 for his 'inventiveness, exuberance, humour and te www.tate.org.uk/britain/turnerprize/history/ofili.htm
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Ofili's painting of a black Madonna with one breast made from dung and a background of collages from soft porn magazines caused an outcry in New York . www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=14GYGJKA4Y...
'The whole room pulsates with colour' Tate has been criticised because Ofili was a trustee at the time The Upper Room was acquired. www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2005/11/01/...
1968 born Manchester, lives and works. Chris Ofili came to prominence in the early 1990s with his densely orchestrated paintings. He won the Turner prize in 1998 and has exhibited... www.victoria-miro.com/artists/6,1/
Shortlisted for the inventiveness, exuberance, humour and technical richness of his painting, it is Ofili's dynamic use of colour and the originality, energy and complexity of his work, with its multilayered references to contemporary urban culture and aw www.culturekiosque.com/art/news/rheturn.htm
