Chris Ofili

Quick Facts

Full Name	Chris Ofili
Occupation	Painter
Date Of Birth	Oct 10, 1968(1968-10-10)
Age	56
Birthplace	Manchester
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Libra

Chris Ofili Biography

Chris Ofili is one of the most popular and richest Painter who was born on October 10, 1968 in Manchester, England, United Kingdom. English artist who is famous for his use of elephant dung in his art. His works often make fun of the attention to sexual and racial stereotypes.

Rudy Giuliani sued the Brooklyn Museum of Art due to their display of one of his more controversial pieces. sued the Brooklyn Museum of Art due to the display on one of his most controversial works.

Ofili was born in Manchester to May and Michael Ofili. When he was eleven, his father left the family and moved back to Nigeria. Ofili was for some years educated at St. Pius X High School for Boys, and then at Xaverian College in Victoria Park, Manchester. Ofili completed a foundation course in art at Tameside College in Ashton-under-Lyne in Greater Manchester and then studied in London, at the Chelsea School of Art from 1988 to 1991 and at the Royal College of Art from 1991 to 1993. In the autumn of 1992, he got a one-year exchange scholarship to Universität der Künste Berlin.

In 1992 he won a scholarship that allowed him to travel to Zimbabwe. Ofili studied cave paintings there, which had some effect on his style.

His birthplace was Manchester, England, but went to study abroad in Zimbabwe before moving to Trinidad.

Chris Ofili Net Worth

Chris Ofili is one of the richest Painter from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Chris Ofili 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a student at his school, the Chelsea School of Art from 1988 until 1991, and at The Royal College of Art from 1991 until 1993.

He was awarded his 1998 Turner Prize for his artistic achievements.

Christopher Ofili, CBE (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.

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Who is Chris Ofili Dating?

According to our records, Chris Ofili married to Roba El-Essawy. As of December 1, 2023, Chris Ofili’s is not dating anyone.

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One of his paintings, The Holy Virgin Mary, a depiction of the Virgin Mary, was at issue in a lawsuit between the mayor of New York City, Rudy Giuliani, and the Brooklyn Museum of Art when it was exhibited there in 1999 as a part of the “Sensation” exhibit. The painting depicted a Black Madonna surrounded by images from blaxploitation movies and close-ups of female genitalia cut from pornographic magazines, and elephant dung. These were formed into shapes reminiscent of the cherubim and seraphim commonly depicted in images of the Immaculate Conception and the Assumption of Mary. Following the scandal surrounding this painting, Bernard Goldberg ranked Ofili No. 86 in 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America. Red Grooms showed his support of the artist by purchasing one of Ofili’s paintings in 1999, even after Giuliani famously exclaimed, “There’s nothing in the First Amendment that supports horrible and disgusting projects!” The painting was owned by David Walsh and was on display at the Museum of Old and New Art in Hobart, Tasmania. Steven A. Cohen then owned it for three years and donated the painting to the Museum of Modern Art.

Facts & Trivia

Chris Ranked on the list of most popular Painter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Chris Ofili celebrates birthday on October 10 of every year.

The Upper Room is an installation of 13 paintings of rhesus macaque monkeys by Ofili in a specially designed room. It was bought by the Tate Gallery in 2005 and caused controversy as Ofili was on the board of the Tate Trustees at the time of the purchase. In 2006 the Charity Commission censured the Tate for this purchase.

Why does Chris Ofili use elephant dung?

YES, IT’S ELEPHANT POO Ofili simply wanted to bring a ubiquitous part of the African landscape back to England with him, to incorporate into his artwork. (Later, he used dung from the elephant pen at a London zoo.)

What is Chris Ofili inspired by?

Ofili was also heavily inspired by music, particularly hip hop and also jazz. He saw these types of music as celebrations of Black culture, saying: ‘I wanted to paint things that would feel like that music’. Ofili would sometimes cut out images of Black music stars from magazines and use them in his paintings.

What techniques does Chris Ofili use?

Ofili came to prominence in the early 1990s with richly orchestrated paintings combining rippling dots of paint, drifts of glitter, collaged images and elephant dung – varnished, often studded with map pins and applied to the picture surface as well as supporting the canvas – a combination of physical elevation and …

Is Chris Ofili African?

Ofili was born in 1968 into a family of Nigerian origin, although he never asserted his African roots. He left Manchester at a young age to attended the renowned Chelsea School of Art in London before completing a Masters at the prestigious Royal College of Art.

What does elephant dung symbolize?

Elephants in Africa represent power. Dung is meant to suggest fertility. African art has always incorporated dung without meaning to be offensive — there is an African mask in the Brooklyn Museum made of wood, honey, metal and dung.