Julian Opie ( 1958 -

 Born in 1958,  London,  England  

Studies :
1979-82 Goldsmith’s College of Art, London 
Exhibitions: (info. provided by www.vgallery.co.za)
2003 Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston - solo 
2002 Galerie Barbara Thumm - solo 
Tribe Art Commission/2002 - solo 
Baltic, The Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead - solo 
Galeria Mário Sequeira, Portugal - solo 
Worcester Art Museum (until Jan 03)- solo 
Sadler’s Wells (until Feb 03)- solo 
Rebecca Camhi Gallery, Athens - solo 
Tokyo Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan - solo 
Remix, Tate Liverpool 
Shine, St Pancras Chambers, London 
2001 Museum of Modern Art, New York (prints) 
Lisson Gallery, London - solo 
Patrick de Brock Gallery, Knokke, Belgium - solo 
Ilon Gallery, Birmingham - solo 
Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm - solo 
Import, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Ireland 
2000 Import, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Ireland 
Intelligence, Tate Britain, London 
Lost, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham 
Fact & Value, Charlottenburg, Copenhagen 
Lawrence Rubin/Greenberg/Van Doren, New York 
The Self is Something Else – Art at the End of the 20th Century, Kunstsammlung 
Nordrhein–Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany 
Between Cinema and a Hard Place, Tate Modern, London 
New British Art 2000: Intelligence, Tate Britain, London 
Version 2000, Centre pour l’image contemporaine, Saint-Gervais, Geneva 
New Prints and Editions, Alan Cristea Gallery, London 
Alan Cristea Gallery, London - solo 
Lisson Gallery, London - solo 
Abbaye Saint-André, Centre d’art contemporain, Meymac, France - solo 
Junge Kunst, Wolfsburg - solo 
Scai the Balthouse, Tokyo, Japan - solo 
1999 John Islip Street wall, Tate Gallery, London - solo 
Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm - solo 
Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston - solo 
Lenbachhaus Stadtische Galerie, Munich - solo 
Lux Gallery, London (night time window projections) 
Common People. British Art Between Phenomenon and Reality, Fondazione Sandretto Rebaudengo per l’Arte, Guarene d’Alba, Itlay 
Signature Pieces, Alan Cristea Gallery, London 
Panorama 2000, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands 
1998 Then and Now, Lisson Gallery, London 
London Now, Saks Project Art, Saks Fifth Avenue, New York 
Surfacing Contemporary Drawing, ICA, London 
11th Biennial of Sydney, Australia 
Kimpo International Sculpture Symposium, Kimpo Sculpture Park, Korea 
1997 Material Culture: The Object in British Art of the 1980s and 90s, Hayward Gallery, London 
Foundations of Fame, London Institute, London 
Artists for Sarajevo, Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice 
On the Border, Dan Bernier Gallery, Santa Monica, California 
Barbara Thumm Galeri, Berlin (and 1999)- solo 
“Sculpture”, The Economist Plaza, London - solo 
Kunsthandlung H Krobath & B Wimmer, Vienna, Austria - solo 
1996 Gallery Analix B&L Polla, Geneva - solo 
Gallery Bob Van Orsouw, Zurich (and 1999)- solo 
The East Wing Exhibition, Courtauld Institute of Art, London 
Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Wien, Vienna 
1995 Drawing the Line, South Bank Centre Touring Exhibition 
British Art of the 1980s & 1990s - Works from the WeltKunst Collection, The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin 
1994 Spuren, Kunsthalle, Bern 
New Voices: British Painting, a Selection 1989-1992 (organized by the British Council) 
The Institute of Cultural Anxiety: Works from the Collection, ICA, London 
Kunstverein, Hannover, Germany - solo 
Galerie Albrecht, Munich - solo 
“Imagine You Are Walking”, Tramway, Glasgow - solo 
1993 Hayward Gallery, London - solo 
Machines for Peace, Ex-Yugoslavian Pavillion, Venice Biennale 
Serpentine Gallery, London 
IN SITE – New British Sculpture, Museet for Samtidskunst, Oslo 
1992 Like Nothing Else in Tennessee, Serpentine Gallery, London 
Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London 
1991 Objects for the Ideal Home, The Legacy of Pop Art, Serpentine Gallery, London 
Centenary Exhibition, Goldsmiths’ Gallery, London 
Kohji Ogura Gallery, Japan (with the support of the British Council)- solo 
Gallerie Luis Campana, Frankfurt - solo 
Janner Galerie, Vienna - solo 
Primo Piano, Rome (and 1999)- solo 
Galleria Franz Paludetto, Turin - solo 
Kunsthalle Berne - solo 
1990 Objectives: The New Sculpture, Newport Harbour Art Museum, California 
Biennale of Sydney, Sydney 
Real Alleogories, Lisson Gallery, London 
1989 Grenville Davey, Michael Craig-Martin, Julian Opie, Lia Rumma Gallery, Naples, Italy 
Obje objectif, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris 
British Sculpture 1960-1988, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp 
1988 Europa Oggi/Europe Now, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Prato, Italy 
Galeria Montenegro, Madrid - solo 
Paul Maenz, Cologne - solo 
British Sculpture 1960-1988, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp 
1987 British Art of the 1980s : 1987, Liljevlachs Konsthall, Stockholm (organized by the British Council) 
Documenta 8, Kassel, Germany 
1986 Correspondientie Europa, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 
Skulptur – 9 Kunstnere fra Storbrittanien, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark 
XVII Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy 
Franco Toselli Gallery, Milan - solo 
1985 Institute of Contemporary Arts, London 
The British Show, organized by Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney and the British Council 
XIIIème Biennale de Paris, Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris 
Three British Sculptors: Richard Deacon, Julian Opie and Richard Wentworth, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem 
Forty Years of Modern Art 1945-1985, Tate Gallery, London 
Julian Opie and Lisa Milroy, Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Jouy-en-Josas, France 
Metaphor and/or Symbol. A Perspective on Contemporary Art, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo 
Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne (travelled to Gröninger Museum Holland)- solo 
1984 Perspective ‘84, Internationale Kunstmesse, Basel 
Julian Opie and Lisa Milroy, Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Jouy-en-Josas, France 
Metaphor and/or Symbol. A Perspective on Contemporary Art, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo 
Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne (travelled to Gröninger Museum Holland)- solo 
1983 Charter House Square, London 
The Sculpture Show, Hayward and Serpentine Galleries, London 
8 Sculptors’ Drawings, Air Gallery, London 
Making Sculpture, Tate Gallery, London 
Lisson Gallery, London (and 1985, 86, 88, 90-91 & 96)- solo 
1982 Lisson Gallery, London 
Awards :
1995 Awarded Fellowship at The British School in Rome 
1995-96 Residency at the Atelier Calder in Sache, France 

 
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