BIOGRAPHY

Julian Opie

Born in 1958, London, UK
Lives and works in London, UK


Education

1982      Goldsmiths School of Art, London, UK


Selected Solo Exhibitions

2022
Julian Opie, Galerie Krobath,Vienna, Austria

2021
Julian Opie: Collected Works/Works Collected, Newlands House Gallery, Petworth, UK 
Gerhardsen Gerner, Oslo, Norway 
Kukje Gallery, Seoul, South Korea 
Cristea Roberts Gallery, London, UK 
Recent Works, Patrick De Brock, Knokke, Belgium
Flocking Paintings, Patrick De Brock, Knokke, Belgium
Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery, London, UK
La Nau Cultural Centre, Valencia, Spain

2020               
Lisson Gallery, Shanghai, China
Galeria Duarte, Sequeira, Braga, Portugal
Berardo Museum, Lisbon, Portugal

2019                         
Galerie Krobath, Vienna, Austria
Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Lehmbruck Museum, Duisberg, Germany
Gerhardsen Gerner, Oslo, Norway
Lisson Gallery, New York, US

2018                                    
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Krakow Witkin Gallery, Boston, US
Alan Cristea Gallery, London, UK
F1963, Busan, Korea

2017                         
Julian Opie After Van Dyck, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
Suwon Ipark Museum of Art, Suwon, Korea
Bund Financial Centre , Fosun Foundation, Shanghai, China
Centro Cultural Bancaja, Valencia, Spain

2016               
Gerhardsen Gerner, Berlin, Germany
Krobath Galerie, Vienna, Austria 
Maho Kubota Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2015               
ARCO, Madrid, Spain 
Mario Sequeira, Braga, Portugal
Recent Works, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Alan Cristea Gallery, London, UK 
Gerhardsen Gerner, Oslo, Norway

2014          
SCAI The Bathhouse, Tokyo, Japan
Ikon Icon 2000s, Ikon, Birmingham, UK
MoCAK (Museum of Contemporary Art Krakow), Krakow, Poland
Julian Opie Collected Works, Holburne Museum, Bath and Bowes Museum, Durham, UK
Gerhardsen Gerner, Berlin, Germany
Krobath Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Channing School for Girls, ARK Gallery, London, UK
Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea 
Winter and other Seasons: Landscapes by Julian Opie, British Council, London, UK

2013                       
Barbara Krakow, Boston, US
Valentina Bonomo, Rome, Italy
Krobath Gallery, Vienna, Austria
Patrick de Brock, Knokke, Belgium
Alan Cristea Gallery, London, UK
Gerhardsen Gerner, Oslo, Norway

2012    
Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, India
Lisson Gallery, London, UK

2011    
Lisson Gallery, Milan, Italy
National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
Krobath, Berlin, Germany
Alan Cristea Gallery, London, UK
Bob van Orsouw, Zürich, Switzerland

2010    
Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, US
Mario Sequeira, Braga, Portugal
IVAM, Valencia, Spain
Galerist, Istanbul, Turkey

2009   
Valentina Bonomo, Rome, Italy
Dancing in Kivik, Kivik Art Centre, Osterlen, Sweden
Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, India
SCAI the Bathhouse, Tokyo, Japan
Patrick de Brock, Knokke, Belgium

2008    
MAK, Vienna, Austria
Lisson Gallery, London, UK
Alan Cristea Gallery, London, UK
Krobath Wimmer, Vienna, Austria
Art Tower Mito, Japan

2007   
Barbara Thumm, Berlin, Germany
Museum Kampa, Prag, Czech Republic
Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, US
King’s Lynn art centre, Norfolk, UK

2006    
CAC Malaga, Spain
Bob van Orsouw, Zürich, Switzerland
Alan Cristea Gallery, London, UK

2005    
Mario Sequeira, Braga, Portugal
La Chocolateria, Santiago de Compostela, Spain                
SCAI the Bathhouse, Tokyo, Japan
MGM Oslo, Norway
Valentina Bonomo, Rome, Italy

2004 - 2005                 
Public Art Fund, City hall Park, New York, US

2004   
Lisson Gallery, London, UK
Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
Kunsthandlung H. Krobath & B. Wimmer, Vienna, Austria
Patrick de Brock Gallery, Knokke, Belgium
Barbara Thumm Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Krobath Wimmer, Wien, Austria

2003               
Neues Museum, Staatliches Museum für Kunst und Design in Nürnberg, Germany
K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
Alan Cristea Gallery, London, UK
Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zürich, Switzerland

2002
Rebecca Gallery, Athens, Greece
Mario Sequeira Gallery, Braga, Portugal
Barbara Thumm, Berlin, Germany
Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, US
Atelier Augarten, Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria

2001    
Lisson Gallery, London, UK
Patrick de Brock Gallery, Knokke, Belgium
Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK
Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden

2000    
Abbaye Saint-André, centre d’art contemporain, Meymac, France
Junge Kunst, Wolfsburg, Germany
Alan Cristea Gallery, London, UK
SCAI the Bathhouse, Tokyo, Japan


Selected Group Exhibitions

2022
Let's Meet At The Station, PLATEFORME 10, Lausanne, Switzerland 
London Calling: British Contemporary Art Now. From David Hockney to Idris Khan, Palazzo Cipolla, Rome, Italy

2021
Urban Adventure Spatial Art Exhibition, Junction of Sichuan North Road/Wujin Road, Shanghai, China
Sculpture at Firstsite, Firstsite, Colchester, UK
We Change The World, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia 
Un goût de vacances, des saveurs d’été, CAC Meymac, France 
POP Power from Warhol to Koons: Masterworks from the Collection of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family
Foundation, 
Figge Art Museum, Davenport, US
Trauma : Shooting the Pulitzer + 15 minutes, Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, Korea 

2020
NGV Triennale 2020, National Gallery Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Jing’an International Sculpture Project, Jing’an District, Shanghai, China
Sculpture Milwaukee, Milwaukee, US

2019    
Romantics, St Barbe Museum, Lymington, UK
Selfies: Artists Self Portraits, 108 Fine Art, Harrogate, UK (Touring)
Ding / Unding. The Artist’s Book Unbound, Graphische Sammlung ETH, Zurich, Switzerland
Our Collections!, Tottori Prefectural Museum, Tottori City, Japan
Life is a Highway: American Car Culture, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, US
Nature In Art, MOCAK, Krakow, Poland
Now is The Time – 2019, Wuzhen International Contemporary Art Exhibition, Zhejiang Province, China

2018    
On Form, Peterborough Museum and City Gallery, Peterborough, UK
Heads Roll, Graves Gallery, Sheffield, UK

2017    
Right Here, Right Now: 21st Century Art, Grosvenor Museum, Chester, UK
Everything At Once, Lisson Gallery in partnership with The Vinyl Factory 180 The Strand, London, UK
The Show Must Go On, Kunstmueum Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Art in Hospitals, Museum of Art in Public Spaces, Køge, Denmark
(X) A Fantasy, David Roberts Art Foundation, London, UK
Das Auto In Der Kunst, Kunsthalle Emden, Emden, Germany
Synthetic Landscapes, Weston Park, Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery, Shrewsbury, UK
This Is Not The Reality. What Kind Of Reality?, 57th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
I Want! I Want!: Art & Technology, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK
Drawing Biennale 2017, Drawing Room, London, UK
Deep Cuts: Contemporary Paper Cutting, Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, US
A Certain Kind of Light, Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, UK

2016   
L’arte difference: Works from the MOCAK Collection in Rome, MAXXI, Rome, Italy
Manifesta 11, Zurich, Switzerland
Five / Fifty / Five Hundred, Lisson Gallery, Milan, Italy
Boys’ Toys and Girls’ Pearls, Galerie Bob Van Orsouw, Zurich, Switzerland
New Past: Contemporary Art from Britain, Art Gallery of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
First Light: A Decade of Collecting at the ICA, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, US
On Surface: Surface as Carrier of Meaning in 21st Century Art, Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany
Undressed: A Brief History of Underwear, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
Line, Lisson Gallery, London, UK

2015         
MODEL, Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic                                
Self: Image and Identity, Turner Contemporary, Margate, UK 
Face to Face, Galerie Bob Van Orsouw, Zurich, Switzerland
Faces: Between figures, portraits and masks, Neus Museum, Nuremburg, Germany
Beauty Myth: Facets of beauty in nature, art and society" Upper Austrian Landesmuseum, Linz, Austria
The Violet Crab at DRAF, David Roberts Art Foundation, London, UK
Making it: Sculpture in Britain 1977 - 1986, Longside Gallery, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Yorkshire, UK 
Vita Vitale Azerbaijan Pavilion, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Dimensions Variable Pavilion d'Arsenale, Paris, France

2014         
Genius Loci: A Spirit of Place, Palazzo Cavalli Franchetti, Venice, Italy
Post Pop: East meets West, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
Secret Passions, Le Tripostal, Lille, France
Aspects of the Self: Portraits of Our Times, Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech, Virginia, US
Celebrating 30 years in Stockholm, Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden

2013   
Nostalgic for the Future, Lisson Gallery, London, UK
Kilomètres-heure, Utopies automobiles et ferroviaires (1913-2013), The Musée du Château des Ducs de Wurtemberg, Montbéliard and the Musées de Belfort,  Belfort, France (touring)
Thirteen, Alan Cristea Gallery, London, UK
Power | Delusion | Vision, Germany (touring)
Summer Show 2013, Royal Academy, London, UK
Sitting, Going, Standing, (F)lying, Kunstverein (KISS), Germany
Stranger, Flowers Gallery, London, UK
Double Illums Bolighus, Copenhagen, Denmark
Morality: Imagination and Death, Holden Gallery, Manchester, UK
In Cloud Country: Abstracting from Nature - From John Constable to Rachel Whiteread, Harewood House, Yorkshire, UK
The Collection, Salon de H, Seoul, Korea
Walk on – From Richard Long to Janet Cardiff, Forty years of art walking, Pitzhanger Manor Gallery, London and Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland, UK (touring)
Re-viewing the Landscape, Compton Verney, Warwickshire, UK (touring)
Looking at the view, Tate Britain, London, UK
Keywords – a vocabulary of culture and society, Iniva (Institute of International Visual Arts), London and Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
Force of Nature: Picturing Ruskin’s Landscape, Millennium Gallery, Sheffield, UK

2012               
Text & Human, Ung-no Lee Museum, Daejeon, Korea
Sculptor’s Drawings & Works on Paper, Pangolin, London, UK
Past and Present of British Contemporary Art _ Patrick Caulfield & Julian Opie, Ilju & Seonhwa Foundation, Seoul, Korea
The Gallery Collection, Bob van Orsouw, Zurich, Switzerland
Der Blick, das Wort, die Geste (The look, the word, the gesture – works from the Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein Collection), RLB Kunstbrücke Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
Schau mir in die Augen... (Look me in the eyes), Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Liechtenstein
Spotlights-Video.Art, Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg, Austria

2011    
Small is beautiful XXIX, Flowers Gallery, London, UK
Julian Opie – Eadweard Muybridge, Trepanier Baer Gallery, Calgary, Canada
The Art of Deceleration, Kunstmuseum, Wolfsburg, Germany (touring)
Small, Medium, Large, Donjon, De Vez, Vez, France
Highrise: Idea and Reality, Museum fur Gestaltung, Zurich, Switzerland
Art & Stars & Cars, Mercedes-Benz, Stuttgart, Germany
The Digital Eye: Photographic Art in the Electrnic Age, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, US
Observadores, Museu Colleccao Berardo, Lisbon, Portugal
Journey of a Dress: Diane von Furstenburg, The Pace Gallery, Beijing, China
Watch Me Move: The Animation Show, Barbican Art Gallery, London, UK
Modern British Sculpture, Royal Academy, London, UK
Moving Portraits, De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill on Sea, UK
Rugby Collection 2011, Rugby Art Gallery and Museum, Rugby, UK

2010               
Eleven, Alan Cristea Gallery, London, UK
What is Beautiful, Deutches Hygiene-Museum Dresden, Germany
Fast Forward: British Contemporary Art in Brazil, Brazilian British Centre Galleries, Brazil
The Rhythm of Istanbul, Akbank Sanat, Istanbul, Turkey
Sea Fever: From Turner to Today, Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton, UK
Pictures about Pictures, MUMOK, Vienna, Austria
From Here to There: Contemporary Work from the Arts Council Collection, Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry, UK
Realism – The Adventure of Reality, Kunsthalle Emden, Emden, Germany

2009               
Boule to Braid, curated by Richard Wentworth, Lisson Gallery, London, UK
Citygarden, Saint Louis, US
Wham – Painting and Beyond, Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Fields Sculpture Park, Ghent, New York, US
DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, Tate, Liverpool, UK
Lisson presents 2, Lisson Gallery, London, UK
Transparency, National Theatre, Prague, Czech Republic
Musac; Huesped: Coleccion MUSAC en el MNBA, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y León, León, Spain
Mi Vida. From Heaven to Hell, Mücsarnok, Budapest, Hungary

2008              
Shaping a Space II, Mario Sequeira, Braga, Portugal
Lo and Behold, Patrick de Brock, Knokke, Belgium
The prospect 27, Roche Court Sculpture Park, Salisbury, UK
Regard_ Camera, Le Centre d’art contemporain de la ferme du buisson, Noisiel, France
Outlines, Gimpel Fils, London, UK 
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, Tokyo, Japan
Still / Motion, Mie Prefecture Museum, Osaka, Japan
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan

2007              
The Secret Public: The Last Days of the British Underground 1978 – 1988, ICA, London, UK
Passion for Art: 35th Anniversary of the Essl Collection, Essl Museum, Vienna, Austria
Existencias, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla Y León, León, Spain
Sculpture Grande, Prague, Czech Republic
Sign Language, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, US
Animated Painting, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, US
Group Show II, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, US

2006-2007       
The Wonderful Fund: Art for the new millennium 2000 – 2005, Pallent House Gallery, Chichester, UK         
Eye on Europe: Prints, books & Multiples, 1960 to Now, Museum of Modern Art, New York, US

2006               
Face to Face (Portraits from Reynolds to Opie), Sherborne House, Sherborne, UK
Summer group show, Barbara Krakow gallery, Boston, US
Wallworks, part of Swing Space: Contemporary art in unexpected places, Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO),  Toronto, Canada
Switched On, Alan Cristea, London, UK
Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai, China
Auto Nom, Kassel, Germany

2005               
Long Playing: Record Covers by Artists, Barbara Krakow gallery, Boston, US

2004-2006                 
Likeness: Portraits of Artists by Other Artists, touring: California College of Arts, Wattis Institute, San Francisco; McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte; ICA Boston, Boston; 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               
Making Faces, A National Gallery Touring Exhibition, Bristol, UK
Museums & Art Gallery and the Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle, UK
Settlements, Musée d’Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne, France
Bearings: Landscapes from the IMMA Collection, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
The Tower Block, vertical architecture, Clifford Chance, Canary Wharf, London, UK
Porträt ohne Antlitz, Kunsthalle Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Funny Cuts; cartoons and comics in contemporary art, Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, Germany
People, Mimmo Scognamiglio, Naples, Italy
Summer Exhibiton, Royal Academy of Art, London, UK

2003 
Saved, 100 Years of the National Art Collections Fund, Hayward Gallery, London, UK
Lenbachhaus Kunstbau, Munich, Germany
Arcadia; the other life of video games, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Addiction, 15 Micawber Street, London, UK
Bienal de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
No Art-No City – City Utopias in Contemporary Art, Städtische Galerie im Buntentor, Bremen, Germany
Auto-nom, das Automobil in der Zeitgenössischen Kunst, NRW Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft, Düsseldorf, Germany
Urban Codes – Coder/Décoder, espace de l’art concret, Château de Mouans, Mouans-Sartoux, France
Trickfilm, André Buchmann Galerie, Cologne, Germany
Robert Mc Lain Gallery, Houston, US
MART – Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento Rovereto, Trento, Italy

2002-2003                 
Trespassing: Houses x Artists, Bellevue Art Museum, Seattle, US
MAK Centre for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles, US and MAK Vienna, Austria
Total Überzogen, Edith-Russ-Haus für Medienkunst, Oldenburg, Germany

2002              
Frenetic Interference, Memory/Cage editions art publishers, New Museum Store, New York, Window on Broadway by Julian Opie, US
Bigger Splash, The Whitechapel Art Gallery at London Art Fair, London, UK
Sculptura 02, International Art in Public Spaces, Falkenberg, Sweden
Remix, Contemporary Art and Pop, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
Out of Place, Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery, Bury St Edmunds, UK
Shine, the Lowry, The National Landmark Millennium Project for the Arts, Salford Quays, Salford, UK
Babel 2002: Race-Face, Languege-Dialogue, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
New Acquisitions, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Scotland
Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, US
Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK
Shine, Saint Pancras Chambers, London, UK
The Galleries Show, Royal Academy, London, UK
Projects YAL77, billboards for the Museum of Modern Art, New York, US
Continuity/Transgression, Tokyo Museum of Art, Tokyo; National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan

2001-2002                
Landscape, 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, Bruxelles, Begium
In Fumo: Art, Comics, Communication, Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Bergamo, Italy
Import, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
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
Tate Modern permanent collection, UK

2001   
/arts, BBC websites, the Lux, London, UK
Art > Music, Rock Pop Techno, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
Sculpture in the Close, Jesus College, Cambridge, UK
Cause & Effect, Organised by the British Council (touring in Poland, Hamburg, and Cuba)
Milano Europa 2000, PAC e Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy

2000               
Contemporary Performance Arts, Inc., Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, US
Lawrence Rubin / Greenberg / Van Doren, New York, US
A Salon for the 21st Century, John Weber Gallery, New York, US
Lost, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK
Videoprogramm, Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin, Germany (Travelled)
Drive, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
The Self is Something Else - Art at the end of the 20th Century, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
Hausschau – Das Haus in der Kunst, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany
Outdoor project for Volkswagen\Stadt Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
Sitooteries, Belsay Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
Between Cinema and a Hard Place, Tate Modern, London, UK
Parklight, Clissold Park, London, UK
Fact & Value, Charlottenburg, Copenhagen, Denmark
Intelligence: New British Art 2000, Tate Britain, London, UK
Face à face, Kunstpanorama Luzern, Switzerland
Pict, Walter Phillips Gallery Banff Center for the Arts, Banff, Canada
Give and Take, Jerwood Gallery, London, UK
Version 2000, Centre pour l’image contemporaine, Saint-Gervais, Genève, Switzerland
Wanted!, International Video Program, Bunkier Sztuki, Krakow, Poland
Drawings & Photographs: Schöpfung, Freising Diözesanmuseum, Munich, Germany


Selected Projects

2020    
“Paul and Padmini running”, Magdalen College School, Oxford, UK
“Parade” and “Running 3”, Pacific Place, Hong Kong

2019    
"Elena", Vogue Korea, Seoul, Korea
"Walking in Shanghai", Fosun Foundation, Shanghai, China
“Hospital Rooms”, Jasmine Lodge, Exeter, UK
“Crowd 4.”, Eden Project, Cornwall, UK

2018    
“Walking and jogging 1.” and “Walking in Samseong-dong.”, Hyundai Department Store, Trade Centre, Seoul, Korea
“Teresa.”, Parque De Exposições de Braga, Braga, Portugal
"Beach walkers.", Hamilton Princess Hotel, Bermuda
"Tina.", Tokoyo Inn, Narita Airport, Tokyo, Japan
Hospital Rooms, Eileen Skellern 1, Maudsley Hospital, London, UK

2017
"Soldier and Solicitor", Seoho Development Busan, Korea

2016
Lumiere London, Carnaby, London, UK
"Walking in Taipei", Taipei, Taiwan
"Walking in Hong Kong", Tower 535, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
CitizenM hotel, Tower Bridge, London, UK

2015
"Walking in the city." Arndt & Medernach, Luxembourg
"Banker, Nurse, Detective, Lawyer." City of Takamatsu, Takamatsu, Japan

2014
UNIQLO T-shirt project, UNIQLO, Japan and MoMA, New York, US
Fine Art Sail, Cowes Week, UK
Arte Coni 100, Olympic banner project, Rome, Italy
Glyndebourne Festival 2014 programme cover, Glyndebourne, UK
CitizenM hotel, Times Square, New York, US
CitizenM hotel, Paris, France
PKZ Fieldpausch dept. store, Zurich, Switzerland
"INFRA", Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russia
Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, UK

2013
Arlanda Airport, Stockholm, Sweden
Canary Wharf, London, UK
La Jolla Murals, San Diego, US
The Thief Hotel, Oslo, Norway
K&L Gates, Portland, US
"INFRA", Royal Ballet of Flanders, Antwerp, Belgium
The London Boat Show 2013

2012
Tate Exquisite Forest online
Festival O! Gwangju Madia Art 2012, Gwangju, Korea
National Academy, New York, US
Great St Helen’s: Sculpture Space, London, UK
"Promenade" Calgary, Canada
ArtFund app, UK
Lindo Wing: St Mary’s Hospital, London, UK
Hermes "Art Window 6", Sydney, Australia
Universita Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milan, Italy

2011               
Japanese Galleries, British Museum, London, UK

2010
Shanghai Expo, China     
Regent’s Place, London, UK

2009
Centre D'Art Contemporain Meymac, France
Yongin University, Seoul, Korea
Morgan Stanley Building, Seoul, Korea
Olympic Stamp, Royal Mail
The Fields Sculpture Park, Ghent, US
Bank Santander, Madrid, Spain
"INFRA", Royal Opera House, London, UK

2008
"Walking on O'Connell Street", Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, Dublin, Ireland
"Deloitte Ignite" Royal Opera House, London, UK

2007
River Vltava, Prague, Czech Republic
Phoenix, Arizona, US

2006
Rogers Building, Toronto, Canada
Mori Building, Omotesando Hills, Japan
Aldrich Museum of Art, Connecticut, US
Arts Council of Indianapolis, US

2005-2006        
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, US

2005
Museum Nasional Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia

2004
MCA Chicago, Chicago, US

2003
Selfridges, Manchester, UK          
Barts & the London Hospital, London, UK
Bergne Visual Arts at Sadler’s Wells, London, UK
"Formula 1 Racing", Milan Railway Station, Italy

2002    
WWK Munich, portrait commission, Munich, Germany
"The Wall at WAM", Museum's Renaissance Court, Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts, US
"Blast to Freeze", British Art in the 20th Century, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany (exh cat)
"Tribe Art Commission, Honda Formula One Team, Boiler House, Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London, UK
"Conduire. Auteur: Julian Opie", 6 Gloria, Marseille, France
Sculptures for Dentsu Building, Tokyo, Japan
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, wallpaper and window works. Chicago, US

2000    
St Etienne: CD and album covers + poster campaign
"The Art of Barbie", charity event organised by Elton John
Cruise ship on Lake Constance, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz, Austria
Blur: record and album covers + campaign
"I remember her" multiple for "Art of this Century" New York, US

1999
John Islip Street wall, Tate Gallery, London, UK
The Lux Centre, night time window projections, London, UK

1998
Houses X Artist ongoing project. OpenOffice, New York, US
Collection Box, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
Heathrow Airport terminal 1.
Save the Children Colouring Book
Other Rooms, Other Voices", audio works by artists - played on Swiss Radio Station (cat)

1994
Tate Gallery Christmas Tree, Tate Gallery, London, UK
Wormwood Scrubs, London, UK
"5 batiments de banlieue", Annonciades, Bordeaux, France


Selected Public and Private Collections

Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen, Scotland
Arts Council of Great Britain, London, UK
Banque Bruxelles Lambert, Brussels, Belgium         
Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, US
Collection Essl, Vienna, Austria
Contemporary Art Society, London, UK
Dentsu Building, Tokyo, Japan
Daimler Chrysler, Dresdner Bank, Berlin, Germany   
Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt, Germany
Daros Collection, Zurich, Switzerland        
Dublin City Gallery Hugh Lane, Dublin, Ireland
Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo, Finland
Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, France
Fundacion Caja de Pensiones, Madrid, Spain
Gana Art Centre, Seoul, Korea
Gjensidige, Oslo, Norway
ICA, Boston, US
Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM), Valencià,  Spain
Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz, Austria
Kunsthaus Zurich, Switzerland
Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University, US
Lenbachhaus Städtische Galerie, Munich, Germany
Maison Europeene de la photographie Paris, France
MUSAC, Leson, Spain
Museet for Samtidskunst, Oslo, Norway
Museo d'Arte Contemporanea LUIGI PECCI, Prato, Italy
Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCAK), Krakow, Poland
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, US
Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), New York, US
Neue Galerie – Sammlung Ludwig, Aachen, Germany          
Neues Museum, Nuremberg, Germany
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, US
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The British Council, London, UK
The British Museum, London, UK
The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal
The Government Art Collection, London, UK
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan
Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Takamatsu, Japan
The Tate Gallery, London, UK
The Tate, Liverpool, UK
The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
Wadsworth Athenaeum, Hartford, US



EXHIBITIONS

Julian Opie
Oct 7, 2021 - Nov 28, 2021

Julian Opie
Feb 13, 2014 - Mar 23, 2014

Julian Opie
Apr 29, 2009 - Jun 14, 2009

ARTWORKS

Vera, dancer. 3
2007
Aluminium, paint and vinyl
Large
187 x 232 x 21 cm

Ika in a red dress.
2009
Computer film -52" LCD screen - PC
Ed. 3/4
125.5 x 75 x 12.5 cm

Eric and Sarah. 5.
2010
Vinyl on wooden stretcher
Large
249.6 x 156.6 cm

Aniela 1.
2011
Vinyl on wooden stretcher
Large
192 x 119.6 cm
OPIE-2011-2397/4640

Verity walking in dress. 2
2011
Continuous computer animation,media player and 55" LCD
Ed. 1/4
128 x 75 x 7.3 cm

Kris and Verity walking
2010
Continuous computer animation, computer and 55”LCD screen
Ed 4/4
128 x 75 x 7.3 cm

Jeremy walking in coat. 4.
2010
Silkscreen on painted wooden board
Medium
100 x 56.3 cm

Maria 3.
2011
Inkjet on canvas on wooden stretcher
192 x 119.6 cm
Large

Walking in Sinsa-dong 1.
2014
Vinyl on wooden stretcher
220 x 233.6 cm

Walking in Sinsa-dong 2.
2014
Vinyl on wooden stretcher
220 x 233.6 cm

Walking in Sinsa-dong 3.
2014
Vinyl on wooden stretcher
220 x 233.6 cm

Woman wearing black tights with her hands in her
pockets and her jacket hung from her shoulder bag.
2013
Vinyl on wooden stretcher
213.8 x 92.7 cm

Man with dark glasses carrying a young boy with a Gap t-shirt.
2013
Vinyl on wooden stretcher
219.5 x 101.2 cm

Man wearing dark glasses, texting with his jacket over his arm.
2013
Vinyl on wooden stretcher
212.4 x 104 cm

Man holding a camera with his jacket over his arm.
2013
Vinyl on wooden stretcher
220 x 99.4 cm

Man with a beard and dark glasses holding a water bottle.
2013
Vinyl on wooden stretcher
216.1 x 94.2 cm

Woman with dark glasses on top of her head, wearing a watch and carrying a camera.
2013
Vinyl on wooden stretcher
211.6 x 88.8 cm

Woman texting in a flowery top wearing dark glasses
with her jacket hung over her shoulder bag.
2013
Vinyl on wooden stretcher
213.3 x 87.8 cm

Lily, eyes straight, head right, slight smile.
2013
Inkjet on canvas on wooden stretcher
216.6 x 141 cm

Finn, eyes straight, head straight, smile.
2013
Inkjet on canvas on wooden stretcher
199.3 x 141 cm

People 1
2014
LED
168 x 168 x 12 cm

People 3
2014
LED
168 x 168 x 12 cm

People 4
2014
LED
364 x 28 x 15 cm

People 2
2014
LED
364 x 28 x 15 cm

Academic.
2013
LED monolith
112 x 224 x 30 cm

Waitress.
2013
LED monolith
112 x 224 x 30cm

2018
Vinyl on wooden stretcher
250 x 284.2 cm

2019
Continuous computer animation on 55” LCD screen
128 x 75 x 7.3 cm
Ed.3/4


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