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Chris Ofili

Chris Ofili
Born
Christopher Ofili

(1968-10-10) 10 October 1968 (age 56)
Manchester, England
NationalityBritish
EducationChelsea School of Art
Royal College of Art
Known forPainting
Notable workThe Holy Virgin Mary (1996)
No Woman No Cry (1998)
The Upper Room (2002)
Awards1998 Turner Prize
Red Bird – watercolour on paper

Christopher Ofili, CBE (born 10 October 1968) is a British painter who is best known for his paintings incorporating elephant dung. He was Turner Prize-winner and one of the Young British Artists. Since 2005, Ofili has been living and working in Trinidad and Tobago, where he currently resides in the city of Port of Spain. He also has lived and worked in London and Brooklyn.[1]

Ofili has utilized resin, beads, oil paint, glitter, lumps of elephant dung and cut-outs from pornographic magazines as painting elements. His work has been classified as punk art.


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