1968 Born in Manchester, United Kingdom
1987 - 88 Tameside College of Technology (Foundation Course)
1988 - 91 Chelsea School of Art, London (BA Fine Art)
1991 - 93 Royal College of Art

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009
“Afro Margin”, David Zwirner Gallery, New York

2007
“Devil’s Pie”, David Zwirner Gallery, New York

2006
“The Blue Rider Extended Remix”, Kestnergesellschaft, Hanover

2005
“The Upper Room”, Tate Britain, London
“The Blue Rider”, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin
“Afro Muses”, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York

2003
“Within Reach”, British Pavilion, Venice Biennale

2002
“Freedom One Day”, Victoria Miro Gallery, London

2001
“Chris Ofili Watercolours”, Gallery Side 2, Japan

2000
“Chris Ofili Drawings”, Victoria Miro Gallery, London

1999
“Afrobiotics”, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York
“Watercolours”, Le Case d’Arte, Milan

1998
“Chris Ofili”, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
“Chris Ofili”, Serpentine Gallery, London / Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton

1997
“Pimpin Ain’t Easy But It Sure Is Fun”, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin

1996
“Afrodizzia”, Victoria Miro Gallery, London

1995
“Chris Ofili”, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008
“The ICA Auction Exhibition”, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
“History in the Making: A Retrospective of the Turner Prize”, Mori Art Museum, Japan
“…same as it ever was: Painting at Chelsea 1990-2007”, The Arts Gallery, University of the Arts London

2007
“Hunky Dory”, Tatinsian Gallery, Moscow
“Draw”, Middlesborough Institute of Modern Art, Middlesbrough
“Star Power: Museum as Body Electric”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver
„True Romance. Allegorien der Liebe von der Renaissance bis heute“, Kunsthalle, Vienna; Villa Stuck, Munich;
Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
“Turner Prize Retrospective”, Tate Britain, London
“Mad Love: Young Art in Danish Private Collections”, Arken Museum for Moderne Kunst, Ishøj, Denmark
“The Fractured Figure”, The Deste Foundation, Athens
„Leerräume des Erzählens“, Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany
„Traum und Trauma - Werke aus der Sammlung Dakis Joannou, Athen“, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna

2006
“How To Improve The World: 60 Years of British Art”, Hayward Gallery, London
“Surprise Surprise”, ICA, London
“Prints Now”, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
“Infinite Painting”, Villa Manin Centro d’Arte Contemporanea, Codroipo
“The Compulsive Line: Etching 1900 to Now”, MoMA, New York

2005
“After Cezanne”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
“Revelations: Reflecting British Art in the Arts Council Collection”, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle
“Baroque and Neobaroque”, Domus Atrium 2002, Salamanca
“Drawing from the Modern: 1975 – 2005”, MoMA, New York
“Early Work”, David Zwirner, New York
“Translation”, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
“Getting Emotional”, ICA, Boston
“Contemporary Erotic Drawing”, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Connecticut
“Artists & Prints: Masterworks from the Museum of Modern Art”, MoMA, New York

2004
“Faces in the Crowd, Picturing Modern Life from Manet to Today”, Castello di Rivoli, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Turin / Whitechapel Gallery, London
“Huts”, The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
“Monument to Now, The Dakis Joannou Collection”, DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens
“Seeds & Roots: Selections from the Permanent Collection,” The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York
“Curry Expo”, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin
“Fabulism”, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska

2003
“Supernova”, SFMoMa, San Francisco
“The Dead Bird Show”, Whitechapel Project Space, London
“Happiness: A Survival Guide for Art and Life”, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
“Paradise”, National Gallery, London / Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle / City Museum and Art Gallery, Bristol

2002
“Drawing now: eight propositions”, MoMA, New York
“Cavepainting”, Santa Monica Museum of Art, CA
“One Planet Under A Groove: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art”, Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York / Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis / Spelman Museum of Fine Art, Atlanta

2001
“Form Follows Fiction”, Castello di Rivoli, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Turin
“Public Offerings”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
“Works on Paper: from Acconci to Zittel”, Victoria Miro Gallery, London
“Painting at the Edge of the World”, Walker Art Centre, Minneapolis

2000
Sydney Biennale, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia

1999
Carnegie International, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
6th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul
“Trouble Spot Painting”, NICC and MUHKA, Antwerp

1998
The Turner Prize, Tate Gallery, London
“Sensation: Young British Artists from the Saatchi Collection”, Royal Academy of Arts, London / Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin / Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York

1997
“Pictura Britannica”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney

1996
“Mothership Connection”, Stedelijk Museum Bureau, Amsterdam

1995
“Brilliant! New Art from London”, Walker Art Centre, Minneapolis