Chris Ofili

Chris Ofili
CBE
Chris Ofili CBE
Born	Christopher Ofili; 10 October 1968 (age 55); Manchester, England
Nationality	British
Education	Chelsea School of Art ; Royal College of Art
Known for	Painting
Notable work	No Woman No Cry (1998),; The Adoration of Captain Shit and the Legend of the Black Stars (1998),; The Upper Room (2002)
Awards	1998 Turner Prize

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.

^ Calvin Tomkins (6 October 2014), "Into the Unknown: Chris Ofili returns to New York with a major retrospective", The New Yorker.

[newyorker.com-1] Calvin Tomkins (6 October 2014), "Into the Unknown: Chris Ofili returns to New York with a major retrospective", The New Yorker.

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Chris Ofili CBE
Born	Christopher Ofili (1968-10-10) 10 October 1968 (age 55) Manchester, England
Nationality	British
Education	Chelsea School of Art Royal College of Art
Known for	Painting
Notable work	No Woman No Cry (1998), The Adoration of Captain Shit and the Legend of the Black Stars (1998), The Upper Room (2002)
Awards	1998 Turner Prize