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Julian Opie Biography
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1978 - 1979 |
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Attended Chelsea School of Art, London, England
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1979 - 1982 |
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Attended Goldsmith’s College of Art, London, England
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1983 |
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First one-person show at the Lisson Gallery, London
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1985 |
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Exhibited at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
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1993 |
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Major retrospective of his work at the Hayward Gallery, London
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1994 |
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Wormwood Scrubs, Perimeter Wall Paintings, Commissioned by HMP Wormwood Scrubs
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1995 |
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Awarded the Sargent Fellowship at The British School in Rome
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1995 - 1996 |
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Residency at the Atelier Calder in Sache, France
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1997 |
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Imagine you are moving. Commissioned and Funded by BAA Plc as part of the BAA Ar Programme in association with the Public Art Development Trust
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2001 |
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Music Week CADS, Best Illustration for Best of Blur
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Lives and works in London, England
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2011
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Bob van Orsouw, Zürich, Switzerland (solo)
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2011
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Krobath, Berlin, Germany (solo)
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2011
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Alan Cristea Gallery, London, England (exh cat) (solo)
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2011
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Watch Me Move: The Animation Show, Barbican Art Gallery, London, England
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2011
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Rugby Collection 2011, Rugby Art Gallery and Museum, Rugby, UK
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2011
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Observadores, Museu Colleccao Berardo, Lisbon, Portugal
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2011
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Modern British Sculpture, Royal Academy, London, UK
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2011
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CAMERA VIVANT, AD Projects at Central Utah Arts Center, Ephraim, UT
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2011
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Moving Portraits, De La Warr Pavillion, Bexhill an Sea, UK
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2010 - 2011
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21st Century: Art in the first Decade, Queensland Gallery of Modern Art, Australia
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2010 - 2011
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Fast Forward: British Contemporary Art in Brazil, Brazilian British Centre Galleries, Pinheiros, Brazil
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2010 - 2011
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DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, Tate Liverpool, UK
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2010 - 2011
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Was ist schön?, Deutsches Hygiene-Museum Dresden, Germany
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2010
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Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA (solo)
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2010
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Mario Sequeira, Braga, Portugal (solo)
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2010
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IVAM, Valencia, Spain (solo)
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2010
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Galerist, Istanbul, Turkey (solo)
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2010
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Eleven, Alan Cristea Gallery, London, England
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2010
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The Rhythm of Istanbul, Akbank Sanat, Istanbul, Turkey
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2010
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Sea Fever: From Turner to Today, Southampton City Art Gallery, Southamptom, UK
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2010
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Pictures about Pictures, MUMOK, Vienna, Austria
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2010
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From Here to There: Contemporary Work from the Arts Council Collection, Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry, UK
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2010
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Realism – The Adventure of Reality, Kunsthalle Emden, Germany
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2009
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Boule to Braid, curated by Richard Wentworth, Lisson Gallery, London, England
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2009
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Citygarden, Saint Louis, MO
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2009
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Wham – Painting and Beyond, Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
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2009
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Lisson presents 2, Lisson Gallery, London, England
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2009
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Dancing in Kivik, Kivik Art Centre, Osterlen, Sweden (solo)
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2009
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Valentina Bonomo, Rome, Italy (solo)
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2009
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Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea (solo)
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2009
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Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, India (solo)
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2009
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SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
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2009
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Patrick De Brock, Knokke, Belgium (solo)
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2009
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Transparency, National Theatre, Prague, Czech Republic (group)
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2008
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Lisson Gallery, London, England (solo)
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2008
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Alan Cristea Gallery, London, England (solo)
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2008
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Krobath Wimmer, Vienna, Austria (solo)
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2008
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Art Tower Mito, Japan (solo)
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2008
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The prospect 27, Roche Court Sculpture Park, Salisbury, UK (group)
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2008
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Still / Motion", Mie Prefecture Museum, The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Japan (group)
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2008
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Recent works, MAK Vienna, Austria
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2007
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Passion for Art, Sammlung Essl, Vienna, Austria
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2007
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Group Show II, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA
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2007
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Walk on the Vltava, Museum Kampa, Prague, Czech Republic (solo)
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2007
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This is Shahnoza, Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin, Germany (solo)
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2007
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San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA (solo)
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2007
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Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA(solo)
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2007
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Julian Opie in the 90‘s, King‘s Lynn art centre, Norfolk, UK (solo)
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2006 - 2007
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SIGNS, outdoor exhibition organized by the Arts Council of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA (solo)
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2006 - 2007
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Show Time, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga, Spain
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2006
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Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai, China
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2006
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Auto Nom Kasel, Germany
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2006
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Alan Cristea Gallery, London, UK (solo)
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2004 - 2006
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Likeness: Portraits of Artists by Other Artists, touring: California College of Arts, Wattis Institute, San Francisco, CA; McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC; ICA Boston, MA; 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
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2005
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Gallery Mario Sequeira, Braga, Portugal (solo)
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2005
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La Chocolateria, Santiago de Compostela, Spain (solo)
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2005
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Scai the Bathhouse, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
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2005
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ICA, Boston, MA (solo)
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2005
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Gallery MGM, Oslo, Norway (solo)
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2005
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Gallery Valentina Bonomo, Rome, Italy (solo)
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2004
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Animals, buildings, cars and people, curated by Tom Eccles, Public Art Fund, City hall Park, New York City, USA (solo)
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2004
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Sara, Bryan & Monique, Lisson Gallery, London, UK (solo)
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2004
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Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden (solo)
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2004
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Kunsthandlung H. Krobath & B. Wimmer, Vienna, Austria (solo)
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2004
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Patrick de Brock Gallery, Knokke, Belgium (solo)
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2004
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Barbara Thumm Galerie, Berlin, Germany (solo)
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2004
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MCA Chicago, IL (solo)
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2004
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Bearings: Landscapes from the IMMA Collection, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
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2004
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The Tower Block, vertical architecture, Clifford Chance, Canary Wharf, London, UK
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2004
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Porträt ohne Antlitz, (Face without features) Kunsthalle Kiel, Germany (exh. cat.)
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2004
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Funny Cuts; cartoons and comics in contemporary art, Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, Germany
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2004
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People, Mimmo Scognamiglio, Naples, Italy
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2004
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Summer Exhibiton, Royal Academy of Art, London, UK
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2003
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Saved, 100 Years of the National Art Collections Fund, Hayward Gallery, London, UK (exh. cat.)
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2003
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Lenbachhaus Kunstbau, Munich, Germany
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2003
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Arcadia; the other life of video games, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Zealand
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2003
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Addiction, curated by Christopher Kul-Want, 15 Micamber Street, London, UK
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2003
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Bienal de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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2003
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No Art-No City - City Utopias in Contemporary Art. Städtische Galerie im Buntentor, Bremen, Germany (exh. cat.)
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2003
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Auto-nom, das Automobil in der Zeitgenössischen Kunst, NRW Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft, Düsseldorf, Germany (exh. cat.)
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2003
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Urban Codes - Coder/De' coder, espace de l'art concret, Château de Mouans, Mouans-Sartoux, France (exh. cat.)
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2003
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Trickfilm, André Buchmann Galerie, Cologne, Germany
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2003
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Robert Mc Lain Gallery, Houston, TX
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2003
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MART - Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Italy (exh. cat.)
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2003
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Galerie Bob Van Orsouw, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
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2003
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Neues Museum Nurnberg, Nuremberg, Germany (solo)
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2003
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K21 Düsseldorf, Germany (solo)
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2003
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Alan Cristea Gallery, London, UK (solo)
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2002
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Rebecca Camhi Gallery, Athens, Greece (solo)
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2002
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Mario Sequeira Gallery, Porto, Portugal (solo)
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2002
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Berlin Classics, an installation in the courtyard of the gallery in collaboration with Caroline Raspé, Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin, Germany (solo)
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2002
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Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA (solo)
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2001
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Lisson Gallery, London, UK (exh. cat./ solo)
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1983
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Lisson Gallery, London, UK (solo)
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1982
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Sculpture for a Garden, (Hounslow Sculpture II), Gunnersbury Park, London, UK
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2006
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Julian Opie - Showtime, CAC Malaga, Spain (cat.)
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2006
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Vicente Jarque: Julian Opie, o el arte de la ambigüedad, Arte y Parte, no. 47, December 2006/January 2007
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2004
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Philipp Holstein: Julian Opie, der Vorsteher von Oz, Rheinische Post, 25. November 2004
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2004
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Ingeborg Ruthe: Piktogramm statt Weibsbild, Berliner Zeitung, 01. Dezember 2004
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2004
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Uta Grundmann, Nach dem Trubel - Berliner Galerien im Herbst, Berliner Zeitung, 01. Dezember 2004
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2004
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Tom Horan, The Olympics of the art world, The Telegraph, June 2004
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2004
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Michael Glover, Colourful, simple and noisy, The Independent, March 2004
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2004
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Our selection, The Art Newspaper, March 2004
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2004
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Settlements text by Laurent Heygi, Saint Etienne, France (cat.)
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2004
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Saved; 100 years of the national art collections fund, Hayward Gallery/Art Fund
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2004
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Julian Opie, Landscapes Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm (cat.)
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2004
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Julian Opie - Bijou, Sara, Bryan and Monique Lisson Gallery (cat.)
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2004
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Julian Opie (J.O), text by Mary Horlock, Tate Gallery publication
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2003
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Julian Opie Neues Museum Nurnberg, Germany (cat.)
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2003
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Urban Codes coder/decoder Espace de l’art concrete, Mouans-Sartoux, France (cat.)
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2003
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Bijou gets undressed text by Julian Heynen, K21 Dusseldorf, Germany (cat.)
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2003
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Auto-Nom NRW forum, Dusseldorf, Germany published by Hatje Cantz
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2003
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Julian Opie/Alan Cristea ‘newspaper’ Alan Cristea Gallery, London (cat.)
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2003
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Rose Aidin, Brush with fame, Observer October 2003
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2003
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Maev Kennedy, Saved, The Guardian, October 2003
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2003
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Hannah Jones, The art of changing faces, Western Mail, April 2003
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2002
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William Jackson, “Art 33 Basel”, Galleries, August 2002
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2002
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Paul Usherwood, “B. Opened”, Art Monthly, No. 259, September 2002, p. 1-4
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2002
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From Archipov to Zittel, selected Ikon Off-site projects 2000 – 2001, texts by Deborah Kenmode and Jonathan Watkins
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2002
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Sculptura 02 International Art in Public Spaces, Falkenbreg, Sweden (cat.)
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2002
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Continuity/Departure, Tokyo Museum of Art, curator Kazuo Nakabayashi (cat.)
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2001
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Multiplication, a British Council touring exhibition of artist’s multiples, National Museum of Art, Bucharest. (cat.)
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2001
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Julian Opie, Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm (book of stamps)
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2001
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Sarah Kent, Time Out, 28 February 01
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2001
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Cat Callender, Holidays of the rich and famous, The Observer Magazine, 5 August, p. 35
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2000
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Andrew Graham Dixon, The Art of Success, Vogue, pp.179-92, London, May 2000
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2000
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Julian Opie, Abbaye Saint-André, centre d’art contemporain, Meymac, France (cat.)
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1999
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Breaking the Mould, British Art of the 1980s and 1990s, The Weltkunst Collection, London (cat.)
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1990
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Face Value, The Standard, London, 20 July
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1990
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John Russell Taylor. Taking a narrow view, The Times, 26 March
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