Did you know?
In a 2012 Evening Standard article, Opie confessed that his shading technique was influenced by 1980s manga porn.
Country of Birth
United Kingdom
Auction Record
£159,000
Woman Posing in Underwear 1
Christie's New York
2018
Julian Opie
Populating a host of worldwide public art collections – from London’s National Portrait Gallery to New York’s MOMA via the Takamatsu City Museum in Japan – Opie’s signature characters and landscapes are instantly recognisable. A graduate of Goldsmiths and portrait painter of everyone from Blur to Sir James Dyson, Opie uses pared down black lines and strong colours to create his prints, paintings and sculptures, blending the influences of Pop Art and Minimalism into a completely unique style.
Collections
- National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
- Tate, London, UK
- Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, USA
- ICA, Boston, USA
Exhibitions
- Julian Opie, Cristea Roberts, London, UK, 2025
- Julian Opie, Lisson Gallery, New York, USA, 2019
- Julian Opie After Van Dyck, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK, 2017
- Paintings, Sculptures, Film., Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCAK), Krakow, Poland, 2014
Exhibitions
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Hang-Up Curates Vol XIII
Banksy, Bridget Riley, Damien Hirst, David Shrigley, Harland Miller, Invader, Mickalene Thomas, Nancy Fouts, Peter Doig, Raymond Pettibon, Yayoi Kusama, Julian Opie
25 Aug 2026 – 01 Oct 2026
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The Summer Salon
Andy Warhol, Banksy, Bridget Riley, David Hockney, David Shrigley, Derrick Adams, Joy Yamusangie, Mark Vessey, Patrick Hughes, Rusty, Tracey Emin, Yayoi Kusama, Julian Opie
16 Jul 2025 – 16 Sept 2025
