대중적 이미지가 어우러진 조각과 회화로 잘 알려진 영국 작가 줄리안 오피 (b. 1958)는 팝아트, 미니멀리즘, 그래픽 디자인의 영역을 폭넓게 넘나들며 작가만의 독특한 스타일을 구축해왔다. 영국 현대미술 YBA를 주도한 골드 스미스 대학 출신의 작가는 예술의 전통적인 매체에서 벗어나 새로운 재료와 기법을 통해 제작된 실험적 작품들로 일찌감치 주목 받았다. 오피는 대형 광고판, 일본 목판화, 고전 초상화와 조각 등에서 얻은 아이디어를 바탕으로, 단순한 선과 형태, 정교한 색채로 구현된 작가 특유의 미니멀한 풍경화와 초상화를 만든다. 특히 비닐 페인팅,  LED 패널 등 혁신적 재료를 회화에 도입시킴으로써, 기존 작품들에서는 볼 수 없었던 시각적 경험을 유도하는 팝 이미지를 창조한다. 또한 일상적 도시 풍경들과 주변 사람들의 특징적인 모습을 주로 나타내는데, 굉장히 단순하지만 강렬한 인상을 주는 화면 구성은 누구나 쉽게 소통할 수 있는 시각적 특별함을 선사할 뿐만 아니라 동시대 작품에 새로운 비전을 제시한다. 

Best known for his highly stylized sculptures and paintings, British artist Julian Opie (b. 1958) has established a distinctive visual language, conjoining interdisciplinary genres including Pop Art, Minimalism, and Graphic design. Opie first drew attention while studying at the Goldsmiths at the University of London, with his experimental practices, which explore new techniques and materials while denying the traditional segregation of artistic training. Drawing inspiration from billboards signs, Japanese woodblock prints, classical portraits and sculptures, Opie creates unique, minimal landscapes and human figures of daily life in simple lines, shapes, and sophisticated color palette. He presents an unusual pictorial surface that highlights a new visual experience by applying innovative materials such as vinyl paintings and LED panels into his works. This arrangement displays the exceptional visual impact that anyone can easily understand, allowing a new vision of figurative works.

Born 1958 in London, UK

Lives and works in London, UK

Education 

1979-82. Goldsmith’s School of Art, London, UK

Selected Solo Shows 

2020

Berardo Museum, Lisbon, Portugal

2019              

Galerie Krobath, Vienna, Austria

Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

Lehmbruck Museum, Duisberg, Germany

Gerhardsen Gerner, Oslo, Norway

Lisson Gallery, New York, USA

2018             

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Austrailia

Krakow Witkin Gallery, Boston, USA

Alan Cristea Gallery, London, UK

F1963, Busan, South Korea

2017             

Julian Opie After Van Dyck, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK

Julian Opie, Suwon I-park Museum of Art, Suwon, South Korea

Bund Financial Centre, Fosun Foundation, Shanghai, China

Centro Cultural Bancaja, Valencia, Spain

Selected Group Shows

2019

Romantics, St Barbe Museum, Lymington, UK

Life is a Highway: American Car Culture, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, USA

Nature In Art, MOCAK, Krakow, Poland

Now is The Time – 2019, Wuzhen International Contemporary Art Exhibition, Zhejiang Province, China

Our Collections!, Tottori Prefectural Museum, Tottori City, Japan

Ding / Unding. The Artist’s Book Unbound, Graphische Sammlung ETH, Zurich

2018

On Form, Peterborough Museum and City Gallery, Peterborough, UK

Heads Roll, Graves Gallery, Sheffield, UK

2017

Right Here, Right Now: 21st Century Art, Grosvenor Museum, Chester, UK

The Show Must Go On, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland

“(X) A Fantasy, David Roberts Art Foundation, London, UK

Das Auto In Der Kunst, Kunsthalle Emden, Emden, Germany

This Is Not The Reality. What Kind Of Reality?”, 57th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, San Clemete Island, Venice, Italy

Deep Cuts: Contemporary Paper Cutting, Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH, USA

2016

L’arte difference: Works from the MOCAK Collection in Rome, MAXXI, Rome, Italy

Manifesta 11, Zurich, Switzerland

Boys’ Toys and Girls’ Pearls, Galerie Bob Van Orsouw, Zurich, Switzerland

Selected Public Collections

Aberdeen Art Gallery, Scotland, UK              

Arts Council of Great Britain, London, UK

Banque Bruxelles Lambert, Bruxelles    

Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, USA

Contemporary Art Society, London, UK 

Daimler Chrysler, Berlin, Germany    

Dresdner Bank, Berlin, Germany    

Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt, Germany

Essl Collection, Vienna, Austria

Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, France

Fundacion Caja de Pensiones, Madrid, Spain

Gjensidige, Oslo, Norway

ICA, Boston, USA

Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM), Spain

Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz, Austria

Kunsthaus Zurich, Switzerland

Lenbachhaus Städtische Galerie, Munich, Germany

Maison Europeene de la photographie Paris, France

Museet for Samtidskunst, Oslo, Norway

Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Prato, Italy

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA

Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), New York, USA

Neues Museum, Nuremberg, Germany

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia

National Portrait Gallery, London, UK

Queensland Art Gallery, Australia 

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, USA

Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands

The British Council, London, UK

The British Museum, London, UK 

The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel

The Museum of Contemporary Art of Leon (MUSAC), Spain

The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan

Tate Britain, London, UK

Tate Liverpool, UK