Chris Ofili

UK / Trinidad, b. 1968

Ofili brings mythology, spirituality and African and Caribbean influences into richly layered paintings. Colour and narrative create a distinctive atmosphere, moving between the intimate and the otherworldly, with details that reveal themselves gradually. A Turner Prize winner, he is the subject of Laure. Chris Ofili & Édouard Manet at the Pinacoteca Agnelli, Turin, through April 2027. His market standing is supported by the $4.5 million auction record established by The Holy Virgin Mary at Christie’s in 2015.

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Past Times: Narcissus and the silent stingray in the sky by Chris Ofili — 01
Past Times: Narcissus and the silent stingray in the sky, 2016–2026
Oil and charcoal on linen
310 × 199.5 cm

Juicings by Chris Ofili — 02
Juicings, 2018
Oil and charcoal on linen
310.5 × 200 cm

The Judgement of Paris – Self by Chris Ofili — 03
The Judgement of Paris – Self, 2022–2023
Oil and charcoal on linen
158.1 × 97.2 cm

Vision by Chris Ofili — 04
Vision, 2025
Oil and charcoal on linen
158.4 × 97.5 cm

Othello (Shroud) by Chris Ofili — 05
Othello (Shroud), 2023–2024
Oil and charcoal on linen in artist frame of carved and charred American black walnut, iron nails and screenprint on bamboo silk
56 × 46.5 × 5 cm

Calypso (green) 1 by Chris Ofili — 06
Calypso (green) 1, 2019
Watercolour, oil pastel, gold leaf and charcoal on paper
26 × 39.4 cm

Night Kiss 5 by Chris Ofili — 07
Night Kiss 5, 2019
Watercolour, pastel, gold leaf and charcoal on paper
26 × 39.4 cm

Calypso 11 by Chris Ofili — 08
Calypso 11, 2018
Gold leaf, watercolour and charcoal on paper
39.8 × 25.6 cm

Embah 3 by Chris Ofili — 09
Embah 3, 2018
Gold leaf, watercolour, watercolour pencil and charcoal on paper
39.5 × 26 cm

Calypso 12 by Chris Ofili — 10
Calypso 12, 2018
Gold leaf, watercolour and charcoal on paper
39.5 × 26.5 cm

Embah 4 by Chris Ofili — 11
Embah 4, 2018
Gold leaf, watercolour, watercolour pencil and charcoal on paper
40 × 25.8 cm