Ofili won the prize and it was the first time in twelve years that a painter had done so ; it was presented by French fashion designer agnès b. Ofili joked, " Oh man.

In 1998, Ofili won the Turner Prize, and in 2003 was selected to represent Britain at the Venice Biennale of that year, where his work for the British Pavilion was done in collaboration with the architect David Adjaye.

It was bought by the Tate Gallery in 2005 and caused controversy as Ofili was on the board of the Tate Trustees at the time of the purchase.

Taylor-Wood was nominated for the annual Turner Prize in 1998, but lost out to the painter Chris Ofili.

In 2005 the Fund was caught up in the controversy surrounding the purchase by the Tate gallery of The Upper Room by Chris Ofili.

In 2005, Fraser Kee Scott, owner of A Gallery, demonstrated with the Stuckists art group outside the Tate Gallery against the gallery's purchase of The Upper Room, a work by Chris Ofili, then a serving Tate trustee.

* Many paintings by Chris Ofili, which make use of elephant dung ( from 1992 );

Ofili is represented by Victoria Miro Gallery, London, David Zwirner, New York, and Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin.

The Upper Room is an installation of 13 paintings of rhesus macaque monkeys by Ofili in a specially designed room.

* Chris Ofili, published by Rizzoli Fall 2009, contributors include David Adjaye, Thelma Golden, Okwui Enwezor, Peter Doig and Kara Walker Rizzoli New York

* Michael Glover, " Shock and awe: The art of Chris Ofili "; and extract from " Ekow Eshun interviews Chris Ofili ", edited by Helen Little in Chris Ofili ( Tate Publishing, 2010 ), The Independent, 22 January 2010.

* Doody Rudy ( 1999 ): Skaggs created a large satirical portrait of New York mayor Rudy Giuliani and let people throw fake elephant dung at it, in response to Giuliani's criticism of an artwork by Chris Ofili that incorporated real elephant dung.

* 2003 — Paintings by Chris Ofili.

* many paintings by Chris Ofili, which make use of elephant dung ( from 1992 ).

In 2000 Ant Noises ( an anagram of " sensation "), also in two parts, tried surer ground with work by Damien Hirst, Sarah Lucas, Jenny Saville, Rachel Whiteread, the Chapmans, Gavin Turk, Tracy Emin and Chris Ofili.

* No Woman No Cry-the 1998 painting by Chris Ofili

* The Upper Room ( paintings ), an installation of paintings by Chris Ofili

Ofili completed a foundation course in art at Tameside College in Ashton-under-Lyne in Greater Manchester and studied in London, at the Chelsea School of Art from 1988 to 1991 and at the Royal College of Art from 1991 to 1993.

-A conversation between Peter Doig, Chris Ofili, Paulina Olowska and Adrian Searle about Luc Tuymans and his solo exhibition at Tate Modern.

Ofili had asked other artists to donate work to the gallery.

Christopher Ofili, known as Chris Ofili ( born 10 October 1968 ), is a Turner Prize-winning Nigerian / British painter best known for artworks making reference to aspects of his Nigerian heritage, particularly his incorporation of elephant dung.

Chris Ofili, Anish Kapoor and Jeremy Deller later became trustees of the Tate.

Ofili became the first painter to win the Turner Prize since Howard Hodgkin in 1985.

In 1998, Chris Ofili won the annual Turner Prize.

Since 2005, Ofili has been living and working in Trinidad, where he currently resides in Port of Spain.

Ofili has also had numerous solo shows since the early 1990s including the Serpentine Gallery.

Ofili studied cave paintings there, which had some effect on his style.

Ofili has been founder and prime mover behind the short-lived Freeness Project.

Following the scandal surrounding this painting, Bernard Goldberg ranked Ofili # 86 in 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America.

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