Julian Opie

Julian Opie is a contemporary British artist known for his distinctive depictions of figures, portraits, and landscapes. The highly stylized treatment Opie gives his subjects - whereby features are created by thick black outlines and filled in with solid areas of flat colour - is a blend of Pop Art and Minimalism.

“The process of reading things as simulations but knowing at the same time that they are real is quite central to my work,” Opie has said.

In the 1980s his earliest art prints consisted of painted steel sculptures exploring the relationship between visual and spatial observation. Over time, the artist has expanded his practice to include painting, installation, and cover art for albums. The artist’s wall art pieces are part of the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York and the National Portrait Gallery in London.