Catherine Opie (born 1961 in Sandusky, Ohio ) is an American artist specializing in issues within documentary photography. Throughout her work she has investigated aspects of community, making portraits of many groups including LGBT community; surfers; and most recently high school football players. She is also interested in how identities are shaped by our surrounding architecture. Opie is currently a professor of Photography at University of Ca...
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Catherine Opie (born 1961 in Sandusky, Ohio ) is an American artist specializing in issues within documentary photography. Throughout her work she has investigated aspects of community, making portraits of many groups including LGBT community; surfers; and most recently high school football players. She is also interested in how identities are shaped by our surrounding architecture. Opie is currently a professor of Photography at University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). Her works are displayed in both museums and galleries internationally. She has numerous catalogues from museum exhibitions which include, Freeways published by MOCA, Los Angeles, Skyways and Ice Houses, published by The Walker Art Center, 1999/In and Around Home published by the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, and Chicago by the MCA in Chicago.
Opie obtained a master's degree from California Institute of the Arts School of Art in 1988. She was born in Sandusky, Ohio and currently lives in Los Angeles.
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