Julian Opie 1958年出生于伦敦，1983年毕业于金史密斯艺术学院，师从迈克尔·克雷格-马丁。他在伦敦生活和工作。

Julian Opie在英国和国际上广泛展出，主要博物馆展览包括科隆艺术协会的展览;伦敦海沃德画廊和ICA;慕尼黑的Lehnbachhaus;杜塞尔多夫K21;维也纳MAK;日本的水户大厦;马拉加CAC和瓦伦西亚IVAM;在克拉科夫的MoCAK;赫尔辛基的Tidehalle和上海的复星基金会;韩国水原IPark美术馆、德里三年展、威尼斯双年展、文献展等。

他在世界各地有12家画廊，并在世界各地的城市展出了许多公共项目，其中最著名的是2002年东京电通大厦;2004年纽约市政厅公园;2006年日本表参道山森大厦;2007年布拉格伏尔塔瓦河;美国凤凰城艺术博物馆2007;2008年爱尔兰都柏林城市画廊;2009年韩国首尔广场;2011年伦敦摄政广场;卡尔加里，加拿大;伦敦圣玛丽医院林多翼;以及最近在比利时SMETS、苏黎世PKZ、卢森堡Arendt and Medernach、台湾台北和香港铜锣湾535号塔的永久装置。

奥佩的作品被许多公共艺术收藏所收藏，包括泰特美术馆、大英博物馆、维多利亚和阿尔伯特美术馆、伦敦艺术委员会、英国文化委员会和国家肖像画廊、纽约现代艺术博物馆、美国波士顿ICA美术馆、维也纳Essl Collection美术馆、西班牙IVAM美术馆、耶路撒冷以色列博物馆和日本高松市美术馆。

Julian Opie was born in 1958 in London and graduated in 1983 from Goldsmiths School of Art， where he was taught by Michael Craig-Martin. He lives and works in London.

Opie has exhibited widely in the UK and internationally, with major museum exhibitions including shows at Kunstverein in Cologne; Hayward Gallery and ICA in London; Lehnbachhaus in Munich;K21 in Dusseldorf; MAK in Vienna; Mito Tower in Japan;CAC in Malaga and IVAM in Valencia; MoCAK in Krakow; Tidehalle in Helsinki and Fosun Foundation in Shanghai; Suwon IPark Museum of Art in Korea, as well as the Delhi Triennial, Venice Biennial and Documenta.

He is represented by 12 galleries worldwide and has presented many public projects in cities around the world, notably in the Dentsu Building in Tokyo 2002; City Hall Park in New York 2004, Mori Building, Omotesando Hill in Japan 2006; River Vltava in Prague 2007; Phoenix Art Museum USA 2007; Dublin City Gallery in Ireland 2008; Seoul Square in South Korea 2009; Regent’s Place in London 2011; Calgary, Canada; The Lindo Wing, St Mary’s Hospital, London; and more recently permanent installations at SMETS in Belgium, PKZ in Zurich, Arendt and Medernach in Luxembourg, Taipei, Taiwan and Tower 535, Causeway Bay in Hong Kong.

Opie’s works can be found in many public art collections, including Tate, British Museum, Victoria & Albert, Arts Council, British Council and National Portrait Gallery in London, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, ICA in Boston USA, Essl Collection in Vienna, IVAM in Spain, The Israel Museum in Jerusalem and Takamatsu City Museum of Art in Japan.