Background
Orr was born in Islington, London.
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Happy Days: The Work of Chris Orr, 1994 to 1999
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Chris Orr
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After studying at Ravensbourne and Hornsey Schools of Art he graduated from the Royal College of Art in 1967 with an Master of Arts in Printmaking.
Career
He was made a fellow of the Royal College of Art in 1985, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers in 1988, elected Royal Academician in 1995 and appointed Professor of Printmaking at The Royal College of Art 1998. Combining his work as a full-time artist with teaching, he has also taught at Cardiff College of Art, Central Street Martins, London and at the Royal College of Art, London. His work is best described in his own words "During my thirty nine years as an artist I have been put in various pigeon-holes, such as "quintessential English" or a "latter-day Hogarth".
But are these epithets reasonable? My pictures are composed of well-mixed metaphors, references, allusions jokes and descriptions.
Does "Chris Orr-like" refer to a typically English muddle? The tradition of graphic eccentricity (Heath Robinson, Donald McGill, Steve Bell et al) is fair enough, I am happy to acknowledge many influences in this area." Chris Orr has had many one-man shows internationally, including Britain, France, America, Australia, Japan and China. He is represented by the Jill George Gallery, where he has been regularly exhibited since 1978.
1971 Serpentine Gallery, London Arts Council of Great Britain Arts Council of Wales British Council Royal Academy of Arts Museum of London Victoria & Albert Museum Science Museum (London) The British Museum Ulster Folk and Transport Museum National Railway Museum, York Government Art Collection Tate Gallery The Ruskin Library Lancaster University.
Achievements
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1971 Serpentine Gallery, London 1976 Whitechapel Gallery and Museum of Modern Art Oxford 1980 Galleria Grafica, Tokyo, Japan 1983 Jay Street Gallery, New York, United States of America 1987 Print Guild, Melbourne, Australia 1990 Royal Festival Hall London 1994 Jill George Gallery 1996 Jill George Gallery 1998 Royal College of Art 1999 Royal Academy of Arts (Friends Room) 2001 Lewis Elton Gallery, University of Surrey, Guildford 2003 Jill George Gallery 2004 Ruskin Library, Lancaster 2005 Six Royal Academicians, Beijing and Shanghai.
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Membership
He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (Administration Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2008 Birthday Honours.
