BIOERIKA OSBORNEBorn in 1978 in Salt Lake City, Utah Currently living and working in Morgantown, West Virginia Education2005MFA with Distinction, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 2000BFA with Honors, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT Selected One-Person Exhibitions2008Wood Work - The Land Gallery, Albuquerque, NM 2007Tree Drawings - Impost Art Space, Albuquerque, NM 2005Seeing the Forest... and the Trees, Trevor Lucero Gallery, Albuquerque, NM 2001Landscape Paintings, Union Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT Repetitive Nature, Oasis Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT Selected Group Exhibitions
Articles and Reviews2005Fox, William, "Land Arts of the American West", Sculpture Magazine, October, pg 80 Davis, Kathryn M., "Transitions: Albuquerque Contemporary 16th Annual Juries Exhibition," THE Magazine, September, 2005, pg 49 Ford, Janet Long, "'Desert Dada' Tells Strange Story," ABQ Arts, September, 2005, pg 5 and 23 Salem, Nancy, "Desert Dada," The Albuquerque Tribune, Arts section, August 19, 2005, pg C3 Carver, Jon, "Reviews: Santa Fe," Art Papers, May/June, 2005, Reviews section, pg 54 Arnold, John, "Interactive Art," Albuquerque Journal North, January 14, 2004, The Arts section, S8 Dewalt, Robert and Nate Gutierrez, "Performance Art that Pulsates", Pasa Tiempo, The New Mexican's Weekly Magazine of Arts, Entertainment and Culture, January 14 - 20, 2005, pg 30 - 33 2004Phillips, Autumn, "21 Under 31," Steamboat Today, March, Points section, pg 8-9 2003Fauntleroy, Gussy and Bonnie Gangelhoff, "21 Under 31," Southwest Art Magazine, October, pg 124-137 2002"Artists to Watch," Southwest Art Magazine, October, pg 32 Awards, Grants and Residencies2008Center For Land Use Interpretation Residency, Wendover, UT 2007Land Arts Post MFA Grant, Lannan Foundation, Santa Fe, NM 2005Juror's Award, Transitions Exhibition, Albuquerque, NM GRD Grant, University of New Mexico (for work relating to Seeing the Forest and the Trees) 2004RPT Grant, University of New Mexico (for work relating to Mapping a Bodily Connection to Place - the piece for Pulse: Performance Art) SRAC Grant, University of New Mexico (for work related to the bodies connection to the land images) 2003GRD Grant, University of New Mexico (for a collaborative mural project with students at Mountainair High School, Mountainair, NM) 2001-2003Artist in Residence, Studio Group, Helper, UT (I participated as a resident of the Studio Group in Helper for three summers from 2001-2003) Lawrence Coffman Private Grant (A grant given to further the development of up and coming artists) 1996-2000Art Department Scholarship, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT Four year Honors at Entrance Scholarship, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT Teaching Experience2008 - 2009Assistant Professor, Division of Art, West Virginia University 2007 - 2008Adjunct Faculty, Land Arts of the Amercian West (a 12 credit hour field course), Undergraduate and Graduate, Art Department, University of New Mexico 2006 - 2007Adjunct Faculty, Land Arts of the Amercian West (a 12 credit hour field course), Undergraduate and Graduate, Art Department, University of New Mexico Adjunct Faculty, Painting I, Art Department, University of New Mexico Adjunct Faculty, Wilderness Studio (a 3 credit hour field course), Undergraduate and Graduate, Art Department, University of New Mexico 2005-2006Adjunct Faculty, Land Arts of the American West, Art Department, University of New Mexico Instructor, Painting Concepts course, Harwood Art Center Adjunct Faculty, Wilderness Studio Adjunct Faculty, Painting II, Art Department, University of New Mexico Adjunct Faculty, Land Arts of the American West (a 12 credit hour field course), Art Department, University of New Mexico 2004-2005Instructor of Record, Drawing One, Art Department, University of New Mexico Graduate Assistant, Land Arts of the American West, Art Department, University of New Mexico 2003-2004Plein Air Painting Instructor, Northwest Colorado Working Ranch Workshops, Steamboat Springs, CO Instructor of Record, Painting One, Art Department, University of New Mexico Graduate Assistant, Land Arts of the American West, Art Department, University of New Mexico 2002-2003Instructor of Record, Drawing One, Art Department, University of New Mexico Graduate Assistant, Two-Dimensional Design, Art Department, University of New Mexico 2001Art Instructor, Yangrima School, Sermathang, Nepal 1995-2000Children's Art Instructor, Petersen Art Center, Salt Lake City, UT Curator2008Given Take, The Land/an art site, Mountainair, NM Take Back, The Land Gallery, Albuquerque, NM 2006Wilderness Studio (Cont.), John Summers Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 2005Land Arts of the American West, John Summers Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 2001Oasis Arts Festival, Salt Lake City, UT |