Erika Osborne - Artist

BIO

ERIKA OSBORNE


Born in 1978 in Salt Lake City, Utah

Currently living and working in Morgantown, West Virginia

Education


2005MFA with Distinction, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

2000BFA with Honors, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

Selected One-Person Exhibitions


2008Wood 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


2008Take Back - The Land/an art site Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
 Given Take - The Land/an art site, Mountainair, NM

2007Weather Report: Art and Climate Change, Boulder Art Museum, Boulder, CO (exhibition curated my Lucy Lippard)
 Our Terrain, Greenleaf Gallery, Whittier, CA

2006Biennial Southwest, Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM (exhibition juried by Neal Benezra, Director of the San Francisco MOMA)
 Bodies in Motion and at Rest, Ingham Chapman Gallery, Gallup, NM
 Wild Lands, Albuquerque Art Alliance Gallery, Albuquerque, NM


2005Transitions: Albuquerque Contemporary 2005, 516 Art Space, Albuquerque, NM (exhibition juried by Laura Steward Heon, Director of Site
 Santa Fe)
 Pulse: Performance Art, Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM
 Land Arts of the American West 2004, Creative Research Laboratory at the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX


2004Land Arts of the American West 2004, John Sommers Gallery at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
 Albuquerque Contemporary 2004, Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM
 Lay of the Land, No Mans Land Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
 Illustrious, Magnifico Artspace, Albuquerque, NM
 21 Rising Stars, Steamboat Grand Resort Hotel, Steamboat Springs, CO
 Land Arts of the American West 2003, Creative Research Laboratory at the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

2003Land Arts of the American West 2003, John Sommers Gallery at the
 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
 Mappings, Colomo, Marfa, TX
 Southwest Artists to Watch, Denver International Airport, Denver, CO
 Southwest Artists to Watch, The Depot Art Center, Steamboat Springs, CO

2002Holiday Show, A Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
 Cherry Creek Arts Festival, Denver, CO
 At Home and Abroad, A Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
 Images of Utah, Oasis Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT

Articles and Reviews


2005Fox, 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 Residencies


2008Center 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 Experience


2008 - 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

Curator


2008Given 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
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