Jim Osman

Resume

Solo & Two Person Exhibitions

 

2013  
“STACK” Lesley Heller Workspace, New York, NY

2010   
“Structure, Balance, Leisure,” Madison, CT

2009   
“Landscape with Chair and Bench,” L.I.U. gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Melville House Publishing, Brooklyn, NY

2008   
Lesley Heller Gallery, Viewing Room

2003   
“Reading Room,” installation, Brooklyn Central Library
Denison University Gallery, Granville, Ohio
“Remains of the Day,” Five Myles Gallery, New York, NY, curated by Lily Wei

2002   
“Wall,” Metaphor Contemporary Art gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2000   
“Alcove,” outdoor installation, PS 122 Gallery, New York, NY

1993   
Dartmouth College, Barrows Rotunda, Hanover, NH

1989   
University of Scranton, Scranton, PA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2015   
“Nation lll”, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn NY

2014   
“Le Show Des Amis” : A farewell at Showroom, Showroom Gowanus, Brooklyn NY
The Brooklyn Performance Combine, Brooklyn Museum, Jason Andrews Curator
“To Leo” A tribute from the American Abstract Artist, Sideshow Gallery Brooklyn NY
“Eternal Misunderstandings at the Car Park”, Bushwick Open Studios, Brooklyn NY
“I can Do Dat” Skylight Gallery, Brooklyn NY Curated bt Dany Simmonds

2013   
“Silhouette” Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop New York, NY
Art MRKT Art Fair, Bridgehampton, NY

2011   
“Wall Works” Painting Center
“Beyond the Picturesque’ Siakos Hanappe Gallery Athens, Greece

2010  
“Building Beauty” Lesley Heller Gallery

2009   
“Fully Saturated” Hampshire College, curated by Scott Reeds
KUF MOLD, Rotterdam, Netherlands

2008   
Group Show Lesley Heller gallery, New York NY
“PLAY “Proteus Gowanus ,Brooklyn NY
“Kuf-Mold”, Gent, Belgium. Curated by Suzan Batu

2007   
“PunchBowl” Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn NY
“From the Neighborhood” Art Lot , Brooklyn NY

2006   
“Design/Build,” Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY
“Brooklyn Block Party,” curated by Elisabeth Akkerman
“Building Structures,” Rowan University, NJ, curated by Lisa Hatchadoorian
“Informed Color,” BRIK Gallery, Catskill, NY

2005   
“Small Works, Bond Gallery, New York, curated by Nancy Olivier
“Wall”, University of Texas at San Antonio, curated by Francis Colpitt
“Project Diversity,” Taste Like Chicken gallery, Brooklyn, NY
“Suitcase,” curated by Danielle DI Lodovico, New York Public Library, then Israel, Italy, Poland and The Netherlands

2004   
“Open House,” Brooklyn Museum of Art, curated by Charlotta Kotik and Tumelo Mosaka
“Breathing Space,” Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY

2003   
“On The Edge,” Polytechnic University, Dibner Library, Brooklyn, NY

2001   
“Color Aid”, Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY

2000   
Artadvocate.com, curated by Amy Eshoo
“Blurred Boundaries,” Art Center of the Capital Region, Troy NY
“Bridging the Gap,” Empire Fulton Ferry Park, Brooklyn, NY

1999   
P.S. 122 Gallery group show, New York

1998   
“New Directions ‘98,” Barrett House Galleries, Poughkeepsie, NY
“Reading Between the Lines,” Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

1997   
Pierogi 2000 Gallery, flat files, Brooklyn, NY

1996   
Washington Art Association, Washington, Conn.

1995   
“Sculptors’ Thinking Drawings,” Police Building Gallery, New York, NY, curated by James Holl
“Buoys: Marking the Place,” New York, NY curated by Bill Bace

1994   
“Outside, Onsite II,” Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck,

1993   
Outdoor sculpture show, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ

1991   
“Forms of Allusion,” Soho Center for Visual Arts, New York, NY

1990   
“In the Round,” Mary Delahoyd Gallery, New York, NY
“The Eccentric Object,” Bridgewater Lustberg Gallery, New York, NY

1988  
“Democracy,” White Columns Gallery, New York, NY
“Parallel Lines,” Ammo, Brooklyn, NY

1987   
22 Wooster Gallery group show, New York, NY

1985   
Queens Museum juried group show, Queens, NY, curated by Holly Solomon
Small works show, BACA Downtown, Brooklyn, NY

1983 
Group show, Godwin Turnback Museum, Queens, NY

1981  
“28 Artists,” Queens Museum, Queens, NY

Publications

2014   
On Verge review, Paul Corio, September
The New Criterion, James Panero, December

2013   
Sculpture Magazine review by Jonathan Goodman, July/August

2012   
WG,”Big Things Writ Small”, review by Roger Egert

2011   
“Wall Works” catalog, essay by Stephen Maine

2010   
“Landscape with Chair and Bench” catalog, essay Stephen Maine

2009   
“Fully Saturated” catalog, essay Melissa Benson

2007   
Village Voice, review, Sarah Schmerler, August 14

2006   
The New York Times, review, Margo Nash, February 5
“Building Structures,” catalogue essay Lisa Hatchadoorian

2005   
The Brooklyn Rail, review, William Powhida, June
Glass Tire, review, Jennifer Jankauskas, October
San Antonio Express, Dan R. Goddard, October 14
“Wall” catalogue, essay by Francis Colpitt

2004   
New York Observer, “Conflict of Interest,” review, Mario Naves, May 31
Art Review, “Open House,” review, Sarah Schmerler, June
The New York Sun, review, David Cohen, “Open House” April 22

2003   
Art News, review, Barbara Mac Adam, summer issue
The Brooklyn Rail, review, John Hawke, April

2002   
New York Observer, review, Mario Naves, “Serious Fun”, December 16

Residencies, Fellowships and Awards

2010-14          
Faculty development grant, Parsons the New School for Design

2004-09          
Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC) Grant

2004                Y
Yaddo residency, Peterboro, NH

1998               
MacDowell Colony, residency, Saratoga Springs, NY

1993               
Artists Space Exhibition Grant

Visiting Artist, Critic, Panelist

2015   
Talk at Artist Lecture Series, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY

2014   
Panelist “Subject Matter in Abstract Painitng” Jason Stopa moderator
Panelist ”What is peer review” Parsons The New School For Design

2011   
Guest Lecture, Trinity College, Hartford Conn
Guest Lecture, Lehman College, Bronx NY
Panelist, “Wall Works” show

2011   
Host Moderator, Panel Discussion, for “Moving Pictures” exhibition with Susan Mastrangelo, Albert Mobilio, Star Black, John Yau, Melville House Gallery Brooklyn NY

2010   
Moderator with Matthew Deleget on Daniel Hill show “Print” at Melville House Gallery
Panelist Brooklyn Arts Council DCA grant

2008   
Visiting Artist, Louisiana State University

2004-09
Curator, Art Lot exhibition space, Brooklyn, NY

2005   
Panel discussion, Mid-Manhattan Library, moderated by Danielle Di Lodovico

2004   
Guest Artist, Hampshire College, Amherst, Mass.
Guest Artist, Colby College, Waterville, ME

2001   
Visiting Artist, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

Education

1982   
Master of Fine Arts, sculpture, Queens College, CUNY

1979   
Bachelor of Fine Arts, sculpture and painting, Queens College, CUNY