Lisa Osborn has maintained a studio since 1994. Her practice is dedicated to the subject of the figure and the medium of clay.
Osborn recently completed a practice-based PhD at Plymouth University. Her research is currently focused on what happens when we encounter statues and what is revealed about us when that encounter is considered.
Osborn lives and works in south Louisiana in the US.
Selected Education
2018 PhD Plymouth University, Plymouth UK
1995 MFA, Massachusetts College of Art, MA
1993 Certificate in Ceramics, Worcester Center for Crafts, MA
1989 BA McNeese State University, LA
1981-85 School for the Arts, Boston University, MA
Selected Teaching
2016-17 Transart Institute MFA Advisor
1999-05 Harvard University Visiting Lecturer
1994-04 Massachusetts College of Art Visiting Lecturer
1994-Pr. Outside Advisor and Workshops taught: Silk screen for ceramic decals, Plaster waste mold making and casting, Anatomy, Life casting, Head Anatomy, Polaroid transfers, Drawing Marathon, Repair any stage of broken clay, Life Drawing, Life modeling.
Selected Exhibitions, Awards, Collections and Publications
2013 “Wheels and Choices” Barristers Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2012 “Reconfiguration” Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, LA
“Louisiana Voices” Hilliard Museum, Lafayette LA
2007 Royal Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2004 “Careful” Harvard University, Cambridge MA
2003 Sculpture Magazine “ Spirits in the trees” Review
“Proportional Relationships” Hess Gallery, Chestnut Hill, MA
2001 Boston Globe “Sculptures, from frightening to fun”ByCate McQuaid
Massachusetts Cultural Council Grant recipient for Craft
“Sculpture “ Forest Hills Trust, MA
“Recent Ceramic Sculpture” Solo Show Pooke Gallery, Natick MA
1998, 99, 00 “Art in the Garden” Newton MA
1998 Art New England “The Ceramic Sculpture of Lisa Osborn”
Best of show “Lasting Impressions” Boston MA
1997 “Common Ground” Acton Arboretum Acton, MA
“Crafts National 31” Zoller Gallery University Park, PA
“The Contemporary Figure” Rathbone Gallery Albany, NY
“Artists on their own” Jane Hartsook Gallery, New York, NY
“3 Configuration” Fort Point Channel Gallery, Boston, MA
Hartford Courant “Art of the Matter” By Amy Ash Nixon
First Prize “Fin de Sicle” Cambridge, MA
Best of Show Award “State of Clay” Lexington, MA
Bay Windows “Gothic & Gorgeous” By Shawn Hill
Boston Globe “Distortion&Terror to exorcise ourselves” Cate McQuaid
1996 “ Triennial” Fuller Museum of Art, Brocton, MA
“Works of the Body” Society for Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
“Recent Ceramic Work” Solo Show Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
“Figure in Clay” Solo Show Pooke Gallery, Natick, MA
Boston Globe “Best of show” By Christine Temin
The New York Times “ ArtSpace”
Boston Globe“Don’t be scared- it’s only a gallery” Cate McQuaid
“The Figure” Solo Show Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
1995 “Artists on their own” Jane Hartsook Gallery; New York, NY
Fine Arts 3D Graduate Award Massachusetts College of Art
Sculpture Award Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven CT
Collections: Hope Barkan, Wendy Tarlow Kaplan, Beth Ann Gerstein, Hilliard Museum of Art,
ENCOUNTERING STATUES: OBJECT ORIENTED ONTOLOGY AND THE FIGURE IN A SCULPTURAL PRACTICE
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