Born 1978 in San Antonio, Texas. Lives and works in Austin, Texas.
Education
2006 M.F.A. Studio Art, University of Texas at Austin
2000 B.A. English, Stanford University, CA
Solo + Two Person Exhibitions
2010
-Thomas Welton Stanford Art Gallery, Stanford University, CA, forthcoming June
-Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany, forthcoming January
2009
-Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, TX, February 21 - March 21
2008
-Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX, September 12 - October 16
2007
-Enter the Dragon, Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, TX, September 8 - October 13
Exhibitions
2010
-Box 13 Art Space, Houston, Texas (Houston FotoFest 2010)
2009
-Promise, Practice, Protocol, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany, May 14-July 4
2008
-Contemporary Photographs: Recent Acquisitions, Dallas Museum of Art, June 14–August 31
2006
-Impossible Exchange, Lawndale Arts Center, Houston, TX
-MFA II, Creative Research Laboratory, Austin, TX
-Three Photographers, Gallery 3 at the Co-op, Austin, TX
2005-6
-22 to Watch: New Art in Austin, Austin Museum of Art, Galveston Arts Center and Dallas Center for Contemporary Art
2005
-Shade, Creative Research Laboratory, Austin, TX
2004
-New American Talent 19, juried by Jerry Saltz, Arthouse, Austin, TX
-in::formation, Creative Research Laboratory, Austin, TX
-International Fine Art Photographic Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, CO
-Summer Drawings, Mixture Contemporary Art, Houston, TX
-Digital Showcase 28, Austin Museum of Digital Art, Austin, TX
-Joyce Ellen Grant Exhibition, juried by Anne Wilkes Tucker, Texas Women’s University, Denton, TX
2000
-Undergraduate Research Opportunities Exhibition, curated by Enrique Chagoya, Thomas Welton Stanford Art Gallery, Stanford University
Public Collections
Austin Museum of Art
Dallas Museum of Art
Fellowships, Scholarships, Grants, and Honors
2008-9
-Resident Artist, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany. October 2008 - May 2009.
2008
-Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, Research and Development Grant for work in Beijing
2008
-Houston Center for Photography Fellowship
2006-7
-Fulbright Scholarship to Taiwan
2006
-Nominated for 2007 Arthouse Texas Prize
2005
-Bill and Bettye Nowlin Presidential Scholarship, UT-Austin
2004
-Artpace Travel Grant, San Antonio, TX
-Puffin Foundation Grant
-Fredericka Crain Presidential Scholarship, UT-Austin
-Kelly Fearing Presidential Scholarship, UT-Austin
2003
-Mary Miller Bartholow Presidential Scholarship, UT-Austin
-Burdine Anderson Giese Presidential Scholarship, UT-Austin
-David Price Presidential Scholarship, UT-Austin
2000
-Leo Holub Photography Prize, Stanford University
1999
-Robert M. Golden Grant, Stanford University
Publications
2006
-Caitlin Haskell, "Press Pictures," Artlies, No. 51, Summer 2006. (Front and back covers and a feature article (Visual Space) containing 15 reproductions and a one-page essay by Caitlin Haskell.)
2005
-Dana Friis-Hansen and James Housefield, New Art in Austin:22 to Watch, Austin Museum of Art, ISBN 0-9670952-5-5.
-Rebecca S. Cohen, "New Art in Austin: 22 to Watch," Artlies, No. 48, Fall 2005, p94-5.
-Kathryn Hixson, “New Art in Austin: 22 to Watch,” Glasstire: Texas Visual Art Online, October.
-Jeanne Claire van Ryzin, “’22 to Watch’: Updates from the Live Art Capital of the World,” Austin American Statesman, October 2.
-Rachel Koper, “22 to Think About: AMOA Shows New Austin Art That Engages the Mind,” Austin Chronicle, August 26.
-“Slim Shady: Part 2 of UT-Austin’s MFA Summer Shows at Creative Research Laboratory,” …might be good, 51, August 19.
-Caitlin Haskell, “Mike Osborne,” Shade (Austin TX: Creative Research Laboratory).
2004
-Jacqueline May, “in::formation,” Austin Chronicle, August 27.
-Jeanne Claire Van Ryzin, “Information and Just Been Fired,” Austin American Statesman, Artswatch, August 22, p. K3.
-Heather Mathews, “Michael Osborne’s Photographs,” in::formation (Austin TX: Creative Research Laboratory).
Teaching
2007-8
-Adjunct Instructor, UT-Austin.
-Adjunct Instructor, St. Edwards University.
2007
-Adjunct Instructor, Texas State University.
2005-6
-Instructor, UT-Austin. Time-Based Foundations (An Introduction to Digital Photography and Video).
2003-5
-Teaching Assistant, UT-Austin. Assistant to Mark Goodman and Teresa Hubbard.