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
2011
Papers and Trains, Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, TX
2010
Excavating the Underground, Stanford Art Gallery, Stanford University, CA
Papers and Trains, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany
2009
On Location: Beijing, Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, TX
2008
On Location: Beijing, Houston Center for Photography
2007
Enter the Dragon, Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, TX
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011
Nowhere Near Here, Fotofest, Houston, TX, curated by Toby Kamps and Michelle White of the Menil Collection
2010
Photoforum, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Panta Rei, Box 13 Artspace, Houston, TX, in conjunction w/ Houston FotoFest
2009
Promise, Practice, Protocol, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany
2008
Contemporary Photographs: Recent Acquisitions, Dallas Museum of Art
2006
22 to Watch: New Art in Austin, Galveston Arts Center
22 to Watch: New Art in Austin, Dallas Center for Contemporary Art
Impossible Exchange, Lawndale Arts Center, Houston, TX
MFA Exhibition, Creative Research Laboratory, Austin, TX
2005
22 to Watch: New Art in Austin, Austin Museum of Art
2004
New American Talent 19, juried by Jerry Saltz, Arthouse, Austin, TX
Summer Drawings, Mixture Contemporary Art, Houston, 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
Museum of Fine Arts Houston
Fellowships, Scholarships, Grants, and Honors
2011
Wendover Residence, Center for Land Use Interpretation (CLUI)
2010
Nominated for 2011 Arthouse Texas Prize
2008-9
Resident Artist, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany
2008
Houston Center for Photography Fellowship
Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, Research and Development Grant in support of work in Beijing.
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
2011
Rice, Andrea, "Hot Off the Press," New York Times, Lens Blog, June 6, 2011. http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/06/hot-off-the-press/
Osborne, Mike, “Christian Marclay: The Clock,” might be good…, Issue 165, March 18, 2011.
http://www.fluentcollab.org/mbg/index.php/reviews/review/165/332
2010
Johnson, Whitney, “Postcard from China: Mike Osborne’s ‘Enter the Dragon,’” interview with New Yorker Picture Editor Whitney Johnson, October 6, 2010.
www.newyorker.com/online/blog/photobooth/2010/10/postcard-from-china-mike-osbornes-enter-the-dragon.html.
The New Yorker, October 11, 2010. Image accompanying the article, “Boom Doctor: Can the Chinese miracle continue without reform?” p42.
Things Beyond Control: Jahrbuch 10, Merz & Solitude, ISBN 9-783937-158518.
Osborne, Mike, “Shannon Ebner’s They Knew What They Wanted at Altman Siegel Gallery,” Artlies, No. 67, Winter 2010.
Messner, Myra, “Jennifer Little & Mike Osborne @ Stanford”, www.squarecylinder.com, July 20, 2010.
2009
Hearst, Allison, Review of On Location: Beijing, might be good…, Issue 118, March 21, 2009. http://www.fluentcollab.org/mbg/index.php/reviews/review/118/134.
2007
Bourbon, Matthew, Review of Enter the Dragon, Artlies, No. 56, Winter 2007.
Osborne, Mike “Artist’s Portfolio”, might be good…, Issue 87, April 27, 2007. www.fluentcollab.org/mbg/archived/issue87.htm.
2006
Osborne, Mike, “Review: Hiroshi Sugimoto at SAMA”, might be good…, Issue 76, September 15, 2006. www.fluentcollab.org/mbg/archived/issue76.htm.
Haskell, Caitlin, "Press Pictures," Artlies, No. 51, Summer 2006. (Front and back covers and a feature article (Visual Space) containing 15 reproductions and an essay by Caitlin Haskell).
2005
New Art in Austin: 22 to Watch, Dana Friis-Hansen and James Housefield, Austin Museum of Art, ISBN 0-9670952-5-5.
Cohen, Rebecca S., "New Art in Austin: 22 to Watch," Artlies, No. 48, Fall 2005, p94-5.
Hixson, Kathryn, “New Art in Austin: 22 to Watch,” Glasstire: Texas Visual Art Online, October 2005.
Van Ryzin, Jeanne Claire, “’22 to Watch’: Updates from the Live Art Capital of the World,” Austin American Statesman, October 2, 2005.
Koper, Rachel, “22 to Think About: AMOA Shows New Austin Art That Engages the Mind,” Austin Chronicle, August 26, 2005.
2004
May, Jacqueline “in::formation,” Austin Chronicle, August 27.
Van Ryzin, Jeanne Claire, “Information and Just Been Fired,” Austin American Statesman, Artswatch, August 22, 2004, pK3.