Mike Osborne

Supreme Court / 1 First St NE, 2019

archival inkjet print

40 x 60 inches

edition of 5 + 1 AP

Russian Dacha / Pioneer Point, MD, 2019

archival inkjet print

28 x 35 inches

edition of 5 + 1 AP

Security Detail / Federal Triangle, 2019

archival inkjet print

22-1/2 x 15 inches

edition of 5 + 1 AP

Lincoln Memorial / National Mall, 2019

archival inkjet print

28 x 42 inches

edition of 5 + 1 AP

The Pentagon / Arlington, VA, 2019

archival inkjet print

28 x 42 inches

edition of 5 + 1 AP

Abandoned Belongings / L St NW, 2019

archival inkjet print

28 x 42 inches

edition of 5 + 1 AP

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Lives and works in Austin, Texas

Education
2006            MFA, Studio Art, University of Texas at Austin
2000            BA, English, Stanford University

Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2019             Federal Triangle, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, TX
2014             Monopoly, Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, TX
                     Monopoly, The Brandon Contemporary, Houston, TX
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
                     On Location: Beijing, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX
2007             Enter the Dragon, Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, TX

Group Exhibitions
2018             Kassel Dummy Award Shortlist, Kassel Fotobookfestival, Kassel, Germany
2017             On Freedom, Aperture Foundation, New York, NY
2016             1%: Privilege in a Time of Global Inequality, Fotografija Godine BIH Festival,
                          Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina; Gage Gallery at Roosevelt University,
                          Chicago, IL; Head On Photo Festival, Sydney, Australia; Uri-Eichen
                          Gallery, Chicago, IL; The Eye – International Photography Festival,
                          Aberystwyth, Wales; Addis Foto Fest, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
2015            Strange Pilgrims, The Contemporary Austin, TX
                    1%: Privilege in a Time of Global Inequality, Pingyao International
                         Photography Festival, Pingyao, China; East Wing Gallery, Dubai;
                         Browse Gallery, Berlin, Germany; Fotodoks Festival, Munich, Germany;
                         LagosPhoto, Lagos, Nigeria; Lishui International Photography
                         Festival, Lishui, China; GuatePhoto, Guatemala City, Guatemala
                    SELECT 2015, Washington Project for the Arts, Artisphere, Arlington
                    DC Commission on the Arts, Artist Fellowship Exhibition, Washington, DC
2014            INFOCUS: Self-Published Photobooks, Phoenix Museum of Art, Phoenix, AZ
                    Drive, Lawndale Art Center, Houston
                    DC Commission on the Arts FY15 Fellowship Program Exhibition,
                         Washington, DC           
                    UTTR, Center for Land Use Interpretation Wendover Exhibition Hall,
                         Wendover, UT
                    Blog, Reblog, Big Medium, Austin
                    Blog, Reblog, Signal Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2013            Looking at the New West, Fralin Museum of Art, University of Virginia, VA
                    Contemporary Photographic Practice and the Archive, Harry Ransom Center,
                         University of Texas at Austin, TX
                    The Artist's Palette: Primary Colors on Paper, Museum of Fine Arts,
                         Houston, TX
                    Of a Technical Nature, The Contemporary Austin, TX
                    Texas Biennial, Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
                    Group Show, The Brandon Contemporary, Houston, TX
                    Blog, Reblog, Signal Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2012            Public Dress, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
                    Dark Matter, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
2011            Nowhere Near Here, FotoFest, Houston, TX
2010            Photoforum, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
                    Panta Rei, Box 13 Artspace, FotoFest Biennial, Houston, TX
2009            Promise, Practice, Protocol, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany
2008            Contemporary Photographs: Recent Acquisitions, Dallas Museum of Art, TX
2006            22 to Watch: New Art in Austin, Austin Museum of Art, Dallas Center for
                        Contemporary Art, and Galveston Arts Center, TX
2004            New American Talent 19, Arthouse, Austin, TX
2000            Undergraduate Research Opportunities Exhibition, Thomas Welton Stanford
                         Art Gallery, Stanford University, CA

Awards / Fellowships / Residencies
2018             Kassel Dummy Award Shortlist, Kassel Photobook Festival: Federal Triangle
                     Lucie Photobook Prize Finalist – Proposal: Federal Triangle
                     Lucie Photobook Prize Finalist – Prototype: Monopoly
2015             Nominated for 2014 ICP Infinity Award for Publication (Floating Island)
                     DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (DCCAH) Artist Fellowship
2014             American Photo’s Best Books of 2014 List (Floating Island) 
                     Georgetown University Summer Grant
                     Georgetown University Spring Grant-in-Aid
2013             Georgetown University Fall Grant-in-Aid
                     Georgetown University Summer Grant
                     Georgetown University Spring Grant-in-Aid
2012             Dozier Travel Grant, Dallas Museum of Art
                     Artpace Residency, San Antonio, TX
                     Nominated for 2013 MACK First Book Award
                     Georgetown University Fall Grant-in-Aid
                     Warhol Idea Fund Grant (with Lakes Were Rivers Collective)
2011             Center for Land Use Interpretation, Wendover Residence, Wendover, UT
2010             Nominated for 2011 Arthouse Texas Prize
2008             Resident Fellow, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany
                     Houston Center for Photography Fellowship
                     Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
2006             Fulbright Fellowship to Taiwan
                     Nominated for 2007 Arthouse Texas Prize
2004             Artpace Travel Grant
2000             Leo Holub Photography Prize, Stanford University
1999             Robert M. Golden Grant, Stanford University

Select Public Collections
• Dallas Museum of Art
• Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
• The Contemporary Austin
• Fralin Museum of Art, University of Virginia, Charlottesville