Mike Osborne
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