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Brett Osborn

Foundation studies professor

Education

  • M.F.A., art, California State University, Long Beach
  • B.A., communication arts, theatre and drama, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Credentials

  • Professor, foundation studies, September 2017–present
    Associate dean of academic services, September 2012–September 2014
    Associate dean, Schools of Fine Arts and Foundation Studies, September 2009–September 2012
    Academic director, School of Fine Arts, August 2006-2009
    Chair of painting department, March 2006-July 2006
    Curriculum assessment coordinator, September 2004–July 2005
    Professor, painting, September 2003–February 2006, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta
  • Teacher, art history, September 2002–May 2003, Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, Los Angeles
  • Adjunct professor, drawing, September 2002–May 2003, El Camino College, Torrance, CA
  • Owner/founder, May 1994–June 2002, Beagle Easel
  • Professor, painting, January 2001–June 2003, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
  • Adjunct professor, drawing, January 2001–May 2003, Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, CA
  • Adjunct professor, drawing and painting, January 1999–May 2003
    Teacher assistant, beginning life painting, September 1998–December 1998
    Graduate assistant, art history, January 1992–May 1997, California State University, Long Beach, CA
  • Instructor, beginning drawing workshop, January 1992–May 1997, Manhattan Beach Cultural Affairs, Manhattan Beach, CA
  • Professor, English, November 1993–March 1995, West Orange College, Fullerton, CA
  • Art director, motion picture and scenic, February 1987–September 1991, Hollywood, CA
  • Theatrical lighting designer, June 1984-Janaury 1987, Underdog Productions, Milwaukee and Madison, WI

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • Marilyn Werby Memorial Scholarship Recipient, 1997
  • Mainly Abstract exhibit, Long Beach Arts, first place, Long Beach, Calif., Aug. 30–Sept. 26, 1997
  • California State University, Long Beach Summer Arts Program, Full Scholarship, Long Beach, Calif., July 1–28, 1996
  • "Insights 94," The University Art Museum, Merit Award, Long Beach, Calif., May 6–29, 1994
  • Kaleidoscope '90, Awards, first place, Mayor's Choice, Glendale Regional Arts Council, Glendale, Calif., May 5–6, 1990
  • The Pacific Art Guild's 1990 Spring Art Exhibit, third place, Westchester Municipal Building, Los Angeles, April 30–May 10, 1990
  • The Pacific Art Guild's 1989 Autumn Art Exhibit, honorable mention, Westchester Municipal Building, Los Angeles, Nov. 6–9, 1989
  • Hoag Memorial Art Exhibition, third place, Newport Beach, Calif., June 6, 1988

Publications and presentations

Solo exhibitions

  • Terra, Kai Lin Art, Atlanta, Feb. 3–March 24, 2012
  • Earth, Kai Lin Art, Atlanta, Feb. 4–April 6, 2011
  • Mike's Drive, Flux Projects, Lenox Mall, Atlanta, Feb. 15–March 1, 2010
  • Brett Osborn, Rhymer Gallery, Nashville, March 1–31, 2008
  • Past and Presences: 10-year Retrospective of Specters, Arno Maris Gallery, Westfield State College, Westfield, Mass., Oct. 19–Nov. 16, 2006
  • Brett Osborn, Lyman Eyer Gallery, Provincetown, Mass., 2006

Group exhibitions

  • Narratives, Besharat Gallery Museum, Barbizon, France Aug. 2–28, 2017
  • Academy/Academia, Marietta Cobb Museum of Art, Marietta, Ga., Jan. 9–March 26, 2016
  • American Artists Are Back in Paris, Taylor Foundation, Paris, June 13–July 6, 2013
  • Heaven and Earth, Gallery Walk at Terminus, Atlanta, Feb. 29–May 18, 2012
  • Best of Atlanta, Besharat Gallery, Feb. 1–March 17, 2012
  • Through a Window of Paint, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, Aug. 12–Oct. 2, 2010
  • Mike Washing a Window, Flux Projects, Oct. 1, 2010
  • Unconventional Portraiture, Gallery Walk at Terminus, Atlanta, Jan. 21–April 17, 2010
  • Mike's Drive, Flux Projects, Lenox Mall, Atlanta, Feb. 15–March 1, 2010
  • SCAD Atlanta Photography Exhibition, Atlantic Station, Atlanta, Oct. 16, 2009
  • Ever Present and in Motion, ACA Gallery of SCAD, Woodruff Arts Center, Sept. 1–Oct. 1, 2009
  • Mike's Drive, Le Flash, Atlanta, Oct. 2, 2009
  • Go Figure, Spruill Gallery, Atlanta, Jan. 16–Feb 21, 2009
  • 2008 Mike's Drive, Rymer Gallery, Nashville, Dec. 6, 2008
  • Mike's Drive, Youngblood Gallery, Atlanta, Dec. 4, 2008
  • Mike's Drive, Swan Gallery at Serenbe, Palmetto, Ga., Nov. 1, 2008
  • Le Flash, Castleberry Hills, Ga., Oct. 24, 2008
  • SCAD at the Edge, Studioplex, Atlanta, Feb. 13–May 1, 2008
  • About Face, Alan Avery Art, Atlanta, Feb. 1–March 15, 2008
  • The Painters, The Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, July 13–Aug. 15, 2007
  • Blank, Tilt Gallery, Portland, Ore., May 3–26, 2007
  • Art Papers Auction, Mason Murer Gallery, Atlanta, Feb. 3, 2007
  • Protecting Flat Surfaces from..., Gallery 1600, Atlanta, Jan. 8–Mar. 16, 2007
  • Pin-Up Show, MOCA, Atlanta, Sept. 20–22, 2006

Presentations

  • High Museum Lecture, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, May 14, 2008
  • Radio Interview, "The Art Full Life," with Alan Avery, Atlanta, March 5, 2008
  • Panel Member, Gallery Timothy Tew "Atlanta Art Scene" Discussion, Atlanta, July 20, 2006
  • Visiting Artist, California State University Long Beach, May 14, 1998
  • CVI-Cable Television Slide Lecture: Ongoing series entitled "Long Beach Art," Long Beach, Calif., October 1997
  • Panel discussion, Mt. San Antonio College Gallery, Walnut, Calif., Sept. 17, 1996