Gina Osterloh

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Gina Osterloh
Born1973 (age 51–52)
San Antonio, Texas, United States
Alma mater DePaul University (BA)
University of California, Irvine (MA)
Known for Photography
Movement Contemporary
Conceptual
Website ginaosterloh.com

Gina Osterloh (born 1973) is a Filipino American conceptual artist who uses photography [1] to question and investigate notions of self and identity. [2] Best known for photographs that feature partly concealed bodies in "meticulously crafted room-sized sets," [3] Osterloh challenges conventions of portraiture and often combines elements of performance, tableau, sculpture, installation, and drawing into photographs. [1] [2]

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Early life and education

Gina Osterloh was born in Texas and grew up in Columbus, Ohio. [3] Osterloh has said she was introduced to darkroom photography as an undergraduate student at DePaul University in Chicago. [4]

She earned an undergraduate degree at DePaul University before moving to San Francisco in the mid-1990s. [4] During these formative years, Osterloh worked at the California College of the Arts and found mentorship with artists such as Nao Bustamante and Tammy Carland. [5]

In 2007, Osterloh graduated from University of California, Irvine with a Master of Fine Arts in Studio Arts. [6]

Career

Osterloh has exhibited work internationally at galleries and museums including Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, [7] the International Center of Photography, [8] Ghebaly Gallery in Los Angeles, [9] Atlanta Contemporary, [10] Higher Pictures in New York City, [1] and Silverlens in Manila. She has performed at art museums such as The Broad and the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego. [11]

In 2017, Osterloh moved back to Columbus to accept a position as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Art at The Ohio State University. [5] [12]

Style and work

Often through photographs, Osterloh considers and explores the functions of photography, boundaries of self-identity, and viewers' perception of other bodies and identities. [3] [9] She cites her experience growing up multiracial in Ohio as influential to her photographic work. [5] [13]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gina Osterloh". The New Yorker . Vol. 91, no. 41. 21 December 2015. p. 18. ISSN   0028-792X. Archived from the original on 5 June 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  2. 1 2 Buckley, Annie (September 2009). "Gina Osterloh". Art in America . 97 (8): 154. ISSN   0004-3214. Archived from the original on 2 June 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 Holm, Janis Butler (January 2014). "Interpellation Revisited: A review of Gina Osterloh's Group Dynamic". Postmodern Culture . 24 (2). doi:10.1353/pmc.2014.0010. eISSN   1053-1920. S2CID   141276124.
  4. 1 2 Andrews, Matthew (3 February 2014). "Interview via E-Mail". Center for Art+Thought. Archived from the original on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  5. 1 2 3 Lloyd, David (2019). "Press and Outline: An Interview with Gina Osterloh". Enclave Review. 17. Archived from the original on 1 February 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  6. ↑ "Gina Osterloh". Higher Pictures Generation. Archived from the original on 7 February 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  7. ↑ Tani, Ellen (15 February 2012). "Anonymous Front". Art Practical . Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  8. ↑ Dunn, Anna (11 July 2018). "Multiply, Identify, Her". The Brooklyn Rail . Archived from the original on 19 March 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  9. 1 2 Buckley, Annie (2014). "Critics Pick: Los Angeles - Gina Osterloh - Francois Ghebaly Gallery". Artforum . Archived from the original on 30 October 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  10. ↑ "Exhibition Artist: Gina Osterloh". Atlanta Contemporary Art Center . Archived from the original on 6 June 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  11. ↑ Gurba, Myriam (9 January 2018). "Therianthropic Things: 'En Cuatro Patas' at the Broad". KCET . Archived from the original on 30 November 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  12. ↑ "Gina Osterloh on Peter Hujar". Wexner Center for the Arts . 20 March 2019. Archived from the original on 9 January 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  13. ↑ Dizon, Michelle; Osterloh, Gina (11 October 2012). "Exploring the Nexus of Artists Michelle Dizon and Gina Osterloh". KCET . Archived from the original on 30 November 2023. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
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