Gina Osterloh

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Gina Osterloh
Born1973
San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
Education DePaul University
University of California, Irvine
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 Rae 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,[ citation needed ] 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. [10]

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] [11]

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. [9] [3] She cites her experience growing up multiracial in Ohio as influential to her photographic work. [12] [5]

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  6. ↑ "Gina Osterloh". Higher Pictures Generation. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  7. ↑ Tani, Ellen. "Anonymous Front". Art Practical. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  8. ↑ Dunn, Anna (2018-07-11). "Multiply, Identify, Her". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  9. 1 2 "Francois Ghebaly Gallery". www.artforum.com. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  10. ↑ Gurba, Myriam (2018-01-09). "This Latinx Feminist Performance Series Finds Inspiration in the Animal World". KCET. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  11. ↑ "Gina Osterloh on Peter Hujar | Wexner Center for the Arts". wexarts.org. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  12. ↑ Osterloh, Michelle Dizon and Gina (2012-10-11). "A Conversation on Transnational Identity and the Subtleties of Being Seen". KCET. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
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