PROFILE
Susan Osborn is a native California artist working in
a variety of media. These oil pastel landscapes reveal a love for energy
through line, texture, and color. Ms. Osborn received her Master of Arts
degree in painting and a second Master of Arts degree in education from
San Diego State University. Earlier, she studied painting in the Los Angeles
area. She has been teaching art for twenty years and is currently teaching
at the Bishop’s School in LA Jolla. Ms. Osborn’s work has been exhibited
extensively throughout California and the nation. She has work in numerous
private collections and in the permanent collection of the Museo Internacional
de Electrografia in Cuenca, Spain. She is a member of the Women’s Caucus
for Art and the California Art Educators Association, and is included
in “Who’s Who of American Women.”
EDUCATION
M.A. Visual Art, San
Diego State University, 1971 M.A. Education, San Diego
State University, 1983 Community College Supervisory
Credential, CA 1987 Community College Instructor’s
Credential, CA 1971
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Date
School & City Subjects Taught 1987 –present The Bishop’s School, Design
Photography, Printmaking, LA Jolla, CA CAD, Drawing/Painting
1985 – 87 Southwestern Community College,
Computer Graphics for Artists, Chula Vista, CA Curriculum
Development
1975 – 81 Southwestern Community College,
Photography, Art, Chula Vista, CA Art
Tours for Community Services
1981 – 82 San Diego State University Educational Technology
(ETL 404) “Instructional Media/Production” 1974 –75 Concordia Lutheran Jr. High
Photography, Art Director School, Chula Vista, CA
1973 – 75 Chula Vista Adult School Drawing, Design,
Painting, Crafts Sweetwater Union District Department of Adult Education Chula Vista, CA CONSULTANT/LECTURER
“Creating a Visual Alphabet,”
California Association of Independent Schools, North Hollywood, 2000 “Mirrors of the Self;
Self Portraiture and Reflections”, San Luis Obispo Art Center, 1994 Coordinator and Curriculum
Developer, “Fine Arts Cultural Experience for Teachers,” San Diego Museum
of Art, 1981 – 82 “The Artists Guild Exhibit:
An Artist’s Viewpoint,” San Diego Museum of Art, 1981 “Color Xerography: Artists
and Copy Machines” at the San Diego Art Institute, San Diego Stitchery
Guild, and Cal Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, 1979 – 80
ARTWORK PUBLISHED
“Artistic Photographic
Processes,” Suda House, Amphoto Books (Watson-Guptill), New York, 1981 “Fabric Painting and
Dyeing for the Theatre,” Deborah Dryden, 1981 “Alive!” Christian Board
of Publication, St. Louis, MO, 1981
MEMBERSHIPS
San Diego Museum of Art
– Artists Guild COVA (Combined Organization
for the Visual Arts) Women’s Caucus for Art California Art Educators
ONE / TWO PESON EXHIBITS
1997: “Myth and Animals”, The
Art Union Gallery, San Diego, CA 1995: “Painting: Three New
Directions”, Southwestern Community College, Chula Vista, CA 1993: “Because…”, The Art Store
Gallery, San Diego Studio 105, San Diego,
1985 – 93 1992: “Landscapes”, Stephen
Clayton Gallery (Addi Galleries), Coronado, CA “Personal Ikons”, San Diego Art Institute 1990: “New Dimensions”, B Street
Gallery, San Diego El Camino College Library,
Torrance, CA 1988: “Mountains and Moments”,
Perspectives Gallery, San Diego 1980: “The Women’s Room”, Jewish
Community Center, San Diego 1979: “Women In Transition”,
Seneca Falls Gallery, CWSS, San Diego 1978: “Self as Subject”, Foothill
College, Los Altos Hills, CA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2000: “Small Images”, Gallery
21, San Diego (also 1977, 1981, 1989, 1993, 1997) “36th Inland
Exhibition”, San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands, CA “Small Wonders/Little
Treasures”, The Next Door Gallery, San Diego 1999: “Artists Guild Presents”,
(exhibition of four selected artists), San Diego Museum of Art “Women’s Work – By, For
or About Women”, The Frame Maker, San Diego “Women’s Caucus for Art,
7th Annual Members’ Exhibition”, San Diego 1998: “California Copy Art”,
Xerox PARC (Palo Alto Research Center), Palo Alto, CA “Prints” by artist (as
Teacher) and the children of San Diego Children’s Center, Golden Pacific
Arts Gallery, San Diego “Reincarnation”, a juried
exhibit of artwork by members of the Women’s Caucus for the Arts, Debbie
Owen Gallery, San Diego 1997: “First Open Juried Exhibit”,
North County Artist Association, Poway, CA “Reflections; Mothers
and Their Children”, Golden Pacific Arts Gallery, San Diego 1996: “Midwinter Award Show”,
San Diego Art Institute “San Diego County Art
Educator’s Exhibit”, Intersection Gallery “Open Studios Group Exhibit”,
The Pallidion, San Diego 1995: “San Diego Museum of
Art Artists Guild Juried Membership Exhibit Art Union Building, Group
Show, San Diego Simply Devine, Group
Show, Coronado, CA 1994: Aztec Lounge, San Diego
State University, “In Celebration of Women Artists” Lyceum Theatre Gallery,
San Diego Museum of Art Artists Guild, Members Juried Exhibit, (also 1991) San Diego Home and Gardens
Expo, “Art FACE to FACE, Del Mar, CA 1993: San Diego Art Institute,
Membership Juried Exhibitions, (since 1988) 1992: Southern California Expo,
Juror and Exhibitor, Del Mar, CA 1991: Long Beach Arts, Seven
Western States – Juried Exhibit, Long Beach, CA 1990: Clairemont Art Guild,
29th Multimedia Juried Exhibit, San Diego Peter Hall Gallery, Selected
Drawings, San Diego 1989: Brushworks Gallery, “Landscapes”,
San Diego Long Beach Arts, 84th
Open Juried Exhibit Long Beach Arts, Open
Photo Exhibit San Diego Art Institute,
34th National Juried Exhibit 1987: Harbor College Gallery,
“Copy Machine Art”, Los Angeles, CA 1981: Southwestern College,
Faculty Exhibit, Chula Vista, CA Santa Monica College
Art Gallery, Sixth Annual Southern California Print and Drawing Exhibit,
Santa Monica, CA San Diego Museum of Art,
“All Media Exhibit” 1980: Word Works Gallery, “Copy
Graphics”, San Jose, CA 1979: Multicultural Arts Institute
Juried Exhibit, San Diego International Museum
of Photography at George Eastman House, “Electroworks”, slide archives,
Rochester, NY Center for Photographic
Arts, Membership Exhibit, San Diego State University Graduate School of Urban
Resources/Social Policy, All Media Exhibit, San Diego
AWARDS
1994: Honorable Mention, San
Diego Museum of Art Artists Guild, Membership Juried Exhibit, Lyceum Theater 1978: 1st Prize
Mixed Media, Southern California Expo, Del Mar. CA Honorable Mention, Women’s
Festival the Arts, Villa Montezuma, San Diego 1977: 2nd Prize Graphics Division,
Annual Exhibit at San Diego Art Institute Visual Artists Assistance,
California Arts Council
PERMANENT COLLECTION
1990: Museo Internacional de
Electografica, University de Castilla-La Mancha, Cuenca, Spain |
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