JIM OSMAN

100 Union Street Brooklyn, NY 11231

718 .802. 0984

EDUCATION

1982 Master of Fine Arts, sculpture, Queens College, CUNY
1979 Bachelor of Fine Arts, sculpture and painting, Queens College, CUNY

TEACHING

2007-2008 Co-coordinator Three Dimensional Design, Parsons the New School for Design
2005-2006 Coordinator of wood shop and Instructor, Parsons the New School for Design
2001- 2004 Instructor, Parsons the New School for Design
2000 Visiting Assistant Professor, Dartmouth College
1999 Instructor, Parsons the New School for Design
1998 Visiting Assistant Professor, Dartmouth College
1993 Adjunct Lecturer, Sculpture, Queens College
1986-1987 Adjunct Lecturer, Sculpture, Queens College

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2003 “Reading Room,” installation, Brooklyn Central Library
Denison University Gallery, Granville, Ohio
“Remains of the Day,” Five Myles Gallery, New York, NY,
curated by Lily Wei
2002 “Wall,” Metaphor Contemporary Art gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2000 “Alcove,” outdoor installation, PS 122 Gallery, New York, NY
1993 Dartmouth College, Barrows Rotunda, Hanover, NH
1989 University of Scranton, Scranton, Pa.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2008 Group Show Lesley Heller gallery, New York NY
“PLAY “Proteus Gowanus ,Brooklyn NY
“ Kuf-Mold” , Gent ,Belgium. Curated by Suzan Batu
2007 “PunchBowl” Metaphor Contemporary Art
“From the Neighborhood” Art Lot ,Brooklyn New York
2006 “Design/Build,” Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY
“Brooklyn Block Party,” curated by Elisabeth Akkerman
“Building Structures,” Rowan University, NJ, curated by Lisa Hatchadoorian
“Informed Color,” BRIK Gallery, Catskill, NY
2005 “Small Works, Bond Gallery, New York, curated by Nancy Olivier
“Wall,” University of Texas at San Antonio, curated by Francis Colpitt
“Project Diversity,” Taste Like Chicken gallery, Brooklyn, NY
“Suitcase,” curated by Danielle DI Lodovico, New York Public Library, then Israel, Italy, Poland and the Netherlands
2004 “Open House,” Brooklyn Museum of Art, curated by
Charlotta Kotik and Tumelo Mosaka
“Breathing Space,” Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY
2003 “On The Edge,” Polytechnic University, Bern Dibner Library, Brooklyn, NY
2001 “Color Aid”, Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY
2000 Online Show, Artadvocate.com, curated by Amy Eshoo
“Blurred Boundaries,” Art Center of the Capital Region, Troy NY
“Bridging the Gap,” Empire Fulton Ferry Park, Brooklyn, NY
1999 P.S. 122 Gallery group show, New York
No Bias Gallery group show, North Bennington, Vt.
1998 “New Directions ‘98,” Barrett House Galleries, Poughkeepsie, NY
“Reading Between the Lines,” Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
1997 Pierogi 2000 Gallery, flat files, Brooklyn, NY
1996 Washington Art Association, Washington, Conn.
1995 “Sculptors’ Thinking Drawings,” Police Building Gallery, New York, NY,
curated by James Holl
“Between This and That,” 473 Broadway Gallery, New York, NY
“Buoys: Marking the Place,” New York, NY curated by Bill Bace
1994 “Outside, Onsite II,” Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ
“Mass Exposure,” Tribeca 148 Gallery, New York, NY
1993 Outdoor sculpture show, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ
1991 “Forms of Allusion,” Soho Center for Visual Arts, New York, NY
1990 “In the Round,” Mary Delahoyd Gallery, New York, NY
“The Eccentric Object,” Bridgewater Lustberg Gallery, New York, NY
1988 “Democracy,” White Columns Gallery, New York, NY
“Parallel Lines,” Ammo, Brooklyn, NY
1987 22 Wooster Gallery group show, New York, NY
1985 Queens Museum juried group show, Queens, NY, curated by Holly Solomon
Small works show, BACA Downtown, Brooklyn, NY
1983 Group show, Godwin Turnback Museum, Queens, NY
1981 “28 Artists,” Queens Museum, Queens, NY

PUBLICATIONS

2006 The New York Times, review, Margo Nash, February 5
“Building Structures,” catalogue essay by Lisa Hatchadoorian
2005 The Brooklyn Rail, review, William Powhida, June
Glass Tire, review, Jennifer Jankauskas, October
San Antonio Express, Dan R. Goddard, October 14
“Wall” catalogue, essay by Francis Colpitt
2004 New York Observer, “Conflict of Interest,” review, Mario Naves, May 31
Art Review, “Open House,” review, Sarah Schmerler, June
The New York Sun, review, David Cohen, “Open House” April 22
2003 Art News, review, Barbara Mac Adam, summer issue
The Brooklyn Rail, review, John Hawke, April - May
2002 New York Observer, review, Mario Naves, “Serious Fun”, December 16

RESIDENCIES, FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

2004-2007 Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC) Grant
2004 Yaddo residency, Peterboro, NH
1998 MacDowell Colony, residency, Saratoga Springs, NY
1994 Curators’ Choice Award, “Mass Exposure” show, New York, NY
1993 Artists Space Exhibition Grant

VISITING ARTIST, CRITIC, PANELIST

2004- 2006 Curator, Art Lot exhibition space, Brooklyn, NY
2005 Panel discussion, Mid-Manhattan Library, moderated by Danielle Di Lodovico
2004 Guest Artist, Hampshire College, Amherst, Mass.
Guest Artist, Colby College, Waterville, Me.
2001 Visiting Critic, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Visiting Artist, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT.
1994 Visiting Artist, C.W. Post College, Long Island, NY