Gina Osterloh

Gina Osterloh
Born1973
San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
EducationDePaul University
University of California, Irvine
Known forPhotography
MovementContemporary
Conceptual
Websiteginaosterloh.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]

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,[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. ^ a b c "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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b 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.