ABOUT
I am a painter who enjoys drawing and printmaking as well − there even my best efforts at control bring surprise and delight. I find that the process of making art is a form of travel, giving the sense of being in unfamiliar territory, and the wonder of discovery. My intent is to create images evocative enough to stop the viewer, conjuring up heightened awareness, and suspending the sense of time, replacing it with pure fascination.
RÉSUMÉ HIGHLIGHTS
| Currently | Senior artist for the University of Chicago’s Epigraphic Survey in Luxor, Egypt since 1985 |
| 2023 | Gottlieb Foundation Individual Artist Support Grant, NY |
| 2023 | Ragdale Foundation Artists’ Special Residency, Lake Forest, IL |
| 2022 | Art Basel Miami Beach, UBS/Cynthia Reeves Projects/Ritz Carlton Residencies, FL |
| 2019 | KPMG Global Learning, Development & Innovation Center, 800 fine art prints for guest rooms, Lake Nona, FL |
| 2017 | Mitchell Giddings Fine Arts, solo exhibition, Mapping the Unknown, Brattleboro, VT |
| 2013 | Porto University’s Special Exhibit Galleries, EXPLORATIONS: Egypt in the Art of Susan Osgood, Portugal |
| 1993 | Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Artist Support Grant, NY |
| 1991 | Yaddo, Artist Residency, Saratoga Springs, NY |
| 1978 | BFA in Painting, with honors and scholarships, Rhode Island School of Design |
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IN THE NEWS
| 2023 | Ewing Arts Award, Keene, NH: Susan Osgood video in the studio by Hannah Schroeder |
| 2020 | Rhode Island School of Design Alumni of Vermont video Zoom talk: Susan Osgood: The Artist as Traveler |
| 2017 | MAPPING THE UNKNOWN, opening of the solo exhibit at Mitchell Giddings Fine Arts, Brattleboro, VT in conjunction with the publication of the book: A GHOST OF WATER Poems by GennaRose Nethercott Inspired by the Art of Susan Osgood: video of Artist and Poet Talk on Brattleboro Community TV by Andy Reichsman |
| 2017 | EXPLORATIONS Egypt in the Art of Susan Osgood, opening of the solo exhibition at the Leipzig University Museum, Germany, with artworks ranging from paintings and prints inspired by Egypt, to travel sketchbooks, and archaeological drawings: Nile Magazine article on the exhibition. |
| 2014 | Yale University’s online journal interview with featured artist Susan Osgood, discussing her creative project upcycling old Egyptological library cards into visual representations of each book: LETTERS Literature/Visual Arts and the Spirit, Issue 3, page 30 |
BOOKS
For A GHOST OF WATER, National Poetry Series winner GennaRose Nethercott crafted a uniquely compelling series of poems inspired by fifteen colorful and evocative images of Susan Osgood’s paintings and prints.
Site Credits
Art photography credits: Jeff Baird† and Rachel Portesi
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