biografía de Pepòn OSORIO (1955)

Personal data


Birth : 1955 - Santurce, Puerto Rico
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Puerto Rico - United States

Address

Bronx, New York NY New York, United States

Representatives

Ronald Feldman Fine Arts – 31 Mercer Street – New York NY, United States


Education

Universidad Inter-Americana – Santurce, Puerto Rico
Herbert H. Lehman College – Belford Park Boulevard West – Bronx, New York NY, United States
1985 : Columbia University (MA) – 2960 Broadway – New York NY, United States

Professional data


Work and Life

1983:Osorio has collaborated with choreographer and performance artist Merián SOTO.
1975:He has made his home in the South Bronx New York NY, USA.

Work


Categorie and medium


Sculpture-Volume : Assemblage - Installation - Object

Subject

communities

Works

You Don't Cry at the Barber's
Date of creation : 1996
Medium : Installation
 
Badge of Honor
Date of creation : 1995
Medium : Video installation
Size : 310 x 1006 x 379 cm
 
Untitled (The Barbershop Chair and Mouths from the installation No Crying Allowed in the Barbershop)
Date of creation : 1994
Medium : Installation
 
100% Boricua
Date of creation : 1991
Medium : Installation
Size : 79 x 33 x 20 inch
 
El Chandelier
Date of creation : 1988
Medium : Installation
Materials : plastic-glass-metal
Size : 155 x 107 cm
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

1999

Las Twines and Fear and Denial
Ronald Feldman Fine Arts – New York NY, United States
09/14/1999 – 10/09/1999

1997

Pepon Osorio : Badge of Honor
Gallery of Art – Otis College of Art and Design – Los Angeles CA, United States
07/19/1997 – 09/06/1997

1996

Galerie OZ – Paris, France
1996

Badge of Honor
Ronald Feldman Fine Arts – New York NY, United States
04/25/1996 – 06/15/1996

1992

Atlantic Center for the Arts – New Smyrna Beach FL, United States
1992

1991

Retrospective
Museo del Barrio – New York NY, United States
1991

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Art shows / fairs

2003

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Bernice Steinbaum Gallery – 3550 North Miami Avenue – Miami FL, United States

2002

The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : Ronald Feldman Fine Arts – 31 Mercer Street – New York NY, United States

2001

Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Bernice Steinbaum Gallery – 3550 North Miami Avenue – Miami FL, United States


Group exhibitions

2002

3a Bienal Iberoamericana de Lima
Centro de Artes Visuales – Municipalidad Metropolitana de Lima – Lima, Peru
04/17/2002 – 05/31/2002

2001

Crossing the Line : Site Specific Works by Fifty Artists throughout Queens
Queens Museum of Art – New York NY, United States
06/24/2001 – 10/07/2001

2000

Snapshot
Contemporary Museum – Baltimore MD, United States
11/02/2000 – 01/14/2001

1999

To the Rescue: Artists in an Archive
International Center of Photography Midtown – New York NY, United States
02/12/1999 – 05/16/1999

1997

Trades Routes: History and Geography – Africus – The 2nd Johannesburg Biennale
Johannesburg, South Africa
10/12/1997 – 12/12/1997

El individuo y su memoria – 6a Bienal de la Habana
Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam – Havana, Cuba
05/03/1997 – 06/08/1997

1996

Kaleidoscope: Themes and Perspectives in Recent Art
National Museum of American Art – Washington DC, United States
1996

1993

Whitney Museum of American Art Biennnial Exhibition
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
1993

1990

The Decade Show : Performance Series
The New Museum of Contemporary Art – New York NY, United States
06/06/1990 – 06/16/1990

Bibliography (Selected)


On the artist


Books

2002

Art Tomorrow
Publisher: Editions Terrail – Paris, France
Author: Lucie-Smith Edward – London, United Kingdom
2002
ISBN : 2879392497

2001

art : 21 – Art in the Twenty-first century
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Inc. – 100 Fifth Avenue – New York NY, United States
2001
ISBN : 0810913976

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