Ed Osborn is an American sound artist and visual artist.
Life
Osborn was born in 1964 in
Helsinki
Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...
, Finland.
He received a
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is the holder of a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the liberal arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts deg ...
degree from
Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University ( ) is a Private university, private liberal arts college, liberal arts university in Middletown, Connecticut, United States. It was founded in 1831 as a Men's colleges in the United States, men's college under the Methodi ...
in 1987,
where he studied with
Alvin Lucier
Alvin Augustus Lucier Jr. (May 14, 1931 – December 1, 2021) was an American experimental composer and sound artist. A long-time music professor at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, Lucier was a member of the influential Sonic Ar ...
,
and a
Master of Fine Arts
A Master of Fine Arts (MFA or M.F.A.)
is a terminal degree in fine arts, including visual arts, creative writing, graphic design, photography, filmmaking, dance, theatre, other performing arts and in some cases, theatre management or arts admi ...
degree from
Mills College
Mills College at Northeastern University in Oakland, California is part of Northeastern University's global university system. Mills College was founded as the Young Ladies Seminary in 1852 in Benicia, California; it was relocated to Oakland in ...
in 1993.
Osborn lives in
Providence, Rhode Island
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and is an associate professor of art at
Brown University
Brown University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. It is the List of colonial colleges, seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the US, founded in 1764 as the ' ...
.
Work
Osborn is known for his installations
that integrate sculpture and sound.
Osborn has also worked with video as an art form,
and done sound performances. His installation works use objects as diverse as train sets,
rubber tubing,
wind-up music boxes
and fans to create a visual and sound environment.
His works for the gallery often have a strong conceptual aspect; in ''Audio Recordings of Great Works of Art'' Osborn made recordings of the space surrounding famous works of art, then played back only these sounds in an exhibition.
Osborn was a 2000 Artist-in-Residence at the
McColl Center for Art + Innovation McColl may refer to:
* McColl, South Carolina
* McColl Center for Art + Innovation, an artist residency and contemporary art space in Charlotte, North Carolina.
* McColl (surname)
* McColl (superfund site), a US Environmental Protection Agency ...
.
Winter/Spring 2000: Artists-In-Residence
McColl Center
See also
* Sound art
Sound art is an artistic activity in which sound is utilized as a primary Time-based media, time-based Artistic medium, medium or material. Like many genres of contemporary art, sound art may be interdisciplinary in nature, or be used in Cross-genr ...
* Installation art
Installation art is an artistic genre of three-dimensional works that are often site-specific art, site-specific and designed to transform the perception of a space. Generally, the term is applied to interior spaces, whereas exterior intervent ...
References
American sound artists
Brown University faculty
Living people
1964 births
American installation artists
Wesleyan University alumni
Mills College alumni
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