GINA OSTERLOH
EDUCATION
University of California Irvine, MFA Studio Art 2007
De Paul University, Chicago, IL. Media Studies BA 1996
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 PULSE LA, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, solo booth presentation
2011 SILVERLENS GALLERY, Philippines. Body Prop
2010 THIRTYNINEHOTEL RESIDENCY PROJECT, Honolulu Los Angeles California to Manila Philippines: You Are My Blindspot (Part 1)
2009 CHUNG KING PROJECT Los Angeles, CA. Shooting Blanks
2008 GREEN PAPAYA ART PROJECTS Quezon City, Philippines. Shooting Blanks
2007 [ 2nd floor projects ] San Francisco, CA. Blank Athleticism
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, Allcott Gallery, Two-person exhibition with Mores McWreath
LATNED ATSAR, Los Angeles, Paramount Reality
WHITMAN COLLEGE, SHEEHAN GALLERY, Washington State Transitions: Time based Asian American Art
2010
LOS ANGLES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART with Fallen Fruit Let Them Eat Lacma
CYPRESS COLLEGE, Summercamp Project LA
LUCKMAN GALLERY, Los Angeles Psychic Outlaws
PEPIN MOORE, Los Angeles New Editions
PERFORM NOW! LA, performance directed by Yong Soon Min Ritual Labor: Losing It
PØST, LA, curated by Young Chung Commonwealth
KATE WERBLE GALLERY, New York City, 90012
MANILA CONTEMPORARY, The Unnameable, curated by Roberto Chabet
LOS ANGELES CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR, François Ghebaly Gallery
2009
IMPRENTA ARTIST RUN SPACE: I AM A CITIZEN/WHAT IS A CITIZEN? LA, CA
LA TROBE VISUAL ARTS CENTER, Bendigo Australia. Curated by Gina Fairley.
beyond frame: philippine fotomedia
VALENTINE WILLIE FINE ART, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia and Singapore
Cut 09: Figure New Photography from Southeast Asia
CULTURAL CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES, Manila.Trauma Interrupted, Too
OSAGE GALLERY, Singapore. Curated by Louie Cordero and Gary-Ross Pastrana. FuturaManila
JAUS, Filophile: Filipino American Artists in Los Angeles. Fundraiser for Citizens Disaster Response Center and Rock Ed Philippines Typhoon Reconstruction Projects
2008
SILVERLENS GALLERY, Makati City, Philippines. Silverlens Grantee Exhibition
UTS GALLERY, Sydney, Australia. Curated by Gina Fairley. beyond frame: philippine fotomedia
OSAGE GALLERY, HongKong. Curated by Louie Cordero and Gary-Ross Pastrana. FuturaManila
YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS, San Francisco, CA. Curated by Jenifer Wofford. Galleon Trade
CALIFORNIA MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY, UC Riverside. Curated by Tyler Stallings. Truthiness
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE PHILIPPINES with JAPAN FOUNDATION, Manila. Curated by Patrick Flores. Swarm in the Aperture
LIZABETH OLIVERIA GALLERY, Los Angeles, CA Tints of Majesty
FIVE THIRTY THREE Los Angeles, CA. Curated by Justin Cole. Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get, What You Don’t See (Is Better Yet)
MO SPACE GALLERY Manila, Philippines. Curated by Poklong Anading. Strain Extension
2007
QUEEN’S NAILS ANNEX Marfa, TX . Marfa–the B sides
LUCKMAN GALLERY Los Angeles, CA. Curated by Julie Joyce and Marco Rios. Body Double
MONTE VISTA PROJECTS Los Angeles, CA. The Pyramid Show
LACE Los Angeles, CA. Outside In
MAGNET GALLERY Quezon City, Philippines. Galleon Trade
CULTURAL CENTER PHILIPPIINES Manila, Philippines. Curated by Flaudette May Datuin Trauma, Interrupted
MFA THESIS EXHIBITION UC Irvine
2006
QUEEN’S NAILS ANNEX San Francisco, CA. Curated by Eamon Ore-Giron. Good Times For Never
KUNSTRAUM INNSBRUCK Innsbruck, Austria. Curated by Chris Basset.VideoMixTape5
NEW LANGTON ARTS San Francisco,CA. Curated by Craig Goodman. There, There
OJO ATOMICO/ANTIMUSEO DE ARTE CONTEMPORANEO Madrid. Curated by Natasha Garcia-Lomas. Satelite
2005
UCLA Wight Gallery Los Angeles, CA. Southern Exposure
HOTEL CHELSEA (Daniel Reich Gallery Temporary Space) NY, NY. Video Brunch with Nao Bustamante
2004
LIZABETH OLIVERIA GALLERY (Project Space) Los Angeles, CA. All-City
PLAYSPACE California College of the Arts San Francisco, CA. Subject to Oneself
2003
LUGGAGE STORE GALLERY ANNEX San Francisco, CA. Video Installation. All-City
GALERIA DE LA RAZA San Francisco, CA. Video installation. Infinite Booty
2002
SF ARTS COMMISSION San Francisco, CA. Curated by Julio Morales.12 Artists-2minutes
ZE DOS BOIS Lisbon, Portugal. Axis of Good
AWARDS
Woodstock Center of Photography, Artist in Residence 2011
Completion Grant – Silverlens Foundation 2008 – Makati City, Philiippines. Shooting Blanks Production Support
Fulbright Scholar - Photography Production and Research of Contemporary Art - Manila, Philippines. October 2007 – July 2008
Medici Grant 2006 - Enabled production of work for Queen’s Nails Annex exhibition 2006
Graduate Travel and Research Grant Recipient, University of California, Irvine 2005, 2006
Diversity Fellowship Recipient, University of California, Irvine 2004–2005
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2011 LUCKMAN GALLERY Los Angeles, CA. Co-produced with Marco Rios, Support>System
2010 LUCKMAN GALLERY Los Angeles, CA. Co-produced with Marco Rios, Primer
2010 MONTE VISTA PROJECTS Los Angeles, CA. Minimum Yields Maximum
2006 LACMA LAB Los Angeles, CA. Single channel group video exhibition (group curatorial project). Glitch
PUBLICATIONS AND REVIEWS
2011
Bernabe, Jan Christian. Transitions: Asian American Time Based Art. Exhibition Publication, Sheehan Gallery, Whitman College, Washington.
Osterloh, Gina. Ringo Bunoan: Call and Response – An Economy of Paired Down Material, Collaboration and Impermanence. Exhibition catalog interview for Support>System, Luckman Fine Arts Complex, Cal State LA
2010
Grace, Shantel. Honolulu Weekly, Fall Picks, September 1, 2010
Bhaumik, Sita, Hyphen Magazine, Artwell Feature
Davis, Ben, "Dan Bayles, Gina Osterloh & Patrick Jackson," Village Voice, Spring Picks 2010 for exhibition at Kate Werble Gallery, NYC
Ollman, Leah, "Minimum Yields Maximum", LA Tiimes, review of curated exhibition at Monte Vista, Los Angeles
2009
Mizota, Sharon, "Papered Over", Artist Focus. Art on Paper, November / December 2009, pp.30-31
Buencamino, Yael, "Philippine Fotomedia", Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 2009
Buckley, Annie, Review of Solo Exhibition at Chung King Project, Los Angeles, CA,
Art in America, September 2009, p.154
Wong, Martin, "Paper View", Giant Robot, May/June 2009
Dambrot, Shana Nys, "Shooting Blanks", Review of Solo Exhibition at Chung King Project, Los Angeles, CA, Artweek, May 2009
2008
Prue Gibson, "Beyond Frame: Philippine Photomedia", Review UTS Gallery curated by Gina Fairley, Art Monthly Australia Issue #216, December 2008, pp 31-33
Fairely, Gina, “Shooting Blanks”, Review of Solo Exhibition at Green Papaya Art Projects, Manila Philippines, Art Asia Pacific, Issue No.60, Sept/Oct 2008, p.205
Fairley, Gina, “Photography Rising”, Review of contemporary photography in the Philippines, Asian Art News, July/August 2008, pp 69-73
Datuin, Flaudette V. May, “Shooting Blanks,” Review of Solo Exhibition at Green Papaya Art Projects, Manila Philippines, CTRL+P Journal of Contemporary Art, July 2008, pp 20-21
Osterloh, Gina, “Pillow Talk”, Catalog Essay for Ringo Bunoan, Solo Exhibition at Silverlens Gallery, March 2008.
Stallings, Tyler, “Truthiness: Photography as Sculpture”, UC Riverside and California Museum of Photography, Catalog.
Joyce, Julie, “Body Double”, Luckman Gallery, Catalog.
2007
Dawsey, Jill, “Blank Athleticism” Review of Solo Exhibition at [2ND Floor Projects], San Francisco, Critic’s Pick
Artforum online, October 2007
Riger, Cassie, “Blank Athleticism” Review of Solo Exhibition at [2ND Floor Projects], San Francisco, Artweek, Dec 2007/Jan 2008 Issue
Myers, Holly, “Through a lens starkly”, Review of group exhibition Body Double, LA Times, Sept. 12, 2007
Dumancas, Pedro, “Galleon Trade : Fil-Am Exodus” Group Exhibition, Manila Philippines, Philippine Daily Inquirer
Aug 6, 2007
TEACHING EXPERIENCE AND VISITING ARTIST LECTURES
2011
California State University, Fullerton, Department of Visual Art - Lecturer
SPRING 2011 SEMESTER
Undergraduate senior photo critique ART 489 Creative Studies in Photography
Graduate photo critique ART 508 Graduate Problems in Photography
California Institute of the Arts, Visiting Artist Talk - School of Critical Studies,
class: Kris Cohen, Photographs Make Reality
University of California, Los Angeles, Visiting Artist Talk - Department of Asian American Studies
class: Professor Lucy Burns, Cultures Of/Against Empire
2010
Pasadena Art Armory
Teaching Artist Fellowship ages K - 8 grade
Art Center College of Design, Department of Photography, Fine Art
Artist talk with Fine Art Photography and Video Classes, David Kelly, Instructor
Santa Monica City College, Department of Fine Art, Artist Talk
Artist talk and studio critique visits with photography students, Ichiro Irie, Instructor
Monte Vista Projects, Artist Talk about Curatorial Project Minimum Yields Maximum
In conjunction with Professor Sarita See (University of Michigan) book launch
The Decolonized Eye: Filipino American Art and Performance
2008
San Francisco Art Institute
Photography Instructor - digital and analog color photography
Camera Optics, History of Photography lectures, Contemporary concepts
Digital workflow scanning, RAW, Photoshop, various Epson printers
Critical Race Art History, College Art Association Conference (CAA), Artist Lecture
Artists Doing the Work, the Role of Race in Contemporary Art Practices
Organized by Camaron Holloway (University of Delaware) and Jacqueline Francis (San Francisco
State University)
California Museum of Photography, University of California Riverside, Artist Talk
Artist talk with artists from Truthiness, curated by Tyler Stallings
Intersections of sculpture and photography in contemporary art practices Los Angeles
Silverlens Gallery, Manila Philippines, Artist Talk
Completion Grant recipient for Shooting Blanks
Visiting Artist - University of the Philippines, Diliman - through Fulbright Scholar Grant
Department of Art Studies: Photography Workshops with Professor May Datuin
Department of Mass Communications/Film Studies, Experimental Film Class with Yason Banal
Ateneo University Manila, Philippines / Kritika Kultura Series, Lecture
Lecture title: “Mimicry, Mis-articulation and Shooting Blanks” End of Fulbright Lecture
Organized by Department of English Studies, Professor Oscar Campomanes
2007
University of California, Irvine
Photography Instructor
Black and white film, camera optics, proper darkroom working methods
History of photography lectures, contemporary movements in photography
City Studios at San Francisco Art Institute, Visiting Artist and Instructor
One-day video performance workshop with at-risk high school student artists
Invited by artist and curator Julio Cesar Morales
Final project exhibited at Galeria de la Raza, Mission District, San Francisco
Luckman Gallery, California State University LA, Artist Talk – Body Double
Women who incorporate their body in their photographs as a stand-in for other metaphors, surrealist methodologies in photography
2006
Future Prospects Gallery (Artist Run Space) Cubao, Quezon City, Philippines, Artist Talk
2004
University of San Francisco “Worlds in Collision - Filipino American Art History” Class
Artist Talk organized by artist and professor Carlos Villa