FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009
Contact: Jaye Ike,  College of Fine Arts, 304-696-3296
 

West Virginia professor’s art on display beginning Sept. 14

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Symbiosis, an exhibit of artwork by Erika Osborne, will be displayed at the Birke Art Gallery on the Huntington campus of Marshall University through Oct. 8.

The show opens with a reception in the gallery on Monday evening, Sept. 14 from 5 to 8 p.m. Osborne will give a lecture concerning her work at 7 p.m. 

Osborne’s artwork deals directly with cultural connections to place and environment.  She has exhibited extensively throughout the United States and has been the recipient of numerous grants and awards, locally, nationally and internationally. Her work has been highlighted in regional publications along with national art magazines such as Art Papers, Sculpture Magazine and Southwest Art Magazine.

Osborne received her B.F.A. from the University of Utah in painting and drawing and her M.F.A. from the University of New Mexico. As well as being a practicing artist, Osborne has dedicated herself to university-level art education.  Before accepting a position in the Division of Art and Design at West Virginia University in 2008, she taught environmentally based field courses at the University of New Mexico. Osborne has developed two similarly driven courses at West Virginia University titled Art and Environment and Place: Appalachia, which she teaches in addition to painting and drawing. 

Birke Art Gallery, located in Smith Hall, is open Mondays through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Monday evenings from 6 to 8 p.m.

For more information contact Jaye Ike, Special Projects Coordinator for Marshall’s College of Fine Arts, by phone at 304-696-3296 or by e-mail at jaye.ike@marshall.edu.

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