ZOM OSBORNE
visual artist
Art has always been a way of making the invisible visible. The symbolic, the archetypal, the mythical and the spiritual - those are what fascinate me and drive my art. As artists have done for millennia, I seek to communicate and nourish the invisible realms .
I grew up in Portland Oregon in a family that loved to go camping in the Oregon mountain ranges, and visit the windswept beaches of the Pacific Northwest. As an adolescent I spent much of my free time in the nearby Hoyt Aboredum, 190 acres of trees and hiking trails. I have always felt at home in nature.
At the age of 26 I emigrated to Australia, originally living in Sydney. After I met my partner we moved to northern NSW where we live in a community on 80 acres in the rainforest. I love it. Everyday we are entwined with nature, surrounded by trees and wildlife.
AbCurriculum Vitae
Education:
1990-1993: Certificate of Achievement in Classical Painting and Drawing at the Studio Art School, Lismore NSW
1989: Post-Graduate degree in Visual Arts from College of Fine Arts, Sydney
1978-1981: Major in Fine Arts at University of Washington; Seattle Wa USA
Solo Exhibitions:
December 2019: a New World; Lismore Regional Gallery, Lismore NSW,
March 2015: the Daughters of Gaia; ANR Artspace, Alstonville
February 2009: In-Between; Tweed Regional Gallery
July 2008: Pinch Me to See if You’re Dreaming; Grafton Regional Gallery
October 2006:Stories of My Second Life; Lismore Regional Gallery
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2021: Untitled, Traffic Jam Galleries, Sydney
2018: Hurford Hardwood Portrait Prize, Special Commendation
2017: Art Piece Prize, finalist
2017: Brisbane Art Prize, finalist
2016: Brisbane Art Prize, finalist
2016: the Christmas Show, Art Piece Gallery
2016: the Border Art Prize, 2nd prize
2015: the Garden, Art Piece Gallery Mullumbimby
2015: Hurford Hardwood Portrait Prize 2015, finalist
2015: the Border Art Prize, Brisbane
2014: Playing on the Edge, Art Piece Gallery
2014: Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, finalist
2012: the Border Art Prize, High Commendation
2010: Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, finalist
2009: the Border Art Prize
2009: the Winter Exhibition, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
2007: Summer Exhibition,Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney
2007: the Border Art Prize, Special Commendation
2007: Byron Bay Art Prize; High Commendation
2006: the Border Art Prize,Tweed River Art Gallery
2006: Local Art, Lismore Regional Gallery at the Byron Bay Writers Festival
2006: Relationships Australia; Lismore Regional Gallery