American, b. 1956
Jim Osman was born in New York City. He received his BA & MFA from Queens College (CUNY) in Flushing, NY where he studied with Tom Doyle, Mary Miss and Lawrence Fane.
As Osman has said about his work, “I combine, layer and compress different kinds of space. The vessels that give these spaces form can be clear and tangible like architecture and furniture or symbolic like a flag or just formal -- a color. Combining these forms makes for odd, unthought-of arrangements that once started must be reconciled formally, all the while staying true to a notion of space that is convoluted, dense, and opaque yet somehow understood.”
Osman has received grants from the Brooklyn Arts Council, Parsons School of Design and a NYFA Artist Fellowship in Craft/Sculpture in 2017. He teaches courses in three-dimensional design, sculpture and public art at Parsons School of Design. Osman lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
As Osman has said about his work, “I combine, layer and compress different kinds of space. The vessels that give these spaces form can be clear and tangible like architecture and furniture or symbolic like a flag or just formal -- a color. Combining these forms makes for odd, unthought-of arrangements that once started must be reconciled formally, all the while staying true to a notion of space that is convoluted, dense, and opaque yet somehow understood.”
Osman has received grants from the Brooklyn Arts Council, Parsons School of Design and a NYFA Artist Fellowship in Craft/Sculpture in 2017. He teaches courses in three-dimensional design, sculpture and public art at Parsons School of Design. Osman lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
