E-mail this pageProfessor Don Osborn Creates Large Art Forms
Nationally and internationally recognized sculptor Don Osborn thinks size does matter.
He is drawn to steel and welds sheets around angle-iron frames to create large building sculptures exhibited nationally and on campus as part of the Plattsburgh State Art Museum Sculpture Park, which he helped create to feature works by many of his students - past and present - and nationally acclaimed visiting artists.
Professor Osborn's work has been exhibited in over 47 shows in the past 12 years from Plattsburgh to Edmonton, Canada to Norfolk, Virginia, Corpus Christi, Texas and San Diego, Calif.
Some of his pieces are held in nine permanent collections nationally including the University of Arkansas, the Maryland Art Institute, Del Mar College Gallery in Texas and Plattsburgh State.
Balancing Abstraction and Representation
Dr. Osborne's sculptures seek a balance between abstraction and representation to allow a perceptual experience. Professor Osborn's works include "Divining Rod," "Embracing Reason," "Signs of Origin" and "Acts of Justice."
A member of the International Sculpture Center and National College Art Association, Professor Osborn has received numerous visiting artist fellowships at universities and galleries including: National Endowment for the Humanities, Smithsonian Institute, Del Mar College, the Hoyt National Show - Juried Exhibition, and the Chicago Pier Walk Exhibition Program.
He received his master's degree in Fine Arts from Wichita State University and a bachelor's degree in Studio Art from Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, and currently teaches in the Plattsburgh State Art Department .
Contact
To learn more about the Art Program at Plattsburgh State, please contact:
Dr. Don Osborn
Phone: (518) 564-2463
E-mail: osborndw@plattsburgh.edu