Biography

Hillary Osborn, a Cape Cod native, received her BFA from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and her MFA from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Currently living on Cape Cod, Ms. Osborn works at her studio at the Cataumet Arts Center. During a period of study in the summer of 1994 Ms.Osborn was in New York City at the New York Studio School where she studied with Graham Nickson and John Dubrow. It was here that she developed an interest in landscape painting. Classes were held in Central Park for a three week period with excursions to the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens. After that experience she finished her masters degree in North Carolina concentrating on urban landscapes as her subject matter.

After school Ms. Osborn moved to the Cape to be with her family. Since then she has received numerous awards for her work including Honorable Mention from Art Calendar Magazine, she was a finalist in 1999 for the Artists Magazine’s annual art competition and was selected as an emerging artist by Cape Cod Life Magazine in the same year. She has received recognition from the Cape Cod Arts Association and the Falmouth Artists’ Guild. Her works have been on exhibit in New York City, North Carolina and throughout Cape Cod. Her paintings have been described as painterly and expressionistic with influences from Richard Diebenkorn to Fairfield Porter. Her work can be seen at Franklin Riehlman Fine Art in New York City, the Charles-Baltivik Gallery in Provincetown, the Woods Hole Gallery and The Cape Gallery Framer in Falmouth.

Hillary Osborn has taught painting and drawing classes at the Falmouth Artists’ Guild and the Cataumet Arts Center. She also has been active on the Board of Directors at the Falmouth Artists’ Guild, working on the education committee and the annual arts auction. She has participated in Career Day at the Falmouth High School for students interested in the arts. She is a member of the Copley Society in Boston, MA .

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Please click on "exhibitions" above to locate ongoing gallery representation.

Education

1995 Master of Fine Arts, Painting: University of North Carolina, Greensboro

1994 New York Studio School: Summer Program including Drawing Marathon with Graham Nickson and Landscape Painting with John Dubrow and Eric Holtzman

1993 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting: University of Massachusetts, Amherst

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Highfield Hall, Falmouth, MA 2007
Little Treasures: Big Pleasures, 2007
2002 "OPA East/Southeast Regional Exhibition of Traditional Oils" Brazier Fine Arts, Richmond, VA.
2002 "Fresh Paint" Copley Society of Boston, Boston, MA.
2001 “Small Works Show”, Copley Society of Boston, Boston, MA
2001 “Boston International Fine Arts Show” Cyclorama Center, Boston, MA
2000 “Natural Views”, Copley Society of Boston, Boston, MA 2000 “New Members Show”, Copley Society of Boston, Boston, MA
1999 “Fall Juried Show”, Copley Society, Boston, MA Juror: Sam Barber
1999 “Shared Views”, Cape Gallery Framer , Falmouth, MA
1998 “Preview Exhibition”, Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, MA
1998 “Exteriors”, Gallery 333, North Falmouth, MA
1998 “Abstract Show”, Provincetown Art Association, Provincetown, MA
1998 “Women Creating”, Cahoon Museum, Cotuit, MA
1997 “Faraway Places”, Provincetown Art Association, Provincetown, MA
1997 “Cataumet Art Center 24 Artists”, C3TV Gallery, Yarmouth, MA
1997 “Figuratively Speaking”, Gallery 333, North Falmouth, MA
1996 Faxon Center Gallery, Falmouth Hospital, Falmouth, MA
1996 “All New England Exhibition”, Cape Cod Art Association, Barnstable, MA
1995 “Fall Open Juried Show”, Falmouth Artists Guild, Falmouth, MA
1995 “New Breed 3 UNCG-UNC”, Lee Hansley Gallery, Raleigh, NC
1995 “1995 National Competition Exhibition”, First Street Gallery, New York, NY Juror: Sidney Goodman
1995 “MFA Thesis Exhibition”, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC

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Highfield Hall, Falmouth, MA (two-person) 2007, The Outdoor Experience: Doug Rugh and Hillary Osborn
2001 Keogh & Riehlman Fine Art, New York, NY.
2000 Walk Through Provincetown, Charles-Baltivik Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Cataumet Arts Center, Cataumet, MA (two-person) 2003, From Woods Hole to Mt. Desert
Cataumet Arts Center, Cataumet, MA 2001, Recent Landscapes
2001 Third Annual: Walk Through Provincetown Charles-Baltivik Gallery, Provincetown, MA.
1998 Recent Work Charles-Baltivik Gallery, Provincetown, MA
The Cape Gallery, Falmouth, MA (two-person) 1999, Shared Views
1998 Atlantic Waters/Apricot Skies, Cape Gallery Framer, Falmouth, MA

Gallery Associations

Cataumet Arts Center, Cataumet, MA
Franklin Reihlman Fine Art, New York, NY
Gallery 333, North Falmouth, MA
Woods Hole Gallery, Woods Hole, MA
Charles-Baltivik Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Lee Hansley Gallery, Raleigh, NC
Cape Gallery Framer, Falmouth, MA

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2000 Elaine Pear Cohen Award, Falmouth Council for the Arts
1999 Finalist in The Artist’s Magazine Art Competition
1999 Emerging Artist in Cape Cod Life Magazine
1999 Best in Show, Winter Open Juried Show, Falmouth Artists Guild
1998 Honorable Mention, Winter Open Juried Show, Falmouth Artists Guild
1997 Honorable Mention, Crabbie Art Awards, Art Calendar Magazine
1997 Best Contemporary, Summer Open Juried Show, Falmouth Artists Guild
1997 Best Landscape, Winter Open Juried Show, Falmouth Artists Guild
1996 Honorable Mention, All New England Exhibition, Cape Cod Art Association
1996 First Place Award, Cape Cod Art Association
1996 Best Figure Work, Winter Open Juried Show, Falmouth Artists Guild
1995 Best in Show, Fall Open Juried Show, Falmouth Artists Guild
1983 Boston Globe Gold Key Award, Boston, MA

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Featured artist on "Arts and Inspiration" documentary produced by Channel 13, March, 2004.

Featured artist on “Millennium Moments” documentary produced by FCTV, April 2000.

Featured artist for the "Eye on Art" documentary produced by Channel 13, June, 1998.

{Other broadcast to come...}

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Articles

Portrait of the Artist, Provincetown Magazine 9/14/00

Emerging Artists, Cape Cod Life, August, 1999

Portrait of the Artist, Provincetown Magazine 8/12/99

Cataumet Arts Center, Interview with Doug Rugh and Hillary Osborn, Cape Arts Review, June, 2005.

Cape Cod Life publications Cape Cod Arts guide, 2000-2001.

Various gallery reviews and feature articles, The Falmouth Enterprise, 1995-2007

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Lectures

2001 "Ships, Slips and Boats Afloat", Tuesday with the Muse Series, Cape Museum, Dennis, MA

1998 "Painting and the Art of Seeing, Abstract Expressionism and Richard Diebenkorn", Woods Hole Women’s Club, Fisher House, Woods Hole, MA

1997 "Process of Developing a Personal Language in Painting", Cataumet Art Center

Ongoing workshops, courses and tutoring at the Cataumet Arts Center, Falmouth Artist's Guild and the Cape Cod Art Association, 1996 - 2007.

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Copley Artist member - The Copley Society