Osaretin Ugiagbe

B. Lagos, Nigeria

EDUCATION

2019 Master of Art (Painting Program) - Royal College of Art, London UK

2009 Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) - Long Island University (C.W post campus) Long Island, New York

PUBLIC ACQUISITION

ARTIST TALK/LECTURE

The Ruskin School of Art – University of Oxford (February 8, 2019)
Un-belonging: Moderated by Stephanie Baptist, Bronx Documentary Center (July 22, 2017)

SOLO EXHIBITION

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022

Nel Grembo Materno (Group show) Boccanera Gallery curated by Giorgia Lucchi Boccanera. Trento, Italy. Thu 22 Dec 2022 to Sat 25 Feb 2023
Art Verona, Represented by SarahCrown, Verona, Italy
Dallas ArtFair. Dallas, Texas. Represented by Sarah Crown(New York)

2021

Two-man show with Hiva Alizadeh at Untitled Art Fair Miami Beach. Represented by Sarah Crown(New York)/ The Flat Massimo Carrasi (Italy)
WITHIN curated by Sarah Crown. The Yard – Columbus Circle, New York, New York

2020

2019

Travers Smith CSR program (Winner), London U.K 2019
Royal College of Art Painting Degree Show, London, U.K - June 2019
Painting from the Other Side curated by Shannon Forrester (Ph.D.) – Dyson Gallery, London, U.K - April 2019

2018

De Cacaofabriek - A New York State of Mind - Stories from the Unusual Suspects – Helmond, Netherlands - Sept 2018
RCA WIP Show - Royal College of Art, London - Jan 2018

2016

Jerome Avenue Workers - Bronx Photo League - Photoville, Brooklyn, NY - Sept 2016
The Bronx Speaks: Our Home - Bronx Art Space, Bronx, New York - Mar 2016
Bronx: Africa co-curated by LeRonn Brooks - Longwood Art Gallery, Bronx, New York - Feb 2016

2015

Intersecting Imaginaries - No Longer Empty- Bronx Photo League - Concourse Plaza Hotel, Bronx, New York - Nov 2015
Jerome Avenue Workers - Bronx Photo League - Vasquez Muffler, Bronx, New York - Oct 2015
Tracie Hervy collaboration with Osaretin Ugiagbe - Fragments of a Chronology, 2015. Video: 15 mins. Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, New York - July 2015

2014

Five from 150 - Longwood Art Gallery, Bronx, New York - Sept 2014

Bronx X Bronx - Bronx Documentary Center, Bronx, New York - Sept 2014

PUBLICATIONS

Exit #68 Street Photography Editorial: Productions of Art and Thought, S.L. Year: November / 2017 Language: Spanish English Pages: 176 Binding: Rustic ISSN: 1577-2721 ISBN: 9771577272008-68
Jerome Ave (Bronx Photo League) 136 pages 93 black-and-white images Hardcover, linen-bound 978-0-692-76889-1 September 2016
Columbia Journal Review March/April 2015 Vol. 54 Issue 1, p6-9. 3p. 1 Color Photograph. ISSN: 0010-194X
Literature & fiction book titled: Stillborn by Diekoye Oyeyinka. Cover by Osaretin Ugiagbe. Published by East African Educational Publishers (July 17, 2014)

PROJECTS

Travers Smith CSR program, London U.K 2019
Duro Olowu Picks the Best Street Style from Frieze London and 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair for American Vogue
A cameo for "Young Documentarians” by Gareth Smith for the New York Times, 2017
Five Journal, March 2017
Code Unknown collaboration with Tracie Hervy Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY

SELECTED PRESS/REVIEWS

ARTISTI, GALLERISTI, ART ADVISORS: L’ITALIA A ART BASEL MIAMI 2021
ELEPHANT ART: THE LONDON MFA SHOWS: ART IN A WORLD ON THE EDGE OF CHANGE (2019)
HOSTOS COMMUNITY COLLEGE: 10 QUESTIONS WITH OSARETIN UGIAGBE (2019)
FINANCIAL TIMES: SNAPSHOT; UNBELONGING BY OSARETIN UGIAGBE (2017)
NEW YORK TIMES: OF THE BRONX AND OF NIGERIA (2017
PDN ONLINE: A SPLIT VIEW OF NEW YORK AND LAGOS (2017)
OKAY AFRICA: FROM LAGOS TO THE BRONX, PHOTOGRAPHER OSARETIN UGIAGBE DOCUMENTS THE IN-BETWEEN (2017)
AFRICA IS A COUNTRY: THE WORLD OF PHOTOGRAPHER OSARETIN UGIAGBE (2017)
FOX 5: PHOTOGRAPHER OSARETIN UGIAGBE'S EXHIBIT (2017)
EXIT-EXPRESS: UNBELONGING DE OSARETIN UGIAGBE (2017))
MOTT HAVEN HERALD: DEBUT EXHIBIT SHOWS AN ARTIST WITH A FOOT IN TWO WORLDS (2017)
BRONXNET: ARTIST TALK OSARETIN UGIAGBE (2017)
CBS: THE BEST OF NY'S POPUP PHOTO FESTIVAL (2016)
THE VILLAGE VOICE: THE MOST STRIKING IMAGES TO SEE AT PHOTOVILLE (2016)
PHOTOVILLE: THE BATTLE OF THE BOROUGH (2016)