Osaretin Ugiagbe
Adjunct professor. Hostos Community College (CUNY)
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
SPECIALITIES
Painting, Photography, Digital art, Installation Art, Mixed media.
PUBLIC ACQUISITION
Girl in White Lace (Lagos, Nigeria) Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (July 2017)
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
July 2017: Un-belonging - Bronx Documentary Center, Bronx NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
FBA Futures, Mall Galleries, London U.K
2019
Travers Smith CSR program, 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
Africa and African Identity Through the Eyes of African Artists - Yale's African Initiative, New Haven, Connecticut - April 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: 15mins. Bronx Museum of the Arts (Bronx Aim Program), 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
2011
Brooklyn Art Space: 50/50, Brooklyn, New York - Aug 2011
PUBLICATIONS
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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
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Columbia Journal Review March/April 2015 Vol. 54 Issue 1, p6-9. 3p. 1 Color Photograph. ISSN: 0010-194X
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Literature & fiction book titled: Stillborn by Diekoye Oyeyinka. Cover by Osaretin Ugiagbe. Published by East African Educational Publishers (July 17, 2014)
PROJECTS
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Travers Smith CSR program, London U.K 2019
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Duro Olowu Picks the Best Street Style from Frieze London and 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair for American Vogue
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A cameo for "Young Documentarians” by Gareth Smith for the New York Times, 2017
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Five Journal, March 2017
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Code Unknown collaboration with Tracie Hervy
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Painted a mural for the upcoming Art film Lion's Den, written and directed by Ben Hozie, 2014
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Painted three canvases for the 16mm short Art film Annunciation (a triptych), written and directed By Ben Hozie, 2012
SELECTED PRESS/REVIEWS
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ELEPHANT ART: THE LONDON MFA SHOWS: ART IN A WORLD ON THE EDGE OF CHANGE (2019)
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HOSTOS COMMUNITY COLLEGE: 10 QUESTION WITH OSARETIN UGIAGBE (2019)
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FINANCIAL TIMES: SNAPSHOT; UNBELONGING BY OSARETIN UGIAGBE (2017)
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NEW YORK TIMES: OF THE BRONX AND OF NIGERIA (2017
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PDN ONLINE: A SPLIT VIEW OF NEW YORK AND LAGOS (2017)
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OKAY AFRICA: FROM LAGOS TO THE BRONX, PHOTOGRAPHER OSARETIN UGIAGBE DOCUMENTS THE IN-BETWEEN (2017)
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AFRICA IS A COUNTRY: THE WORLD OF PHOTOGRAPHER OSARETIN UGIAGBE (2017)
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FOX 5: PHOTOGRAPHER OSARETIN UGIAGBE'S EXHIBIT (2017)
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EXIT-EXPRESS: UNBELONGING DE OSARETIN UGIAGBE (2017))
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MOTT HAVEN HERALD: DEBUT EXHIBIT SHOWS AN ARTIST WITH A FOOT IN TWO WORLDS (2017)
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BRONXNET: ARTIST TALK OSARETIN UGIAGBE (2017)
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CBS: THE BEST OF NY'S POPUP PHOTO FESTIVAL (2016)
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THE VILLAGE VOICE: THE MOST STRIKING IMAGES TO SEE AT PHOTOVILLE (2016)
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PHOTOVILLE: THE BATTLE OF THE BOROUGH (2016)
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THE RIVERDALE PRESS: IN THE BRONX HOME IS WHERE THE ART IS (2016)
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NEW YORK DAILY NEWS: LONGWOOD ARTS PROJECTS CELEBRATES AFRICA (2015)
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NEW YORK TIMES: BRACING FOR GENTRIFICATION (2016)
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COLOMBIA JOURNAL REVIEW: LETTERS TO THE EDITORS (2015)
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COLOMBIA JOURNAL REVIEW: DRAWING INSPIRATION FROM THE SOUTH BRONX (2015)