Osaretin Ugiagbe (b. 1986 Lagos, Nigeria) is a painter and photographer who lives and works in the Bronx and Baltimore.
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
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020
WITHIN, curated by Sarah Crown, The Yard: Columbus Circle, New York, NY
2017
Un-belonging, Bronx Documentary Center, Bronx, NY
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Summer Show, SARAHCROWN, New York
2020
FBA Futures, Mall Galleries, London, UK
2019
Travers Smith CSR program, London, UK
Royal College of Art Painting Degree Show, London, UK
Painting from the Other Side, curated by Shannon Forrester, Dyson Gallery, London, UK
2018
A New York State of Mind: Stories from the Unusual Suspects, De Cacaofabriek, Helmond, Netherlands
Africa and African Identity Through the Eyes of African Artists, Yale's African Initiative, New Haven, CT
RCA WIP Show, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2016
Jerome Avenue Workers, Bronx Photo League, Photoville, Brooklyn, NY
The Bronx Speaks: Our Home, Bronx Art Space, Bronx, NY
Bronx: Africa, co-curated by LeRonn Brooks, Longwood Art Gallery, Bronx, NY
2015
Intersecting Imaginaries, Bronx Photo League, No Longer Empty - Concourse Plaza Hotel, Bronx, NY
Jerome Avenue Workers, Bronx Photo League, Vasquez Muffler, Bronx, NY
Fragments of a Chronology, collaboration with Tracie Hervy. Video: 15mins. Bronx Museum of the Arts (Bronx Aim Program), Bronx, NY
2014
Five from 150, Longwood Art Gallery, Bronx, NY
Bronx X Bronx, Bronx Documentary Center, Bronx, NY
2011
50/50, Brooklyn Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
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PUBLIC ACQUISITIONS
Girl in White Lace, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
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ARTIST TALK/LECTURES
The Ruskin School of Art – University of Oxford (February 8, 2019)
Un-belonging: Moderated by Stephanie Baptist, Bronx Documentary Center (July 22, 2017)
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PROJECTS
2019
Travers Smith CSR program, London, UK
Duro Olowu Picks the Best Street Style, Frieze London and 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair for American Vogue
2017
Cameo for Young Documentarians by Gareth Smith for the New York Times
Five Journal
Code Unknown, collaboration with Tracie Hervy
2014
Mural for the upcoming Art film Lion's Den, written and directed by Ben Hozie
2012
Paintings for the 16mm short film Annunciation (a triptych), written and directed By Ben Hozie