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Site # 3, 2000, paint and tape, installed
at the Project Room, Philadelphia, PA
Site # 3 (detail)

(This piece is similar to Oosterbaan's installation for Future Imperfect.)

Essay on Michelle Oosterbaan (and Ruth Borgenicht) by Robin Rice

EDUCATION:
MFA, Painting, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 1992
Post Graduate Study, Indiana University Study Abroad, Florence, Italy, 1992
BFA, Painting & Printmaking, Washington University, St. Louis, MO,1990
Summer Semester Abroad, Studio Arts Centers International, Florence, Italy, 1989

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
Site #3, solo installation, Project Room, Philadelphia, PA, 2000
13th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper (Terrie Sultan, juror), Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA, 2000
Delaware Biennial, 2000, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE, 2000
The Banquet, Laurie and Irwin Borowsky Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 2000
Red Light, Window on Broad Street, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 2000
Six New Members, Nexus, Foundation for Today's Art, Philadelphia, PA, 1999

SELECTED HONORS & AWARDS:
The Leeway Foundation of Philadelphia, Window of Opportunity Grant, 2000
Juror's Award, Susan Krane, Arts on the River, Savannah, GA, 1995
T. Miller and Sons Purchase Award, 6th McNeese Works on Paper Exhibit, 1993

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:
"Sketches: A Roundup of Noteworthy Shows," Roberta Fallon, Philadelphia Weekly, Sept. 13, 2000
Review, "Food for Thought," Edward J. Sozanski, Philadelphia Inquirer, Jan. 28, 2000
Review, "Members Only," Robin Rice, Philadelphia CityPaper, Dec. 16, 1999

Michelle Oosterbaan is currently a professor of art at Drexel University, Philadelphia PA, teaching Two-Dimensional Design, Color Theory, and Figure Drawing

 

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Future Imperfect: On entering the new century
An exhibition at the Sharadin Art Gallery, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
February 6 - March 11, 2001

© 2001