Erika Osborne – ARTIST

Out of Ashes exhibition at Pikes Peak State College

Trine Bumiller and I hope you can make it out!

Fire Transforms exhibition at Palo Alto Art Center

If you are in the area, check out the Fire Transforms exhibition at the Palo Alto Art Center, opening September 17. My work is in the company of several other amazing artists. With smoke filled skies, this exhibition feels both timely and important!

Chasm of the Bingham part of permanent collection at Phoenix Art Museum

I can’t believe that my painting, Chasm of the Bingham, was acquired for the permanent collection at the Phoenix Art Museum! Thanks to Robischon Gallery, Tomorrow’s Harvest and curator Besty Fahlman for making this possible! I am so thrilled to have my work alongside such amazing historic Western paintings. (Image credit: Phoenix Art Museum, photo by Airi Katsuta)

Landscapes of Extraction: The Art of Mining in the American West

I am so honored to be part of this exhibition, curated by Betsy Fahlman, at the Phoenix Art Museum. If you’re in the area, the exhibition will be hanging until March 6th, 2022. If you can’t make it to Phoenix, the Hirmer publication accompanying the exhibition is worth its weight in gold (no pun intended)! I am still pinching myself that the book designers chose my painting for the hardback cover.

OUTPUT – Art After Fire

Check out this beautiful folio for the Output – Art After Fire project I worked on as a co-conspirator and also as an artist mentor. It was amazing to see how the shared experience of wildfires brought artists and writers together from fire-prone Australia and the western United States.

Join me for a Fireside Dialog

Come and join me on October 21st for an engaging Fireside Dialog – part of M12 Studio‘s new artwork, Black Forest Institute. The event will take place outside, at sunset on the grounds of ENT’s Center for the Arts in Colorado Springs. Register HERE to participate! image courtesy of M12 Studio

Reclamation: Recovering our Relationship With Place

I am so thrilled to have this exhibition, two years in the making, finally up at the Gregory Allicar Museum of Art. It’s an honor to curate such an amazing group of artists as part of the larger, Extraction: Art on the Edge of the Abyss Project! The show is up until September 19th. Stay tuned for announcements about the performance and events that will

Tree Talk panel at EcoArtSpace

I so enjoyed being part of the conversation at EcoArtSpace Tree Talk series! For those who were unable to make the event, here is a link to a video of the presentations and panel discussion.

Rural Field School

I’m super excited to be a visiting artist and mentor for the 2021 Art + Rural Environments Field School offered by Richard Saxton through University of Colorado – Boulder. If you’re interested in participating, visit the website!

I feel honored to have my painting, On the Edge of the Sublime, featured on the cover of Iris Jamahl Dunkle’s most recent book of poetry, West: Fire: Archive. Get your copy now by ordering from University Press of Colorado.