OSBORN
Exhibitions
Symbiosis of Script, Font, and Form, Bridwell LIbrary Special Collections, Southern Methodist University, January – March 2022, Jon Speck and Rebecca Howdeshell, co-curators
Daumen Kino, the Flip Book Show, Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, May 7 – July 17, 2005
Artist/Author: The Book as Art Since 1980, The American Federation of the Arts, New York, New York, traveling exhibit, 1997–1999.
Livres d’artistes. L’invention d’un genre 1960-1980, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, May 29–October 12, 1997.
Artist’s Books, The Tate Gallery, London England, August–November 1995
Books as Objects, Comus Gallery, Portland, Oregon, December 1993–January 1994.
Building the Architectural Book, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota, July–December 1993
De Bonnard à Baselitz, Dix Ans d’Enrichissements du Cabinet des Estampes, 1978–1988, Bibliothèque Nationale, 1992.
The Fine Printed Image, Indiana University, November 1990.
Through the Folds, Books, Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Portland, Oregon, October 1990.
American Artists’ Books, Gutenberg Museum, Mainz, West Germany, April–May 1989
Artists of the Book: A Facet of Modernism, traveling exhibit: Boston Atheneum, Boston Massachusetts; American Craft Museum, New York, New York; Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, Florida; California State University, Los Angeles, California; Owensboro Museum of Fine Arts, Owensboro, Kentucky; Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio; 1988–1989.
The Arts of the Book, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September–October 1988.
Contemporary Book Arts, North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, North Dakota, March–April 1988.
Bound to Learn, West Virginia University Galleries, Morgantown, West Virginia, March 1988.
The Mindful Page: Symbolism in Contemporary Artist’s books, Historical Perspective, New England Foundation for the Arts, 1988.
Experimental Books, James Madison University, Fall 1987.
Kevin Osborn: Artists’ Books, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April–May 1987
Book Art, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, August 9–September 28, 1986
Paper: From Surface to Structure, University of Delaware, March 10–27, 1986
Artists on Paper - Prints, Books, and Paperworks, The Life of Maryland Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland, January 8–March 14, 1986
Artists’ Books from Artists’ Presses, Center for Book Arts, New York, November 1985
Visual Books, Common Threads, curated by Susan Share, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library, New York, October 1–November 1, 1985.
Book Time, curated by Douglas Beube, SUNY Purchase, Purchase, NY, October 1–30, 1985.
Typo-graphism, Centre de Création Industrielle, Centre National d’Art Contemporain, Paris, France, September 1985
Artworks/Bookworks, Dallas Public Library, Dallas, Texas, August 12–October 12, 1985.
Livres d’artistes, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France, June 12–October 7, 1985.
Artists’ Books South East, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, September 1984.
Adding it up, Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, September 1984.
Artists’ Books/Book Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois, July 1984
Art as Book as Art, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, Maryland, June 1984
Offset: A Survey of Artists’ Books, New England Foundation for the Arts, Touring exhibit, 1984–85.
Books from Artists’ Presses, Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, D.C., April 1984.
Edges/Isms, Shwayder Art Gallery, University of Denver, April 1984.
Photo Offset Re/productions, Camerawork Gallery, San Francisco, California.
Artists’ Books from the Writer’s Center, Printed Matter, New York, April 1984.
Books Artists Have Made, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, February 1984.
12° Biennale de Paris, Paris, France, September 1982.
Books by Printmakers, The Print Club, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 1982.
Cent Livres Venus d’Ailleurs, Edition Jean-Michel Place, Paris, France, May 1982.
Ex Libris, Traction Gallery, Los Angeles, California, December 1981.
L’Experience du Livre, Editions Jean-Michel Place, November 1981.
Kevin Osborn Books, Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, D.C., November–December 1981.
Books as Art, Eaton/Shoen Gallery, San Francisco, California, June–July 1981.
Presswork, Nexus Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, April–May 1981.
Words and Images, A Contemporary Artists’ Book Exhibition, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Re/Pages, New England Foundation for the Arts Touring Exhibit, 1981–82.
Bookworks, Washington, D.C., Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, D.C., March 1980.
In the Shadow of Marcel Duchamp: Photomechanical Books of the Last Ten Years, Franklin Furnace and the Grolier Club, New York, New York, September 1979.
Artwords/Bookworks, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California, March 1978.
L'École Nationale, Nice | May 1972
Studio | Persephone III in progress | 2016 | L2060856
