Thomas Ostenberg
Education
1997 MA, Royal College of Art, London, UK. Sculpture
1994 BFA, Kansas City Art Institute. Sculpture & Painting
1992 New York Studio School, New York, NY
1975 MBA, Stanford University, Stanford, California. Finance.
1971 BA, Principia College, Elsah, Illinois. Languages


Work Experience
1986-90 International Financial Consultant, New York, Brazil, Spain.
1975-86 Citibank, Vice President, Corporate Banking, Brazil, Spain.



Selected Solo Exhibitions

2008 La Galleria London, UK
Glyndebourne Opera Festival, Lewes Sussex, UK
2007 Fay Gold Gallery Atlanta, GA
Muse Gallery Jackson, WY
2005 Donna Tribby Fine Art West Palm Beach, FL
Telluride Gallery of Fine Art Telluride, CO
Robert Sandelson Gallery on Cork Street London, UK
Clarke Galleries Stowe, VT
A Gallery Wimbledon, UK
2004 Lisa Kurts Gallery Memphis, TN
Peyton Wright Gallery Santa Fe, NM
2003 Lisa Kurts Gallery Memphis, TN
Robert Sandelson, Cork St. presented by Theo Waddington London, UK
Theo Waddington Fine Art Dublin, Ireland
Waddington & Tribby Fine Arts Boca Raton, FL
2002 Fay Gold Gallery Atlanta, GA
Peyton Wright Gallery Santa Fe, NM
Waddington & Tribby Fine Arts West Palm Beach, FL
2001 Waddington & Tribby Fine Arts Boca Raton, FL
Thomas Ingerick Gallery Aspen, CO
2000 Lisa Kurts Gallery Memphis, TN
1999 Peyton Wright Gallery Santa Fe, NM


Selected Group Exhibitions
2008 Anne Reed Gallery Ketchum, ID
Fay Gold Gallery Atlanta, GA
2008 Lisa Kurts Gallery Memphis, TN
M.A. Doran Gallery Tulsa, OK
Melissa Morgan Fine Art Toronto, Ont, Canada
Miriam Shiell Fine Art Toronto, Ont, Canada
Muse Gallery Jackson, WY
Telluride Gallery of Fine Art Telluride, CO
Turner Carroll Gallery Santa Fe, NM
A Gallery London, UK
Theo Waddington, The Irish Art Project County Cork, Ireland
Richard Hagen Ltd., Broadway Worchestershire, UK
Clarke Galleries Stowe, VT
Ira Wolk Gallery St. Helena, CA
2007 Fay Gold Gallery Atlanta, FL
Lisa Kurts Gallery Memphis, TN
Anne Reed Gallery Ketchum, ID
Telluride Gallery of Fine Art Telluride, CO
Donna Tribby Fine Art West Palm Beach, FL
Turner Carroll Gallery Santa Fe, NM
A Gallery London, UK
Richard Hagen Ltd. Worchestershire, UK
Clarke Galleries Stowe, VT
Ira Wolk Gallery St. Helena, CA
Muse Gallery Jackson, WY
2006 Donna Tribby Fine Art West Palm Beach, FL
Fay Gold Gallery Atlanta, GA
Lisa Kurts Gallery Memphis, TN
Anne Reed Gallery Ketchum, ID
Telluride Gallery of Fine Art Telluride, CO
Theo Waddington Fine Art Dublin, Ireland
Richard Hagen Ltd., Broadway Worchestershire, UK
Clarke Galleries Stowe, VT
Muse Gallery Jackson, WY
2005 Donna Tribby Fine Art West Palm Beach, FL
Fay Gold Gallery Atlanta, GA
Lisa Kurts Gallery Memphis, TN
Peyton Wright Santa Fe, NM
Anne Reed Gallery Ketchum, ID
Telluride Gallery of Fine Art Telluride, CO
Theo Waddington Fine Art Dublin, Ireland
Richard Hagen Ltd., Broadway Worchestershire, UK
2004 Donna Tribby Fine Art West Palm Beach, FL
Fay Gold Gallery Atlanta, GA
Lisa Kurts Gallery Memphis, TN
Newby Hall Sculpture Park North Yorkshire, UK
Peyton Wright Santa Fe, NM
Anne Reed Gallery Ketchum, ID
Susan Street Gallery Solana Beach, CA
Telluride Gallery of Fine Art Telluride, CO
Theo Waddington Fine Art Dublin, Ireland
Richard Hagen Ltd., Broadway Worchestershire, UK
2003 Buschlen Mowatt Gallery Palm Desert, CA
Fay Gold Gallery Atlanta, GA
Lisa Kurts Gallery Memphis, TN
Newby Hall Sculpture Park North Yorkshire, UK
Peyton Wright Santa Fe, NM
Anne Reed Gallery Ketchum, ID
Susan Street Gallery Solana Beach, CA
Telluride Gallery of Fine Art Telluride, CO
Theo Waddington Fine Art Dublin, Ireland
Waddington & Tribby Fine Arts Boca Raton, FL
Richard Hagen Ltd., Broadway Worchestershire, UK
2002 Buschlen Mowatt Gallery Palm Desert, CA
Fay Gold Gallery Atlanta, GA
Lisa Kurts Gallery Memphis, TN
Peyton Wright Santa Fe, NM
Anne Reed Gallery Ketchum, ID
Susan Street Gallery Solana Beach, CA
Theo Waddington Fine Art, St. James’s London, UK
Waddington & Tribby Fine Arts Boca Raton, FL
Beaux Arts Gallery Bath, UK
Richard Hagen Ltd., Broadway Worchestershire, UK
2001 Lisa Kurts Gallery Memphis, TN
Peyton Wright Gallery Santa Fe, NM
Anne Reed Gallery Ketchum, ID
Theo Waddington Fine Art, St. James’s London, UK
Beaux Arts Gallery Bath, UK
Richard Hagen Ltd., Broadway Worchestershire, UK
2000 Peyton Wright Gallery Santa Fe, NM
Waterman Fine Art Ltd. London, UK
Beaux Arts Gallery Bath, UK
Byron Cohen Contemporary Gallery Kansas City, KS


Awards and Grants
2008 Selected as the feature sculptor for the 2008 season for the Glyndebourne Opera Festival,
Lewes, Sussex, U.K.
1998 Selected to represent the UK at Fabriqu’art, an artistic program supported by the European Union
Selected to inaugurate ArtisTree Art Center, Hutchinson, Kansas
1997 Battersea Park Annual Sculpture Award, London
Royal Society Of British Sculptors membership bursary
Wybo Haas Award for Young British Sculptors, Finalist
1996 The Rayne Foundation Grant, London
1995 Henry Moore Foundation Grant, London
Worshipful Brotherhood of Founder’s Grant, London


Press and Reviews
2008 Wharf Magazine, August, “Finance king enters his bronze age.”
The Warf News Paper, August, “From silver and gold to the bronze age.”
The London Times, September, “Art lover Wilfred Cass commissions sculptures for the Olympics 2012.”
ARTINFO, September, “British Businessman Commissions Public Sculptures for London Olympics. ”
2005 Southwest Magazine, July, “Special Issue on Sculpture.”
Telluride(Colorado) Daily Planet, July 14, “Statements of pure fantasy.”
Telluride Watch, July 12, “Thomas Ostenberg Show Open…”
2003 Vaulting World, June, “The Art of Gymnastics on Horseback”
The Commercial Appeal (Memphis), July 9, “Ex-banker invests in himself…”
2002 Stanford University GSB Magazine, February, “Shifting Gears”
2001 Art&Antiques Magazine, December, “Thomas Ostenberg”
Sculpture Magazine, April, “Reviews: Memphis”
Number Magazine, Nº 39, first of 2001, “Reviews: Thomas Ostenberg”
2000 ARTnews Magazine, February, “National Reviews: Santa Fe”
1998 The Witchita Eagle, August 15, “Searching for art in the heart of America”
The Hutschinson News,August 6, “London Sculptor becomes Hutchinson artist…”
1997 The Evening Standard (London), May 28, “Not your common…”


Selected Collections
Network Appliances Corporation, Sunnyvale, California
The Principia Schools Library, St. Louis, Missouri
Rotunda Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Sandy Lane Hotel, St. Lucia
Sporting Emporium Gambling Club, Dublin, Ireland
Vero Beach Museum of Contemporary Art, Vero Beach, Florida


Private Collections
Trustee of SFMOMA
Trustee of Whitney Museum
Trustee of St Louis Art Museum
Member, Board of Directors of School of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Former Director and head curator, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
Trustee of Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Trustee of Vero Beach Museum of Contemporary Art
A former President of the Art Dealers Association of America,
and a founder of the Art and Antique Dealers League of America, Inc.
Trustee of Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences, Charleston, WV
Trustee of Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, VT
Trustees of University of California at Los Angeles
s Gallery Memphis, TN
Newby Hall Sculpture Park North Yorkshire, UK
Peyton Wright Santa Fe, NM
Anne Reed Gallery Ketchum, ID
Susan Street Gallery Solana Beach, CA
Telluride Gallery of Fine Art Telluride, CO
Theo Waddington Fine Art Dublin, Ireland
Waddington & Tribby Fine Arts Boca Raton, FL
Richard Hagen Ltd., Broadway Worchestershire, UK
2002 Buschlen Mowatt Gallery Palm Desert, CA
Fay Gold Gallery Atlanta, GA
Lisa Kurts Gallery Memphis, TN
Peyton Wright Santa Fe, NM
Anne Reed Gallery Ketchum, ID
Susan Street Gallery Solana Beach, CA
Theo Waddington Fine Art, St. James’s London, UK
Waddington & Tribby Fine Arts Boca Raton, FL
Beaux Arts Gallery Bath, UK
Richard Hagen Ltd., Broadway Worchestershire, UK
2001 Lisa Kurts Gallery Memphis, TN
Peyton Wright Gallery Santa Fe, NM
Anne Reed Gallery Ketchum, ID
Theo Waddington Fine Art, St. James’s London, UK
Beaux Arts Gallery Bath, UK
Richard Hagen Ltd., Broadway Worchestershire, UK
2000 Peyton Wright Gallery Santa Fe, NM
Waterman Fine Art Ltd. London, UK
Beaux Arts Gallery Bath, UK
Byron Cohen Contemporary Gallery Kansas City, KS



Awards and Grants

2008 Selected as the feature sculptor for the 2008 season for the Glyndebourne Opera Festival,
Lewes, Sussex, U.K.
1998 Selected to represent the UK at Fabriqu’art, an artistic program supported by the European Union
Selected to inaugurate ArtisTree Art Center, Hutchinson, Kansas
1997 Battersea Park Annual Sculpture Award, London
Royal Society Of British Sculptors membership bursary
Wybo Haas Award for Young British Sculptors, Finalist
1996 The Rayne Foundation Grant, London
1995 Henry Moore Foundation Grant, London
Worshipful Brotherhood of Founder’s Grant, London



Press and Reviews

2008 Wharf Magazine, August, “Finance king enters his bronze age.”
The Warf News Paper, August, “From silver and gold to the bronze age.”
The London Times, September, “Art lover Wilfred Cass commissions sculptures for the Olympics
2012.”
ARTINFO, September, “British Businessman Commissions Public Sculptures for London Olympics.”
2005 Southwest Magazine, July, “Special Issue on Sculpture.”
Telluride(Colorado) Daily Planet, July 14, “Statements of pure fantasy.”
Telluride Watch, July 12, “Thomas Ostenberg Show Open…”
2003 Vaulting World, June, “The Art of Gymnastics on Horseback”
The Commercial Appeal (Memphis), July 9, “Ex-banker invests in himself…”
2002 Stanford University GSB Magazine, February, “Shifting Gears”
2001 Art&Antiques Magazine, December, “Thomas Ostenberg”
Sculpture Magazine, April, “Reviews: Memphis”
Number Magazine, Nº 39, first of 2001, “Reviews: Thomas Ostenberg”
2000 ARTnews Magazine, February, “National Reviews: Santa Fe”
1998 The Witchita Eagle, August 15, “Searching for art in the heart of America”
The Hutschinson News,August 6, “London Sculptor becomes Hutchinson artist…”
1997 The Evening Standard (London), May 28, “Not your common…”



Selected Collections

Network Appliances Corporation, Sunnyvale, California
The Principia Schools Library, St. Louis, Missouri
Rotunda Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Sandy Lane Hotel, St. Lucia
Sporting Emporium Gambling Club, Dublin, Ireland
Vero Beach Museum of Contemporary Art, Vero Beach, Florida
Private Collections
Trustee of SFMOMA
Trustee of Whitney Museum
Trustee of St Louis Art Museum
Member, Board of Directors of School of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Former Director and head curator, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
Trustee of Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Trustee of Vero Beach Museum of Contemporary Art
A former President of the Art Dealers Association of America,
and a founder of the Art and Antique Dealers League of America, Inc.
Trustee of Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences, Charleston, WV
Trustee of Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, VT
Trustees of University of California at Los Angeles

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