Artist Bio
John Osgood is an urban contemporary artist and muralist who
grew up in Edmonds, Washington. He graduated with a BA from
Washington State University with a minor in Fine Arts and is
also 2008 Artist Trust Edge Graduate. Osgood has created murals
all over the Puget Sound area in 2010 & 2011 was only 1 of a
couple US artists invited to the UK’s Urban Mural Art festival
called “Upfest”. Osgood has also shown in multiple galleries and
venues around the Seattle area including, ArtsWest Gallery, CoCA
(Center on Contemporary Art) Gallery, Flatcolor Gallery, Halogen
Gallery, Tasty Gallery, Twilight Artist Collective and more. In
2010 he also co-organized and participated in an Open Studio
event called “W3AVE” at the Henry Art Gallery and was selected
to participate in CoCA’s Pecha Kucha event at Bumbershoot. He
currently has a studio and gallery in Seattle called
Bherd Studios
where he curates shows monthly for other up and coming PNW urban
contemporary artists.
Artist Statement
I paint idiosyncratic characters with a bold palette in an urban
contemporary art style mainly utilizing the mediums of acrylic
and aerosol. I’m a people watcher and I enjoy spending time
following the emotions that flicker throughout a person’s face
during an interaction. I feel my art is the expression of these
every day emotions and my collection of colorful & odd
characters are inspired by life and the uncomfortable, forlorn
and many times humorous circumstances that happen within it.
I also enjoy using vibrant contrasting color palettes to elicit
a “pop” factor, often juxtaposing bright vivid colors with
depressing emotions to provide balance and to also surprise the
viewer. I think that people are attracted to my work because
they see something of themselves or people they know in my
paintings, which often times evokes a smile or a laugh.
