Boris Ostrerov

Milwaukee WI
bostrerov@hotmail.com

Accomplishments

• Selected for the Tory Folliard Gallery 3rd annual “Gallery Project” Winner. Earned a show at the gallery.
• Selected and participated in the New York Studio Program. 2007.
• Dean’s List, five semesters. 2004-2007.
• 75% scholarship from MIAD based on portfolio and academic achievement. 2004.
• Silver Medal Award for nationwide Scholastic Arts and Writing Contest. 2004.

Exhibitions

• "Shut Up and A. Kiss B. Suck C. Blow D. Other:__________, Me." Senior Thesis Show. Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. Milwaukee WI. April 18-May 10, 2008 .
• "Ink Paintings." Tory Folliard Gallery. Milwaukee, WI. March 14-29, 2008.
• UWM 35th Annual Juried Student Show. Student Union Gallery. Milwaukee, WI March 7-April 4th 2008.
• “From Optimism to Cynicism and Back Again, Maybe.” Group show. New York, New York. 2007.
• Maryland Institute College of Art class exhibition. 2007.
• MIAD art sale and exhibition during winter Gallery Night. Milwaukee, WI. 2006.
• Participated in “Sleep” performance at MIAD during spring Gallery Night. Milwaukee, WI. 2005.
• “My Art Journey.” Solo art exhibition at JCC. Whitefish Bay, WI. 2004.

Press/Reviews

• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
• Art City Blog
• Shepherd Express
• Susceptible to Images

Work and Relevant Experience

• Commissions of artwork. Working on a personal level with customers to fulfill their specific wants and desires for a unique painting. 1997-2006.
• Teacher Assistant. Worked alongside teacher at MIAD to teach high school aged students drawing. 2005.

Education

• BFA in Painting, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (MIAD). Expected graduation: May, 2008.

Biography

Boris Ostrerov was born in the Former Soviet Union in 1986 and moved to the US in 1992. Since 2001, Boris Ostrerov’s work has been displayed at art shows, festivals and galleries, including the Tory Folliard Gallery in Milwaukee last month, and has earned several awards such as a national level Silver Key in the Scholastic Arts and Writing Awards. His first solo show was at the JCC Art Gallery in Milwaukee, WI in 2004. In the fall of 2007 semester he participated in the New York Studio Program, among 20 art students from private art colleges from in the US and Canada. His work has sprouted into several directions in terms of subject-matter and media, fusing elements of disciplines including painting, sculpture, installation and performance. Ostrerov will graduate in May of 2008 and plans to continue studying art in graduate school.