MOAD Artist Residency Featuring William Osorio

MOAD will host Miami-based artist William Osorio for an artist residency at Miami Dade College’s Padrón Campus. Osorio will create new work and engage with students and other campus groups during his residency.

MOAD is proud to offer artists resources, support, and space to create in Miami. This artist residency will also invite the public to step into the studio and observe and interact with the artist at work, promoting conversations about process, multidisciplinary artmaking, and the role of the artist within learning institutions.

William Osorio (b. 1989, Holguín, Cuba) is a Cuban-born American artist investigating human behavior and the convergence of identity and place. Osorio’s affinity for the power of the arts started in his youth. He studied briefly at the School of Fine Arts in Holguin (2005-2007) before emigrating to the US, where he further developed his skills on a self-taught basis.

Osorio’s practice involves art history, literature, and psychology. His work examines the complex relationship between power and knowledge and often incorporates a reinterpretation of myths. His paintings critically addresses themes of migration and identity, while also exploring the communicative channels between the art historical canon and urgent issues of contemporary society. Known primarily as a painter, the artist increasingly incorporates different media into his work and turns to his own family for artistic inspiration. Past works include wholly abstract compositions as well as portraits of well-known Cuban writers. More recently, his work includes portraits of his partner and reflections on new fatherhood.

MOAD's programs are made possible with the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor, and Board of County Commissioners. They are sponsored in part by the State of Florida through the Division of Arts and Culture, and with generous support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The Miami Herald is a media sponsor of MOAD's programming.

Image: Exhibition view: Solo Show “ Only Silence Hears” at LnS Gallery, 2023. Image courtesy of the gallery.