William Osorio
Born in Cuba, William Osorio migrated to the United States seeking creative and intellectual freedom, embracing becoming a self-taught artist. William’s large-scale paintings often feature vivid color compositions evoking the classical tradition of painting as well as abstract language, and textiles, with a focus on the application of oil paint in successive layers to create a deeply textured effect.
His practice meditates on art history, and literature, and addresses themes of migration and identity. Furthermore, it explores the channels of communication between art history imagery and contemporary issues such as consumer culture, commodity fetishism, alienation, cultural homogenization, and mass media.