William Osorio

Common Ground

On view: July 8 - August 5, 2026

Reception: Thursday, July 9, 2026 – 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
University of Miami Art Gallery @ The Chapel 
6565 Red Road, Room 112
Coral Gables, FL 33143

The University of Miami Department of Art & Art History presents Common Ground by William Osorio. Celebrate the opening on Thursday, July 9, from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the University of Miami Gallery at The Chapel.

Common Ground brings together works made over the past four years, including oil stick paintings, collage, and textile works. Drawing on everyday scenes and quiet, often overlooked moments, Osorio uses painted and reclaimed materials to create layered compositions that reflect on memory, family history, migration, and daily life.

Curated by Milly Cardoso, the exhibition invites viewers to slow down and consider the connections woven through everyday experience.

ABOUT THE ARTIST 

Born in Holguín, Cuba, William Osorio migrated to the United States in search of creative and intellectual freedom. Working outside traditional academic structures, he developed a rigorous self-directed education and a mature studio practice grounded in research, experimentation, and critical inquiry. He lives and works in Miami, where he maintains an active studio practice. Osorio’s large-scale paintings combine gestural figuration, vivid chromatic structures, and layered material processes, drawing from both classical painting traditions and contemporary abstraction. His work investigates the psychological terrain shaped by identity, displacement, and the tensions of living between cultures.

He has presented solo exhibitions internationally, including Plain and Height at Adrian Sutton Gallery, Brussels (2026); Postcards and The Path to the Volcanoes at LnS Gallery, Miami (2025, 2024); Contrapunto at Adrian Sutton Gallery, Paris (2023); and Only Silence Hears, Margins of Truth, and Inside Out at LnS Gallery (2023, 2021, 2018). He has also exhibited at Expo Chicago with LnS Gallery.

Selected group exhibitions include Untitled Miami Beach (2025), Pinta Miami (multiple editions), Espacio 23 in Miami (YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE: Recent Acquisitions of Cuban Art from The Jorge M. Pérez Collection, 2023), the Art and Culture Center of Hollywood through the South Florida Cultural Consortium (2023), and earlier exhibitions across Miami and Boston from 2009 onward.

Osorio is a recipient of the South Florida Cultural Consortium Award (2023) and The Ellies Creator Award from Oolite Arts (2022). He has participated in residencies including the Bakehouse Art Complex Studio Residency (2020–2022), the Oolite Arts Home + Away Program at Anderson Ranch (2020), MASS MoCA (2024), and an Artist-in-Residence at the Museum of Art and Design, Miami Dade College (2025–2026). He is also a recipient of the Miami Individual Artists (MIA) Grant (2025).

Public & Private Collections include Lowe Art Museum, Miami, FL; Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), Miami, FL; The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum at FIU, Miami, FL; Espacio 23 - The Jorge M. Pérez Collection, Miami, FL; Museum of Art and Design, Miami Dade College, Miami, FL; and Miami-Dade County Art in Public Places Collection, Miami, FL.

Common Ground is on view through August 5, 2026, at the University of Miami Art Gallery @ The Chapel, 6565 Red Road, Coral Gables, FL 33143. Gallery hours are Tuesday–Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. For private tours, contact Milly Cardoso at m.cardoso1@miami.edu. Follow @umartgalleries on Instagram.