Osiris Rain

Osiris Rain (b-1986) studied extensively in Florence, Italy at the Angel Academy of Art under Michael John Angel, and later with Odd Nerdrum in Stavern, Norway.In addition he has spent time with John Seibels Walker, Steven Assael, and Jacob Collins. He has studied and copied paintings at the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy, The Louvre, Paris, and the Metropolitan in NYC amongst others. He has had multiple group and solo exhibitions in North Carolina, Canada, Italy, Germany, France, England, and Norway including the Mint Museum of Art in Charlotte,NC. Collected internationally, His works hang in numerous private and public collections in North
America, Europe, Iceland, and Australia. He is also the founder and instructor of L'ecole de l'Oeil Ouvert in Charlotte, NC. Rain works exclusively from the live model, grinds his own pigments, and creates his own ground in the classical method. He has been working this way since he was sixteen.
Education
2007- Master Class with Steven Assael, The Art Students League of New York
2005- Apprentice to Odd Nerdrum, Stavern, Norway
2004- Independent Museum Study, Florence, Italy; Rome, Italy; Paris France
2003-04- Apprenticeship to Zecchi Belle Arte Fresco Program
2003-04- Angel Academy of Art, Florence, Italy
2002- Northwest School of the Arts, Charlotte, NC

Osiris Rain (b-1986) studied extensively in Florence, Italy at the Angel Academy of Art under Michael John Angel, and later with Odd Nerdrum in Stavern, Norway.In addition he has spent time with John Seibels Walker, Steven Assael, and Jacob Collins. He has studied and copied paintings at the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy, The Louvre, Paris, and the Metropolitan in NYC amongst others. He has had multiple group and solo exhibitions in North Carolina, Canada, Italy, Germany, France, England, and Norway including the Mint Museum of Art in Charlotte,NC. Collected internationally, His works hang in numerous private and public collections in North
America, Europe, Iceland, and Australia. He is also the founder and instructor of L'ecole de l'Oeil Ouvert in Charlotte, NC. Rain works exclusively from the live model, grinds his own pigments, and creates his own ground in the classical method. He has been working this way since he was sixteen.
Education
2007- Master Class with Steven Assael, The Art Students League of New York
2005- Apprentice to Odd Nerdrum, Stavern, Norway
2004- Independent Museum Study, Florence, Italy; Rome, Italy; Paris France
2003-04- Apprenticeship to Zecchi Belle Arte Fresco Program
2003-04- Angel Academy of Art, Florence, Italy
2002- Northwest School of the Arts, Charlotte, NC


