About The Artist

Martin Osner was born in Johannesburg, South Africa (1963).
He has a natural artistic curiosity for the world he inhabits, a fact that logically steered him
towards photography at an early age.
Martin Osner opened his first photographic studio in Johannesburg in 1981 – establishing a solid
reputation as a commercial photographer. Later he moved to Pretoria with his wife, Anita, and their
three children, where in 1993 he co-founded the National College of Photography.
Over the past decade the college has grown into one of Southern Africa’s premier
training institutions for photography, where he continues to lecture.
Osner eschews pure registration photography, favouring a more expressive vision that accords with
both his visual understanding and spiritual appreciation of the world.
A multi-award winning artist, his photography generally is characterised by an urge to explore with the
willingness to experiment. He considers anything a subject stating that “things just look more interesting
when photographed”.
Rather than clutter his images with detail, he prefers to concentrate on elemental forms, patterns and shapes.
Abstraction, paired with a necessary sense of restraint, bears out Osner’s belief that simplicity is the cornerstone
of successful imaging.
EXHIBITIONS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
2009
Thompson Gallery - July 2009
Gordart Gallery - July 2009
Creative Boost Gallery - May 2009
2008
Gallery Gora, Montreal, Canada - December 2008
Stephanie Hoppen Gallery, London, England - September 2008
CTAS, Cape Town - September 2008
Kyk Art Space, Pretoria - June 2008
Art on Karoo, Pretoria - June 2008
Gordart Gallery Melville Johannesburg South Africa - May 2008
2007
Centurion GE Estate - January
Everard Reid Gallery Victoria & Alfred Waterfront Cape Town - September
2006
Voir Gallery Brooklyn Pretoria South Africa - September
Imaging Hub Waterkloof Pretoria South Africa - October
Linden auditorium university of the witwatesrand - November
CSIR Convention Centre - November
Pecanwood Estate - December
1993
Co-founded the National College of Photography.
Over the past decade the college has grown into one of Southern Africa’s premier training institutions for photography, where he continues to lecture.
1981
Opened his first photographic studio in Johannesburg
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