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Thomas Ostenberg - Private View

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Date:  Wednesday 10 September 2008 Time:  6:30-7pm start Venue:  La Galleria, 30 Royal Opera Arcade, Pall Mall, London SW1Y 4UY Price:  No charge, but all guests must register via email. Deadline:  9 September 2008

Sculptor, Thomas Ostenberg MBA 1975, has invited Stanford members and guests to attend a special private viewing and discussion about his work. This is the largest solo show of his works in London.   Website: www.thomasostenberg.com   Thomas Ostenberg was born in Nebraska, grew up on a ranch in Colorado and subsequently spent his teenage years between Colorado and Florida. At an early age he learned of the grace, form and even the psychology of the animals he was surrounded by, both domestic and wild. He travelled throughout the USA, Canada, South America and Western Europe before studying languages at Principia College,Illinois followed by earning an MBA degree from Stanford University in 1975. He then entered the international financial world where he became a Vice President of Citibank in Brazil and Spain. In 1986 he went freelance as an independent International Financial Consultant.   At age 40, Thomas Ostenberg exchanged his successful financial career for art school. In 1994 he earned his BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute, and in 1997, his MA from the Royal College of Art in London, England, aided by a grant from the Henry Moore Foundation.Now a full time sculptor, he claims his biggest break was "discovering that I wanted to be an artist". Ostenberg maintains this change was precipitated by "fifteen years of seeing great art on three continents". In particular he cites the major Velazquez exhibition in Madrid was precipitated visit to the Rodin Museum in Paris.   He has sold works to Kate Bush and Oscar nominated Laura Linney, is the artist at Glyndebourne this year, the recipient of a glowing essay by a Former Assistant Director of New York’s Guggenheim and is on the Cass Foundation shortlist for Sculptor of the 2012 London Olympic Games.     BOOKING   To register, contact our Events Director, Lesley-anne Hunt - events@stanfordalumni.org.uk , giving name, contact details and names of guests.   Please contact our Events/Membership Director - events@stanfordalumni.org.uk, for information about your membership status, signing up, or any other queries.

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