Filipina-American GINA OSTERLOH was born in Texas in 1973. She graduated with a Bachelor of Communications/ Media Studies from the De Paul University in Chicago. She took her Masters of Fine Art in the University of California Irvine. She has had various exhibits and video and mixed media installations in various galleries and institutions such as the San Francisco Art Institute, SF Art Commission, Queen’s Nails Annex, Luckman Gallery, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Mag:Net Gallery, Green Papaya Art Space, etc. She received a Fulbright Grant to research on surrealism and contemporary art in the Philippines from October 2007 to June 2008. Osterloh is the only recipient of the 2008 Silverlens Foundation Completion Grant.