{"id":8155,"date":"2018-08-29T21:43:49","date_gmt":"2018-08-30T01:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=8155"},"modified":"2018-09-08T15:32:01","modified_gmt":"2018-09-08T19:32:01","slug":"odili-donald-odita","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/odili-donald-odita\/","title":{"rendered":"Odili Donald Odita"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5427\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-8155-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/OdiliDonaldOdita.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/OdiliDonaldOdita.mp3\">https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/OdiliDonaldOdita.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_8205\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8205\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ALA_8023-3.jpg?resize=200%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8205\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ALA_8023-3.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ALA_8023-3.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ALA_8023-3.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ALA_8023-3.jpg?resize=696%2C1044&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ALA_8023-3.jpg?resize=1068%2C1602&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ALA_8023-3.jpg?resize=280%2C420&amp;ssl=1 280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ALA_8023-3.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ALA_8023-3.jpg?w=2088&amp;ssl=1 2088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8205\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Jide Alakija<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Odili Donald Odita is an abstract painter whose work explores color both in the figurative historical context and in the sociopolitical sense.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, Odita has been commissioned to paint several large-scale wall installations including The United States Mission to the United Nations in New York (2011), the Savannah College of Art and Design (2012), New York Presbyterian Hospital (2012), New Orleans Museum of Art (2011), Kiasma, Helsinki (2011) and the George C. Young Federal Building and Courthouse in Orlando, Florida (2013).<\/p>\n<p>Odita has had several solo exhibitions in museums and institutions across the globe including Savannah College of Art and Design; Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco; Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston; Studio Museum in Harlem; Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia; Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita; and Princeton University.<\/p>\n<p>Odita was born in Enugu, Nigeria and lives and works in Philadelphia. He has been the recipient of a Penny McCall Foundation Grant in 1994, a Joan Mitchell Foundation grant in 2001, and a Louis Comfort Tiffany Grant in 2007. Also in 2007, his large installation\u00a0<em>Give Me Shelter<\/em>was featured prominently in the 52nd Venice Biennale exhibition\u00a0<em>Think With The Senses, Feel With the Mind<\/em>, curated by Robert Storr.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8206\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8206\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Great_Divide_ODI0025.jpg?resize=640%2C529&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-8206 size-large\" width=\"640\" height=\"529\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Great_Divide_ODI0025.jpg?resize=1024%2C846&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Great_Divide_ODI0025.jpg?resize=300%2C248&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Great_Divide_ODI0025.jpg?resize=768%2C634&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Great_Divide_ODI0025.jpg?resize=696%2C575&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Great_Divide_ODI0025.jpg?resize=1068%2C882&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Great_Divide_ODI0025.jpg?resize=509%2C420&amp;ssl=1 509w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Great_Divide_ODI0025.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Great_Divide_ODI0025.jpg?w=2088&amp;ssl=1 2088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8206\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">GREAT DIVIDE, 2017, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, 74 X 90 1\/4 X 1 5\/8 INCHES<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8207\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8207\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Code_Switch_ODI0003.jpg?resize=640%2C857&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-8207 size-large\" width=\"640\" height=\"857\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Code_Switch_ODI0003.jpg?resize=765%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 765w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Code_Switch_ODI0003.jpg?resize=224%2C300&amp;ssl=1 224w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Code_Switch_ODI0003.jpg?resize=768%2C1028&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Code_Switch_ODI0003.jpg?resize=696%2C932&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Code_Switch_ODI0003.jpg?resize=1068%2C1430&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Code_Switch_ODI0003.jpg?resize=314%2C420&amp;ssl=1 314w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Code_Switch_ODI0003.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Code_Switch_ODI0003.jpg?w=2088&amp;ssl=1 2088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8207\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CODE SWITCH, 2017, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, 92 1\/8 X 68 X 1 5\/8 INCHES<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/OdiliDonaldOdita.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing listOdili Donald Odita is an abstract painter whose work explores color both in the figurative historical context and in the sociopolitical sense. 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