about the work
My work explores the relationship of the objectified body and the felt self, the intimate, the “natural”, wildness. We live in layers— internal, external, personal, cultural, perceptual, experiential. I layer substrates to materialize these layers and the ambiguous spaces in between.
I work in a wide range of media. Over the past several years I have developed new models of interdisciplinary practice, combining multiple media in single works, which may contain painting, textiles, light, electronics, and/or animation in tactile constructions.
Since 2019, I have been dividing my time between New York and California, painting my discreet immersions in small vignettes. I use simultaneous groupings to reconnect and conjure the impossible beauty of nature from a long-distance, urban POV, using trees and other flora as figurative analogues.
CV
REBECCA ODES
INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTIST
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
100 GRAND, 12/24, Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
THE PINK OF THE MOMENT, 9/24, Jenifer Siegel Ranch, Ojai, CA
HEAD HI LAMP SHOW, 5/24, 102 Franklin, NYC
EVERYWOMAN BIENNIAL, 3/24, La Mama Galleria,
NYC DIGITAL POP, 2/24, Ojai Valley Museum, Ojai, CA
EDUCATION
INTERACTIVE TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM/INTERACTIVE MEDIA ARTS.
TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MPS with distinction
SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO Post-Baccalaureate Certificate
VASSAR COLLEGE BA, Studio Art
PUBLICATIONS As Author/Illustrator
FROM THE HIPS Three Rivers Press, 2007
WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE? Penguin/Putnam, 2004
THE LOOKS BOOK Penguin/ Putnam 2002
DEAL WITH IT! Pocket Books, 1999
SELECTED PROJECTS
2020-2022 THRESHING FLOOR Director, Animator, Sound Artist
Interdisciplinary collaboration with Wolf, Eyes, Alan Licht, and others
2021 WHAT WOULD YOU BRING? Co-Director, Animation Award-nominated hand-painted animated short
2016 THE SKINNY Producer Webby-award winning short series
2015 THIS IS ME Producer Emmy nominated Docu-series
2013-2017 WIFEY.TV Cofounder, in collaboration with TRANSPARENT creator Joey Soloway
1996-2002 GURL.COM Cofounder, first major internet platform and social network for girls
SELECTED AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
200 WOMEN WHO WILL CHANGE HOW YOU SEE THE WORLD- 2017
FORTY OVER FORTY- 2017 WEBBY AWARD- 2016
EMMY NOMINATION- 2015
WEBBY AWARD-1998 NEW YORK MAGAZINE AWARD- 1997
I.D. MAGAZINE DESIGN AWARD- 1997
bio
Rebecca Odes is an interdisciplinary artist and media creator working in Ojai and Brooklyn.
She studied at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and ITP/Tisch School of the Arts, with additional coursework at RISD, FIT, and the Art Students’ League in New York.
Her digital media projects include gurl.com, wifey.tv, created with TRANSPARENT creator Joey Soloway, and thecherrypicks.com, created with producer/director/actor Miranda Bailey.
Rebecca has played/recorded music as ODES (Merge Records), LOVE CHILD (12XU,Homestead, Forced Exposure ) and THRESHING FLOOR, a collaboration with experimental guitarist Alan Licht and members of Wolf Eyes, releasing an album with accompanying animation-video piece in 2022.
She is an author/illustrator of four books, including the bestselling sex/life guide DEAL WITH IT! and FROM THE HIPS, which Gwyneth Paltrow lauded as “a deeply refreshing, honest look at the profound changes we undergo during pregnancy and beyond.”
Rebecca’s work has been exhibited at the Every Woman Biennial, The New Museum and the Phoenix Center for the Contemporary Arts. She is the recipient of an Emmy nomination and of numerous awards and distinctions, including The ID Design award, The New York Magazine Award, and 200 Women Who Will Change How You See The World.