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.
bio
Rebecca Odes is an interdisciplinary artist and media creator working in Brooklyn, NY and Ojai, CA.
She attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and ITP/Tisch School of the Arts and studied 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 (Homestead, Forced Exposure, 12XU re-release coming in 2023) and most recently, 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 has been exhibited at 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.