Odili Donald Odita

2003
The Thami Mnyele Foundation Grant for African Artists

2001
The Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant for Painting and Sculpture

2000
Nomination for Best Show of The Year by The International Association of Art Critics in New York
ArtsLink Collaborative Projects Award for "Here & Now"

1994
Penny McCall Foundation Grant

2003
"The Third Eye", Galerie Judin Belot, Zürich, Switzerland
Matrix Art Project, Brussels, Belgium. Curated by Bili Bidjocka
Hospitalhof, Stuttgart, Germany

2002
Art Statements with Florence Lynch Gallery, Art Basel Miami Beach, FL
New Works, Miami Art Museum, FL. Curated by Cheryl Hartup
Galerie Schuster & Scheuermann, Berlin, Germany
Galerie Schuster, Frankfurt, Germany
"Interlude", Wintergarten, Vienna, Austria. Curated by Bettina Muller-Schelken

2001
"Life", Riva Gallery, New York, NY
"Paintings & Drawings", Florence Lynch Gallery, New York, NY. Catalogue available

2000
"Transfers/Odyssey", Kunsthalle, St. Gallen, Switzerland. Curated by Dorothea Strauss
"Passport", Jenn Joy Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Hofstra University", Alex Rosenberg Art Gallery, Calkins Hall, NY

1999
"Color Theory", Florence Lynch Gallery, New York, NY
"The Invisible Empire", Gallery 101, Ottawa, Canada

1992
Der KIOSK - "The Jaws of Domesticity", Installation, St. Gallen, Switzerland. Catalogue available

2003
"Fiction of Authenticity: Contemporary Africa Abroad", Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, MO. Curated by Shannon Fitzgerald and Tumelo Mosaka. Catalogue available
"Black President", The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY. Curated by Trevor Schoonmaker. Catalogue available
"Yellow Pages", Turm Gallery, Helmstedt, Germany. Curated by John Armleder and the 404 Team
"Specificity", Riva Gallery, New York, NY. Curated by Odili Donald Odita. Catalogue available
"After Matisse & Picasso", P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY
"Anthology of Art" (http://www.anthology-of-art.net/) the School of Fine Arts, Braunschweig, the Visual Arts Dept. at the University of Rennes, the Art history department of the University of Budapest, Gropius-Bau in Berlin, the 3Manifest/Symposium2 at the Akademie der Künste, Berlin and the Neuhardenberg Foundation. Catalogue Available

2002
"Collection in Context", The Studio Museum of Harlem, New York, NY
"Miami Currents", Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL
"The Field ́s Edge: Africa, Diaspora, Lens", University of South Florida, Tampa, FL and Wits University in Johannesburg, South Africa. Curated by Rory Bester and Amanda Carlson. Catalogue Available
"Painting As Paradox", Artist Space, New York, NY. Curated Lauri Firstenberg. Catalogue available
"Peculiarly Pink", Luxe, New York, NY
"Irrational Propositions", Post, Los Angeles, CA. Curated by Habib Kheradyar
"Pictures", Greene/Naftali Inc., New York, NY

2001
"Against The Wall: Painting Against The Grid, Surface and Frame", Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia. Curated by Karen E. Jones
"Here And Now", Zacheta National Gallery, Warsaw and Galeria Arsenal, Bialystok, Poland. Catalogue available
"Material and Matter", The Studio Museum of Harlem, New York, NY. Curated by Thelma Golden and Christine Y. Kim
"Chelsea Rising", Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans. Curated by David Rubin. Catalogue available
"Pleasures of Sight and States of Being: Radical Abstract Painting", Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL and The Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala, FL. Curated by Dr. Roald Nasgaard. Catalogue available

2000
Kjbuh Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany, represented by Florence Lynch Gallery
"Out of America", Galerie Schuster & Scheuermann, Frankfurt and Berlin, Germany
"Five Continents & One City", 3rd International Salon of Painting, Museum of Mexico City, Africa Section. Curated by Olu Oguibe. Catalogue available
"Transcending The Norm And Some", New Jersey City University, Lemmerman Gallery, New Jersey, NJ

1999
"Zeitwenden: Ausblick Rückblick - (Jet Lag Experiment)", Museum of Modern Art, Bonn, and Museum of Modern Art, Vienna
"4x4", Alexandre de Folin Gallery, New York, NY
"In-Visible: Abstractions & Narratives", Arsenal Gallery, Bialystok, Poland
"Ideoscape", Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA. Curated by Shelly Bancroft and Edmund Barry Gaither
"Civil Sex", (First Stages Collaboration with Brian Freeman), Public Theater, Shiva Gallery, New York, NY
"Kunstmarkt", Residenzschloss Dresden, Dresden, Germany. Represented by Florence Lynch Gallery
"Outside Edge: A Survey", Université de Paris 1, Pantheon - La Sorbonne, Paris, France
"Vanishing Pt.", Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York, NY. Curated by Margaret Evangeline
"You Are Here", Matrix Art Project (MAP), New York, NY. Curated by Jesus Polanco
"Paradise 8" (Permanent Resident / Home And The World), Curatorial Project - January-April 1999, Exit Art, New York, NY

1998
"Crossing Lines", Art-In-General, New York, NY
"ART/OMI", International Artist Residency Exhibition, Ghent, NY

1997
2nd Johannesburg Biennale 1997, South Africa, Projects Section: Billboard & Bus Shelter Posters. Curated by Okwui Enwezor. Catalogue available
"Diversity in Contemporary Africa: Survey Exhibition of Contemporary African Art", The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. Catalogue available
"Really", UnFinished Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by O. Donald Odita
"Interior-Life", Rush Arts, New York, NY, with Bili Bidjocka, Senga Nengudi, Jocelyn Taylor, Fred Wilson. Curated by O. Donald Odita. Catalogue available
"Aphrodisia", The Alternative Museum, New York, NY

1996
"One", Rush Fine Arts, New York, NY. Curated by Rene Cox
"At the Foreground of Paths", Skoto Gallery, New York, NY
"Something I Saw In Brooklyn...", Galerie Elizabeth Valleix, Paris, France

1995
"Modern Life", Aljira Center for Contemporary Art, in conjunction with Newark Museum, Newark, NJ. Curated by Okwui Enwezor and Carl Hazlewood
"Stitches", Four Walls, November 12, Brooklyn, NY. Writer/Artist collaboration with Adnan Ashraf. Publication available
"Gotcha!", Momenta Art, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by O. Donald Odita. Catalogue available
"Celebrity ́ Hood", Longwood Arts Project, Bronx Council on the Arts, Bronx, NY. Curated by Betti-Sue Hertz
"Either/Or", Flamingo East, New York, NY. Curated by Kenny Schachter
"Other Rooms", Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, NY. Represented by Momenta Art and Pierogi 2000
"Split-Level", Art-In-General, New York, NY
"Unfolding Stories", John Jay College of Art, Music and Philosophy, City University of New York, New York, NY
"Pseudo Museum", Jupiter Interactive Productions, New York, NY. Concurrent exhibition on-line. Curated by Alfredo Martinez

1994
"The Third Forum of Visual Art", Museum of Art Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil. Catalogue available
"FIReD: a late nite comedy shOw", No BIAS, North Bennington, VT. Curated by O. Donald Odita. Catalogue available
"FIReD: a late nite comedy shOw", THICKET, New York, NY. Curated by O. Donald Odita. Catalogue available
"Go back and fetch it (it means Sankofa)", Gallery Annext and Rush Fine Arts Management, New York, NY

1993
"Trespass-Beyond Borders", Right Bank Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by O. Donald Odita
"A Grand Tour", Swiss Institute, New York, NY. Curated by Ingrid Schaffner
"Fiar International Prize - Art Under 30 (1991-1993)", Milan, Rome, Paris, London, Los Angeles, New York, National Academy of Design, NY. New York selection by Dan Cameron. Catalogue available

1992
"Without A Notion (A Painting Show)", 88 Room, Boston, MA. Curated by Winston C. Robinson

MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
The Birmingham Museum of Art
The Miami Art Museum
The Studio Museum of Harlem