Jonathan O'Dea

Education

1995-1996 St Martin’s Art College (Diploma in Foundation Studies, Art and Design)

1996-1999 London Metropolitan University (BA Hons, Irish Studies with History)

Solo Exhibitions 2011-2004

2011 ‘London is London, England is England’ Solo Exhibition, 12 Star Gallery, European Commission, London. The exhbition was supported by the European Commission and the Embassy of Ireland Great Britain.

2010 ‘London is London, England is England’, Solo Exhibition, Vestry House Museum, Walthamstow, London. The exhibition was part of the Create 10 festival, an annual 2 month summer programme of cultural events leading up to the launch of the 2012 Olympic Games.

2009 ‘Parallel Spaces’, The Project Space, Barbican Arts Group Trust, London. The exhibition explored the inter-relationship between rural Ireland and rural England. The exhibition was supported by Apex Arts (the Arts Council Waltham Forest), Embassy of Ireland Great Britain, Barbican Arts Group Trust and Arts Council England.

2008 ‘Transition’, The Gallery, London. I was invited by Haringey Borough Council to show new experimental work called ‘Transition’. This exhibition was part the Council annual cultural programme for 2008.

2007 ‘London, Ireland’, Irish Cultural Centre, London. The exhibition hosted by the Irish Cultural, Hammersmith, London. The exhibition explored the complexities of having a dual identity. The exhibition was support by Dion through the Irish Embassy, London and the Irish Post, London.

2007 Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Ireland. I was invited by the Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar to exhibit new paintings that explored rural Ireland and urban London and how art could be used as narrative to reconcile these to different environments.

2007 Clare Hall, Cambridge University, England. I was invited by Clare Hall Collage to show work as part of the collages annual St Patrick’s week celebrations. The exhibition was support by the Irish Embassy Great Britain.

2007 Coatbridge Gallery, Glasgow. I was invited to exhibit my work in Coatbridge, Glasgow as part of their week long St Patrick’s Day celebrations.

2006 City Hall, London. I was invite by the Mayor of London to exhibit new work at City Hall as part of the Mayor’s St Patrick’s week celebrations. The exhibition went on to receive public nominations for the Turner Prize.

2005 Foursome Investments, London. The exhibition was supported by the Princes Trust.

2004 The Gallery, Haringey, London. This was my first solo exhibition which was supported was by the Princes Trust and Haringey Borough Council.

Selected Group Exhibitions 2009-2004

2011 Collecting 2012, Vestry House Museum

2009 Artworks, Barbican Arts Group Trust, London

2009 Beijing, China, Tsinghua Academy of Arts & Crafts (Supported by Culture Ireland)

2008 Blackhorse Lane Open Studios, London

2008 Air Gallery, London (Supported by The Prince’s Trust & LNG Capital)

2006 Barbara Stanley Gallery, London

2006 Artefact Gallery, London

2005 Oisín Gallery, Dublin

2004 Artefact Gallery, London

2004 ‘On the Wall’ exhibition, London (Supported by the Prince’s Trust)

2004 Art Well, Prince’s Trust Exhibition, London

2004 Media Centre Exhibition, London

2004 Barbara Stanley Gallery, London

2004 Irish Cultural Centre, London

Commissions 2009-2004

2009 Overlay Commission, Cultural Industries Development Agency, London. I was commissioned to produce a large scale out-door painting which was used to place on Brick Lane, East London.

2008 Keeping It Simple Training, London. I was commissioned by Keeping It Simple Training to produce paintings for there London Offices.

2007 Westmead Business Centre, London. I was commissioned to produce paintings for the Westmead Business Centre in North London

2004 Collage Arts, London. Collage Arts commissioned me to produce a series of images that explored the process I use when developing each stage of a painting. The images were used in classes for young people in schools to learn how artists go about developing ideas for new paintings.

Awards 2010-2003

2010 Arts Council England. I have received funding to develop new work for an exhibition, which will be part of the Borough of Waltham Forest’s programme for the 2010 Cultural Olympiad. The exhibition of the work will be held in July 2010.

2009 Apex Arts Grant Award. I received a grant to support the development of my solo exhibition, Parallel Spaces.

2003 Prince’s Trust Grant Award. I received support from the Prince’s Trust to produce a new body of work for my first solo exhibition in 2004, which was also supported by the London Borough of Haringey.

Projects 2009-2006

2009 Fellowship Project. Worked with young people in schools to develop ideas based on the landscape of Co. Mayo for an exhibition to be part of the Walthamstow Festival. Through the project I created a cultural link with young people in Co. Mayo through the Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar., Ireland The young people from Castlebar created work based on the ideas of William Morris. Their work was also part of the exhibition in the Walthamstow Festival.

2006 Collage Arts Mentoring Project. The project was to inform young people how to assess their portfolio of work in order to gain access to Art College.