Eric O’Dell 1649 Lawton Avenue 478.301.2593 (O) Macon, Georgia 31201 478.750.7561 (H) [email protected] 478.718.2306 (C) e r i c o d e l l . n e t Eric O'Dell at Liberty Hall Studios on Facebook and Tumbler Eric O’Dell (@libertyhalleric) Twitter

Education 1994 M.F.A. Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida

1992 B.A. , Macon, Georgia

Professional Experience 2013 – Present Assistant Professor of Art, Mercer University

2012 – 2013 Lecturer of Art Department of Media, Culture, and the Arts, Macon State College

2012 Artist/Entrepreneur in Residence, Department of Media, Culture, and the Arts, Macon State College

*2008 – 2011 Curator of Exhibitions and Collections, Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, GA Responsibilities: Plan, implement and oversee budget and schedule for all Museum exhibitions. Approximately 12,000 square feet of exhibitions per year with a yearly budget of up to $300,000.00. Supervise staff including the Museum Registrar, Exhibition Assistant, University Interns, hourly help, and guest curators, contractors, etc. Provide conceptual planning, designs, and necessary educational support and training for exhibitions. Assist with fundraising and advise other departments as to the promotion, funding, explication and implementation of exhibitions. Provide oversight and input to Museum acquisitions and the growth and direction of the Museum’s permanent collection. Provide public lectures, appearances, oversee exhibition publications and provide text for Museum publications as needed. Design and oversee installation of all exhibitions.

1997 – 2007 Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, GA 2007 Curator at Large 2003 – 2004 Curator of Art 1999 – 2002 Curator of Exhibition Design 2001, 2002 Attended Georgia Association of Museums and Galleries annual conference 1997 – 1999 Exhibition and Facility Manager 1998 Attended Southeastern Museum Conference, Little Rock, Arkansas *A complete list of exhibitions directly worked with or on at the Museum of Arts and Sciences is included. Exhibitions curated or co-curated are noted

Teaching experience 2012 -2013 Macon State College 2013 Painting, Spring Drawing, Spring Drawing II (figure drawing), Spring

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Art Appreciation, Spring (two sections) 2012 History or Art I (Renaissance – Modernism), Fall Art Appreciation, Fall (two sections) Freshman Year Experience, Macon Connections for College and Beyond, Fall (two sections) Painting, Spring Art Appreciation, Spring (two sections)

1995 – 2011 Adjunct Instructor, Macon State College 2011 Art Appreciation, Fall (two sections) 1997 Art Appreciation, Fall Art Appreciation, Summer Art Appreciation, Spring 1995 Drawing, Summer

1994 – 2013 Adjunct Instructor, Mercer University 2013 Special Topic Figure Drawing, Study Abroad, Florence, Italy, Summer Drawing, Study Abroad, Florence, Italy, Summer 2012 Advanced Drawing, Study Abroad, Athens, Greece, Summer Drawing, Study Abroad, Athens, Greece, Summer 2011 History or Art I, Fall (two sections) Art Appreciation, Mercer’s College of Continuing and Professional Studies, Macon Campus, Fall Drawing, Fall 2010 Drawing, Fall Drawing, Study Abroad, Paris, France, Summer 2009 Drawing, Fall Art Appreciation, Mercer’s College of Continuing and Professional Studies, Macon Campus, Fall Special Topic Figure Drawing, Study Abroad, Florence, Italy, Summer Drawing, Study Abroad, Florence, Italy, Summer 2008 Advanced Drawing, Study Abroad, Athens, Greece, Summer Drawing, Study Abroad, Athens, Greece, Summer 2007 Special Topic Figure Drawing, Study Abroad, Florence, Italy, Summer Drawing, Study Abroad, Florence, Italy, Summer 2006 First Year Seminar, Composing the Self, Fall Art Appreciation, Mercer’s College of Continuing and Professional Studies, Henry County, GA, Fall Drawing, Study Abroad, Paris, France, Summer First Year Seminar, Engaging the World, Spring 2005 First Year Seminar, Composing the Self, Experiential, Freshman Advisor, Fall First Year Seminar, Composing the Self, Fall Art Appreciation, Mercer’s College of Continuing and Professional Studies, Henry County, GA, Fall Art Appreciation, Mercer’s College of Continuing and Professional Studies, Eastman, GA, Summer First Year Seminar, Engaging the World, Spring Great Books: Classical Culture, Plato – Virgil, Spring Art Appreciation, Mercer’s College of Continuing and Professional Studies, Macon Campus, Spring 2004 First Year Seminar, Composing the Self, Experiential, Freshman Advisor, Fall First Year Seminar, Composing the Self, Fall

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First Year Seminar, Engaging the World, Spring 2003 First Year Seminar, Composing the Self, Fall 2001 Drawing, Study Abroad, Rome and Florence, Italy, Spring 2000 Contemporary Art Criticism, Fall 1995 Great Books: Homer to Socrates, Spring 1994 3D design, Fall

2007 Developed On-Line Course and was Adjunct Instructor, Middle Georgia Technical College, Art Appreciation, Warner Robins, GA, Summer 1997 Adjunct Instructor, Georgia College and State University, 2D Design, Milledgeville, GA, Fall 1997 Artist in Residence, J. Clisby Fine Arts Magnet School, Macon, GA 1993 Supervised Teaching, Life Drawing, Florida State University, Tallahassee FL, Fall 1993 Graduate Teaching Assistant, teacher of record, Painting, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, Summer

Lectures/Presentations/Speaking Engagements 2015 Gallery talk, Illuminated Terrain, Tallahassee, FL 2014 Talks presented as Artist in Residence for the annual meeting of the Georgia Arts Education Association (GAEA): • Inner Workings: artists and their natural habitat, a studio tour and workshop • Co-presented Philosophy and Art study abroad workshop • 20 Years Burning Down the Road, a talk and presentation given at the GAEA luncheon to 275 participants 2014 Guest speaker, Coffee Talk with the Artists for the Behind the Minds exhibit, 567 Gallery, Macon, GA 2014 Featured speaker for Lunch and Learn concerning work in Emerging Artists, Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, GA 2013 Guest speaker, Coffee Talk with the Artists for the Behind the Minds exhibit, 567 Gallery, Macon, GA 2012 Guest speaker, Philosophy of Art, Instructor Dr. Rosalind Simson, Mercer University, Macon, GA 2012 Guest speaker, Fine Arts Society of Warner Robins 2012 Guest speaker, TEDx event, Cox Capital Theater, Macon, GA 2010 Luncheon presentation with Corrine Colarusso, Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, for the exhibition Painters’ Reel 2009 Guest Speaker, Philosophy of Art, instructor Dr. Creighton Rosental, Mercer University, Macon, GA 2009 Panel discussion participant on Painters’ Reel, , Macon, GA 2008 The Morality of Seeing, lecture, Wesleyan College campus wide convocation, in conjunction with ‘Work/Love’ exhibition 2008 Guest speaker for ‘Work and Vocation’ senior capstone, instructor Dr. Charlotte Thomas, Mercer University, Macon, GA 2007 Introduction and discussion leader for special presentation of ‘Art 21: Art in the Twenty-First Century’ season four, episode ‘Ecology’, Cox Capitol Theater, Macon, GA 2007 Acceptance speech on behalf of the Contemporary Arts Exchange/Macon for the Macon Arts Cultural Arts Award for outstanding organization 2005 Painting Workshop for Mercer Art Club, March 28 2005 Address to the entering freshmen class, Pilgrimage to Penfield program for Mercer University, Penfield, GA 2001 Figure Drawing Workshop Series, Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, GA 1996 Grant Reviewer, Purchase of Arts Services, Macon Arts Alliance

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Solo Exhibitions 2014 Incident on Second Street Featured solo exhibition in downtown Macon (exhibit for the artist in residence of the GAEA conference and held in conjunction with Macon’s annual ‘One City’ arts festival) 2012 Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon, GA 2011 Forces at Play(with Brian O’Dell), the Firehouse Gallery, Louisville, GA 2010 Another Line in the Field of Time, 567 Gallery, Macon, GA 2009 Walking Dream, Middle Georgia College, Cochran, GA 2008 Work/Love, Wesleyan College, Macon, GA 2007 Theatre Macon, Macon, GA 2007 Long Time Coming, Visual Arts Center of Northwest Florida, Panama City, FL 2006 Ingleside Antique Center, Macon, GA 2006 County Line, Allied Arts, Milledgeville, GA 2005 Macon Arts Gallery, Macon, GA 1999 Middle Georgia Art Association, Macon, GA 1995 Macon Little Theatre, Macon, GA 1994 Exodus, Mercer University Gallery, Macon, GA 1992 JH Webb Gallery, Macon, GA

Group Exhibitions 2015 Art of the South 2015, juried by Wayne White, Memphis College of Art – Hyde Gallery, Memphis, TN 2015 Illuminated Terrain, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL 2014 Mercer University Faculty Show, Mercer University, Macon, GA 2014 Behind the Minds, 567 Gallery, Macon, GA 2014 Tubman Museum group show featuring artist members of the Contemporary Arts Exchange, Macon, GA 2014 Emerging Artists, Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, GA 2014 Turn, Turn, Allied Arts, Milledgeville, GA 2013 Mercer University Faculty Show, Mercer University, Macon, GA 2013 Behind the Minds, 567 Gallery, Macon, GA 2012 Size Matters, The Gallery at Macon Arts, Macon, GA 2011 Tubman Museum group show featuring artist members of the Contemporary Arts Exchange, Macon, GA 2011 Mercer University Faculty Show, Mercer University, Macon, GA 2010 Mercer University Faculty Show, Mercer University, Macon, GA 2009 Mercer University Faculty Show, Mercer University, Macon, GA 2009 Second Street Art Gallery, Macon, GA 2007 Smith Barney show featuring 25 invited artists to benefit Make A Wish Foundation, Macon, GA 2007 Prints, Palettes, & Pots, Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, GA 2007 Douglas Theater, Macon, GA 2007 A New Day by Two, Oconee Cultural Arts Gallery, Watkinsville, GA 2006 Southern Landscapes, Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, GA 2006 Winter Arts Festival Juried Exhibition, Middle Georgia Art Association Gallery, Macon, GA 2005 Jelly Elephant Gallery, Gordon, GA 2005 Prints, Palettes, & Pots, Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, GA 2003 Elements Art Gallery, Payne City, GA 2001 Winter Arts Festival Juried Exhibition, Middle Georgia Art Association, Macon, GA 1999 Liberty Hall Studio Show, Mercer University Gallery, Macon, GA

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1998 Fort Valley State University, Fort Valley, GA 1996 Valdosta National Works on Paper Juried Exhibition, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA 1995 Fiber IX, Macon, GA 1994 Scattered Cohesion, MFA graduate show, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL Open Studio and exhibit every first Friday of every month in conjunction with First Friday events, Macon, GA, at the Contemporary Arts Exchange studios and gallery

Awards 2014 Best Local Artist, 11th Hour annual Best of Macon Reader’s Choice Awards 2013 Best Local Artist, 11th Hour annual Best of Macon Reader’s Choice Awards 2001 Best Painting, Winter Arts Festival, Middle Georgia Art Association, Macon, GA 1999 Second Place, Painting, Winter Arts Festival, Middle Georgia Art Association, Macon, GA 1996 Best of Show, Valdosta National Works on Paper Juried Exhibition, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA 1994 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Painting, Florida State University 1992 Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award, outstanding graduating Senior, Mercer University 1992 Outstanding Great Books Senior, Mercer University 1992 Best in show, Mercer University Student Art Show

Juror/Judge 2015 Protégé, annual high school exhibition, Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, GA 2014 Protégé, annual high school exhibition, Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, GA 2014 Cherry Blossom Children’s Art Exhibition, co-judge, Macon, GA 2013 Oconee Invitational Art Show, Allied Arts, Milledgeville, GA 2013 Perry Arts Festival, Perry, GA 2012 Mt. de Sales annual student (high school aged) exhibition, Macon, GA 2012 Cherry Blossom Children’s Art Exhibition, co-judge, Macon, GA 2011 Oconee Invitational Art Show, Allied Arts, Milledgeville, GA 2009 5th Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition, Middle Georgia College, Cochran, GA 2008 April Fools student film festival, Mercer University, Macon, GA 2004 An Artistic Discovery: 8th Congressional District High School Art Competition, The Tubman Museum, Macon, GA 2004 Halifax River Arts Festival, Daytona Museum of Arts and Sciences, Daytona, FL 2002 Wesleyan College Student Art Show, Macon, GA 2002 Affair on the Square, LaGrange Museum of Art, LaGrange, GA 1997 Oconee Invitational Art Show, Allied Arts, Milledgeville, GA 1995 Mercer University annual student art show

Articles/Interviews 2012 Sean Pritchard, “Consolidating Colors” the 11th Hour, cover article, May 4 2011 Interview for Gateway Macon promoting the Museum of Arts and Sciences 2010 Mitchell Longan, “Artistically Speaking,” Macon Food and Culture, Dec. 2010 Josephine Bennett, along with Ken Burns on the exhibit William Segal, broadcast nationally January 29 on “Morning Edition” and “All Things Considered” 2008 Del Ward, June’s featured guest on “Date with Del,” WMAZ (CBS affiliate),

Macon, GA, 2007 Mac Hill, “On Exhibit: Eric O’Dell at the Contemporary Arts Exchange” The 11th Hour, Mar. 15 2006 Around Town with Macon Magazine television show, Fall

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2006 Paige Henson, “Show Stopper,” Macon Magazine, Oct./Nov. 2006 Jody Palmer, “Arts Compartments: Twenty Artists Keep Creativity Flowing from Mulberry Building,” Macon Magazine, Oct./Nov. 2006 Steve Marcotte “County Line Exhibit on Display,” The Union-Recorder, Jan. 10 2005 Lisa Pritchard Mayfield, “For the Love of Art,” Macon Magazine, Oct./Nov. 2005 Heather Davis, “Eric O’Dell,” Ovations newsletter, Macon Arts, Summer 1992 Dr. Charlotte Beeler, “Local students display their creative talents,” Macon Telegraph, Mar.

Publications 2014 Becky’s Dream (painting) featured on the cover of the program guide for the annual conference program for Georgia Arts Education Association annual meeting (October 2 – 5) 2014 Last Year’s Lessons (painting) featured on the cover of The 11th Hour, October 1 – 15 edition 2014 Last Year’s Lessons (painting) featured on the cover of The Muse, Museum of Arts and Sciences newsletter, February – April edition 2014 Drawing published in The Dulcimer, Mercer University 2014 Original art for the cover of Nineteenth-Century American Women Write Religion: Lived Theologies and Literature, Edited by Dr. Mary McCartin Wearn, published by Ashgate Publishing Limited 2009 Preface/Special Thanks and essay: “Corrine Colarusso,” from the catalog for the exhibition Painters’ Reel, published by the Museum of Arts and Sciences, Jan. 2009 “Wolverine, Art Appreciation,” Marvel Publishing, Inc., edited by John Rhett Thomas, printed Oct. 2009 Acknowledgements from the catalog for the exhibition William Segal, published by the Museum of Arts and Sciences, Oct. 2009 “Up Stairs, Down Town, at the Exchange,” Macon Telegraph pull out feature section promoting downtown Macon, Mar. 2008 “The Art of Macon Comics: Heroes Among Us,” Gallery Guide for the exhibition The Art of Macon Comics, published by the Museum of Arts and Sciences, Jan.

Other Professional/Contract Experience 2005 – 2007 Exhibition/Museum projects 2007 Assisted with the installation of Otis Redding: I’ve Got Dreams to Remember exhibition, winner of the 2010 Georgia Association of Museum and Galleries Exhibit of the Year, Macon, GA 2006 Designed and installed The Heeey Baby Days of Rock and Roll exhibition, Georgia Music Hall of Fame, Macon, GA 2006 Preparator, Pictures from Home: Six African American Studio Photographers, 1900 – 1950, curated by Ellen Fleurov, Tubman Museum, Macon, GA 2005 Preparator, Other People's Money: African Currency from the Collection of Michael and Lynn Noel,Tubman Museum, Macon, GA 2005 Designed and installed permanent display and exhibition of Gretsch Guitars, Georgia Music Hall of Fame, Macon, GA, featured on the 2010 Real Yellow Pages cover for greater Macon/Forsyth

1996 – 1997 AmeriCorps Program Director, First Street Arts of the Mid-State Children’s Challenge, Macon, GA 1995 – 1996 Photo technician, Cokes Camera, Macon, GA

Organizations

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2014 – Present Board of Directors, Museum of Arts and Sciences 2014 – Present Board of Trustees for the Mercer University chapter of the Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity 2003 – Present Treasurer for the Contemporary Arts Exchange/Macon

Directly involved with the following exhibition projects at the Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, GA: 2011 • Dixie Stewart: Gifts to the Permanent Collection • Curated, Out of China: Four Centuries of Import Porcelain • Protégé • Fashioning Kimono: Art Deco and Modernism in Japan • Obi, East to West 2010 • The Space Spot • Jun Kaneko • Curated Tim Taunton: Blue Sky – Red Earth, paintings and ceramics • Curated Ceramics from the Permanent Collection • Protégé • The World of Giant Insects • Macon Architecture: The Story of Structures • Celebrate! 2009 • Beyond: Visions of Planetary Landscapes • Nellie Mae Rowe: I Get a Kick Out of Drawin’, from the High Museum’s collection of Folk Art • Co-Curated Painters’ Reel with Corinne Colarusso, featuring 11 of Georgia’s premiere contemporary painters • Curated Into the Fire: Wood Fired Pottery by Roger Jamison • Protégé • Josh Simpson: A Visionary Journey in Glass • Photorealist Watercolors: The PieperPower Collection • Miraculous Minerals: Nature’s Building Blocks • Curated Beverly Buchanan • Curated William Segal • Celebrate! 2008 • Along the Ocmulgee • Curated , Open Air Painting from Italy, featuring original work by Maddine Inasalaco and Joe Vinson. Collaborated with Mercer University’s Art Department to provide a lecture and presentation at Mercer University open to the student body in conjunction with the exhibition • Curated, The Art of Macon Comics: Heroes Among Us, and planned and managed the MaCon comic book convention hosted by the Museum of Arts and Sciences in conjunction with the exhibition • Gullah/Geechee: An Enduring Culture • The C.L. Morehead Collection of West African Material Culture • Head to Toe, interactive science • Miss America 1952: Neva Langley Fickling • Protégé • Seeing Faces, portrait art • The Andrew J. Lyndon III Collection

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• National Geographic Maps: Tools for Adventure • Co-Curated with Craig Coleman, Merge Visual featuring 30 artists using digital technology in their art from 13 states and overseas. • Celebrate! 2007 • Art Deco in the Machine Age • Celebrate!

2004 • Crime Lab Detective • Protégé 1, Juried high school art exhibition • Evon Streetman: Altered Landscapes, photographs by Evon Streetman from the High Museum. • Edward Lambert: Textiles and Tattoos • Hatching the Past: The Great Dinosaur Egg Hunt • Stories of Community: The Hill Collection of Self Taught Art • Regional Folk Art: Georgia’s Authentic Voice • Georgia Folk Pottery from the Permanent Collection 2003 • Archie Bray: Ceramic Continuum • 50 Years of Television in Macon • Co-curated TransMission, contemporary ceramics co-curated by Andy Nasisse • Holography: The Technology of Light • Curated Behind the Scenes, featuring the developmental work of the TransMission artists • Empire of the Sultans: Ottoman Art from the Khalili Collection • Celebrate! • Visions for the Next Millenium: Wilderness Photography by Clyde Butcher 2002 • Ndebele, original African craft and art • Contemporary Clay and Quilts • UltraRealistic Sculpture • Out of the Woods, by nationally recognized turned wood artists • Cheryl Goldsleger • Beakman’s World Tour, interactive science exhibit • Georgia Triennial, 30 contemporary Georgia Artists • Prints, Palettes, &Pots V • Celebrate! • Legends of Our Times, Native Cultures ranching and rodeo life

2001 • Neil Tetkowski: Common Ground World Project • How Things Work, interactive exhibit • Georgia Watercolor Society • Permanent Collection: Emil Holtzhauer • Josephine Sibley Couper • Dinosaurs: The Invasion • Quiet Elegance: Tiffany Silver Flatware • Lamps of Tiffany • Celebrate!, holiday exhibit 2000 • Can You Hear Me Shout, 17 emerging Georgia artists of color • Stoneware of Charles Fergus Binns • American Glass: Masters of the Art • Mysteries of Egypt • Steffen Thomas: Georgia’s German Expressionist

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• A Discovery of Place: Landscapes from the Permanent Collection • Recent Acquisitions • A Slave Ship Speaks: Wreck of the Henrietta Marie • Walter O. Evans Collection of African American Art • Corrine Colarusso, Paintings and Drawings • Toasting the Millenium, goblets by artists • Permanent Collection: Treasures of Youth • Treasures from Wesleyan College 1999 • Make Do: African American Crafts in • Fired By Genius: The Ceramics of Pablo Picasso • Contemporary Ceramics from Georgia Collectors • Picasso: Mon Ami, photographs by Lucien Clergue • Andrew J. Lyndon III Collection featured from the Museum’s Permanent Collection • Random Acts of Science • Prints from the Marina Picasso Collection • Crossing the Threshold with Thelma and Louise, featuring 31 women artists • Motorcycles: Form and Function • Once Upon a Page, children’s book illustrations • Landy Collection of Contemporary Ceramics • Art of the Contemporary Doll • Holiday Celebrations from Around the World • Still Life: Learning from Nature 1998 • Inner Light, Outer Dark: Ceramics by Andy Nasisse • The Quilts of Winnie McQueen • Looking Back at Gee’s Bend, historical photographs • My Mother’s Daughter, portraits by Diane Edison • American Artists in the Permanent Collection • Emma Armstrong: Art from the Sea • Quilts from the Permanent Collection • Women’s Work: Five Macon Quilters • Turn of the Century Photos historical photographs • Our Weakening Web: The Story of Extinction, interactive traveling exhibition • Fraser Smith: Carving Up Reality, carved quilts • Prints, Palettes, & Pots IV, featuring local artists • Robin Starbuck: With Open Eyes • In Memoriam: Sylvain Klaus • Holiday Celebrations from Around the World and All Aboard! 1997 • Dinosaurs • Passeggiata, paintings by Scott Duce • Simple Machines: Work Made Easy, provided original designs and fabrication/installation of interactive elements • Recent Acquisitions • Holiday Celebrations from Around the World, and All Aboard!

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