BRANDAN BMike ODUMS

56 Yellowstone Drive
New Orleans, LA 70131
(504) 330-6231
brandanodums@yahoo.com | www.2-cent.com

EDUCATION
2003 2006 Communications Course Work, University of New Orleans New
Orleans, LA
2000 - 2003 New Orleans Center for Creative Arts New Orleans, LA

EXHIBITIONS
2014 Only Fifty art Exhibit, Fogartyville Community Media and Arts Center
Sarasota, FL
Tulane Black Arts Festival, Ashe Cultural Center New Orleans, LA
2013 Project Be, JMC Gallery New Orleans, LA
Project Be, Florida Housing Project New Orleans, LA
2011 25 Inspirations, McKenna Art Museum New Orleans, LA

COMMISSIONS
2014 New Orleans Jazz Fest, Graffiti Style Portraits. New Orleans, Mural.
Sarasota Chalk Festival. Sarasota, Mural.
2013 Ekistics & Rice Mill Lofts, Heres to the Creative Ones. New Orleans,
Mural.
Red Bull, Street Kings. New Orleans, Mural.
2012 New Orleans Hornets. New Orleans, Black History Interactive Live
Painting.
2006 Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, Mural.

PUBLICATIONS
2014 Friedman, Nick. TWIS Asks: Brandan Odums, visiting New Orleans
Street Artist. Thisweekinsarasota.com. September 11, 2014.
Wood, Jennifer. 20 New Orleans Artist You Should Know.
Complex.com. July 23, 2014.
Meyer, Tim. Profile of Brandan Odums. Goinvade.com. February 26,
2014.
Jackson, Joshua. Growth of Graffiti: The Story of Brandan Odums.
LSUreveille.com. February 2014.
Strong Light. Dir. Patrick Melon. 2014. Documentary.
2013 Solnit, Rebecca and Rebecca Snedeker. Unfathomable City A New
Orleans Atkas. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press.
2013. Pg. 122-123
MacCash, Doug. Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat's 1988 New Orleans visit
celebrated in November. Nola.com. October 24, 2013.
MacCash, Doug. Brandan Odums graffiti masterpiece celebrates civil
rights heroes. NOLA.com. September 6, 2013.
Chase, Sarah. Inside An Abandoned Housing Project Turned Art
Installation. Nola.Curbed.com. August 8, 2013.
2011 Phillip, K. Brandan Odums. Thepeoplesayproject.com. October 18,
2011.
Steers, Julia. Brandan Odums: Remembering MLK Jr, Remixing Lil
Wayne. Huffingtonpost.com. January 18, 2011.
2010 Woods, Clyde. In the Wake of Hurricane Katrina: New Paradigms and
Social Visions. Baltimore: The John Hopkins University Press. 2010. Pg.
405
2008 Thompson, Nato. A Guide to Democracy in America. New York:
Creative Time. 2008. Pg. 196-197

LECTURES/TEACHING
2014 Tulane University. Lecture. Black History Month New Orleans, LA
2013 TED Youth Talk. Your Spark. New Orleans, LA.
Project Be (Visual Mash Up Presentation), Joan Mitchell Center New
Orleans, LA
2007 Xavier Peace Camp, Xavier University New Orleans, LA

RECOGNITIONS & AWARDS
2014 Honoree, Love in the Garden New Orleans Museum of Art New
Orleans, LA
Participant, Opportunity Agenda Creative Change Retreat Salt Lake
City, UT
2013 Best Music Video, Fire and Brimestone (Trombone Shorty), Off Beat
Awards New Orleans, LA
2011 Semi-Finalist, Do Something Awards
Greatest Person of the Day, HuffingtonPost.com
2009 40 Under 40, The Gambit New Orleans, LA
1
st
Place, Patois Film Fest New Orleans, LA
2008 Nationwide Winner, Film Your Issue Los Angeles, CA
2003 Finalist, Black History Makers of Tomorrow, McDonalds New Orleans
2001 - 2003 1
st
Place, Cox Cable Black History Art Contest New Orleans, LA

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
2005
Present
Founder/Director, 2-Cent Entertainment LLC, New Orleans, LA