Odili Donald Odita

Odita’s recent installation Continuity, Mobility and Agency at The Museum of Modern Art (New York) continues his exploration of colour as a vessel for memory and identity. The work forms part of his ongoing series Songs From Life, in which panels are named after songs such as Immigrant Song and Roforofofight that narrate stories of migration, resilience and renewal. Through rhythm, scale and chromatic intensity, Odita’s MoMA project reflects on how art can create unity amid difference, transforming public space into a shared emotional landscape.

Odita has realised major commissions for institutions including The Museum of Modern Art (New York), the Brooklyn Museum, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. His murals and site specific works activate public architecture with light, energy and pattern, engaging viewers in a sensory dialogue between space and spirit.

Odita represented Nigeria at the 52nd Venice Biennale and has exhibited internationally at Prospect.4 (New Orleans), The Studio Museum in Harlem, and the Baltimore Museum of Art. He is Professor of Painting, Drawing and Sculpture at the Tyler School of Art and Architecture (Temple University) and is represented by David Kordansky Gallery (New York and Los Angeles) and Stevenson Gallery (Cape Town).