Ehiko Odeh 


Lives and works in Toronto, Canada 
b.1999



EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

2016 - 2021

OCAD University - Toronto, ON


2015 - 2016

Columbia International College, Hamilton, ON


2000 - 2015

Greensprings School, Lagos, Nigeria



PROFFESSIONAL EXPEREINCE 

2024


O’OJEH After School Arts Program @ArtHeart- Daniels Spectrum Cultural Hub [ Role:Arts Facilitator]


City of Toronto - George Street Revitalization Project Public Art Commission [ Role: Art Assistant]

The Corperation of The City of Mississauga - CMS/Recreation & Culture Division [ Role: Visual Arts Instructor]

Vibe Arts For Children & Youth [ Role: Arts Educator]


2023

HAVANA CLUB: Artist In Residence Highlight, Toronto, ON


Astonishing Paper Fantasia with Hermès Canada and Geoffrey Pithon, Toronto, ON

Featured in  fufu film, Directed by Omolola Jao - Digital TIFF Bell Lightbox. [Role: Set Design - Artwork]

 it’s real, I watched it happen, Directed by Isabel Okoro - Nuit Blanche, Toronto, ON [Role:  Set Design]

2022


Conlins Road Cycle Track Project - Street Art Toronto, Toronto, ON

 

SELECTED SOLO/GROUP EXHIBITIONS


2024


The Artist Project - Untapped Section @ Better Living Centre, Toronto, ON


Artist Talk - Archiving Culture Through Hair and Beauty in Black Canadian Communities with Melissa J. Nelson, Toronto, ON


Golden Beauty Supply Installation @ DesignTO Festival, Toronto, ON

Girl Dinner Emerging Artist Group Exhibition @ ABBOZZO Gallery, Toronto, ON

2023


Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow, Solo Exhibition @ Richmond Hill (Central Branch) Public Library, Richmond Hill, ON

Live Edge, Duo Exhibition @ Samara Contemporary, Toronto, ON

Our Hair Holds Memories, Solo Exhibition Represented by BAND Gallery @ 401 Richmond, Toronto, ON

SANKOFA Art Showcase @itsOKWorld, Toronto, ON

BLACKPOP!  Group Exhibition @ Stackt Market, Toronto, ON

BAND OFFSITE, Group Exhibition @ Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto, ON

DIASPORAS, Group Exhibition, @ THE MUSEUM, Kitchener, Ontario, ON

Unconnected Yet, Group Exhibition @ The Academy of Fine Arts,  Kolkata, India


2022


Live painting @ Nuit Blanche with localglobal @ COLD TEA, Toronto, ON

Realised, Reimagined, Group Exhibition with Foodshare Toronto @ Flemo Farm, North York, ON

Floating Gallery, Group Exhibition @ Stackt market, Toronto, ON

Between Starshine & Clay, Black History Month Digital Group Exhibition  @ Yonge x Dundas Square, Toronto, ON

2021


The Duality of Life and Death, Solo Window Exhibition@ Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto, ON

Gladstone House Art Program @ Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON

Black Women Paint Baldwin Mural - A Future Without Oppression @ Kensington Market, Toronto, ON

2020


Drawing & Painting Class of 2020 GradEx105, Group Exhibition @ Propeller Gallery, Toronto, ON

2019


 Ochu’lu O’Oya (Celebrating Ceremony) Solo Exhibition @ BAND Gallery, Toronto, ON


Festival of the body, Group Exhibition @ OCAD University, Toronto, ON

GRANTS/CERTIFICATES


2023


Spring Grant
Recipient

Exhibition Assistance Grant Recipient - Ontario Arts Council

Certificate of Recognition from MP of Richmond Hill & Markham.

ARTIST- IN - RESIDENCE








2023


ReAct, ReCreate, ReVision: Youth Arts Advocacy for Equitable Cultural Policy, Artist Residence, Toronto, ON

Artist-In-Residence @ Living Arts Centre Mississauga, ON

Foodshare Toronto
- Food Stories, Toronto, ON



COLLECTIONS


Wedge Curatorial Projects - The Wedge Collection