Odette Chavez-Mayo (b. 1996) is a Mexican American artist living in New Haven, CT. Her work navigates the intricacies of existence and explores themes of memory, identity, and belonging.
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EDUCATION
2018 BFA Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH
SOLO EXHIBITION
2018 We Are Enough: Portraits from Dayton Correctional Institution,The Emporium, Yellow Springs, OH
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 Your Reflection, This Memory, Bronx Art Space, Bronx, NY
2019 The Return, Siena College, Albany, NY
2018 Colloquia, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH
2018 We Are Enough: Portraits from Dayton Correctional Institution, The Emporium, Yellow Springs, OH
2018 States of Incarceration, The Herndon Gallery + The Humanities Action Lab, Yellow Springs, OH
2018 ImageOHIO, RoyGBiv Gallery, Dayton, OH
2018 The Cline Show, Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, OH
2018 Seriously Not Funny, Iowa City International Documentary Film Festival, Iowa City, IA
2018 WORKS, The Herndon Gallery, Yellow Springs, OH
2017 Seriously Not Funny, Athens International Film Festival, Athens, OH
2017 Seriously Not Funny, Indie Grits Film Festival, Columbia, SC
2017 Selfies, The Defenestration Gallery, Yellow Springs, OH
ARTIST TALKS
2019 The Return, Siena College
2018 Women Serving Life Sentences: Portraits from DCI, States of Incarceration
2018 Como Reflejos, The Cline Show
PRIZES, AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS
2020 EnFoco Photography Fellowship
2018 DVAC Fellow
2017 Young Grit Award at Indie Grits Film Festival
2014 Horace Mann Fellowship at Antioch College
SELECTED COMMISSIONS & PUBLICATIONS2021 SHOTS Magazine, Celestial Bodies, No. 151 - Spring 2021 (print)
2020 Nueva Luz, Vol 24.1: The 2020 EnFoco Fellowship Issue (print and web)
2018 Yellow Springs News, Prison Portraits Focus on Humanity (print)