John Odum

John Odum

As an artist and art educator, I find inspiration in working with various media and processes, primarily assemblage sculpture, paper folding, and oil painting. I learned to love origami as a child and began investigating more advanced techniques and non-traditional approaches much later in life. My creative practice continues to evolve from this foundation. I now explore themes of structure, order, and (un)predictability using patterns and shapes. My work is often driven by the manipulation of the geometric planes found in paper and wood. I find meaning and direction by tapping into and building upon the experience of countless hours of experimentation with my materials, investigations into their limits and potential, and the struggle to use the materials as a means of communicating ideas and understandings. I often assign narrative and meaning to work that, at first glance, might appear merely decorative.

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