Odera Igbokwe
[oh-deh-rah ee-boh-kway]
Odera Igbokwe is an illustrator and painter located on the unceded and traditional territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations. Odera loves to explore storytelling through Afro-diasporic mythologies, Black resilience, and magical girl transformation sequences. Their work alchemizes color, movement, and queer magic to weave together ancient narratives with Afrofuturist visions. As a freelance illustrator, Odera works with clients and galleries to create work that is deeply personal, soulful, and intersectional.
The centerpiece of Odera's artwork is "Dance of the Summoner" which is a collection of paintings that explores spirituality from the African Diaspora. This work is a celebration of the fullness of self, the power to envision, and Fantasy as a gateway to healing from collective and generational traumas.
CLIENTS INCLUDE
Scholastic, Blizzard, FireSide Magazine, Huffington Post, Lightspeed Magazine, What Pumpkin Games, Fantasy Flight Games
Personal works and commissions for: Beyoncé, Solange Knowles, Oumou Sangaré, and Dawn Richard
EXHIBITIONS & SHOWCASES
Helikon Gallery, The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Gallery 1988, Every Day Original,
The City of Richmond, The James Black Gallery, MOCCA, Illuxcon, Harriet's Apothecary, Annual Black Comic Festival
WORK FEATURED IN
Buzzfeed, Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, CBC Arts, Blavity, Afropunk, OkayAfrica,
BlackNerdProblems, MSNBC, Humans of New York, GREE News, @art, Adult Swim
EDUCATION
Rhode Island School of Design, BFA in Illustration
Brown University, focus in Theater Arts & Performance Studies with New Works/World Traditions.
The centerpiece of Odera's artwork is "Dance of the Summoner" which is a collection of paintings that explores spirituality from the African Diaspora. This work is a celebration of the fullness of self, the power to envision, and Fantasy as a gateway to healing from collective and generational traumas.
CLIENTS INCLUDE
Scholastic, Blizzard, FireSide Magazine, Huffington Post, Lightspeed Magazine, What Pumpkin Games, Fantasy Flight Games
Personal works and commissions for: Beyoncé, Solange Knowles, Oumou Sangaré, and Dawn Richard
EXHIBITIONS & SHOWCASES
Helikon Gallery, The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Gallery 1988, Every Day Original,
The City of Richmond, The James Black Gallery, MOCCA, Illuxcon, Harriet's Apothecary, Annual Black Comic Festival
WORK FEATURED IN
Buzzfeed, Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, CBC Arts, Blavity, Afropunk, OkayAfrica,
BlackNerdProblems, MSNBC, Humans of New York, GREE News, @art, Adult Swim
EDUCATION
Rhode Island School of Design, BFA in Illustration
Brown University, focus in Theater Arts & Performance Studies with New Works/World Traditions.
Contact me at odera@odera.net
or connect with me on any of these platforms
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