Biography
Odette Farrell has a B.A. in Architecture from the Metropolitan Autonomous University (UAM) in Mexico City. She has a Diploma in Marketing from National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and a Diploma in Painting from the Hellenic Cultural Institute in Mexico.
Since year 2008 she lives and works in London. She has been council member of the Hesketh Hubbard Art Society (part of the Royal Society of British Artists), Praxis N16 and Free Painters and Sculptures, all based in London. Her wide artistic production includes paintings, drawings, sculptures, and installations.
Her Studio now is based in Hackney Wick, London.
Awards / Grants / Residencies
2019 Hackney WickED Art Prize finalist (shortlisted as part of top three) London, UK
2019 Camaradas Award for my piece "Others", London, UK
2011 London Public Art Commission Finalist for wire installation "River", Woodberry Down, London, UK
2008 UNESCO ASCHBERG Competition Finalist, Fellowship in Alcalá del Jucar: Art residency in Albacete, Spain
2008 Art Residency in Cill Rialaig, Co. Kerry, Ireland
2006 Award for painting “The Road” at National Watercolour Competition, Mexico City, Mexico
2005 Award for painting “Nadihelli” at National Watercolour Competition, Mexico City, Mexico
2005 Honourable Mention at “BIRD 2005 INTERNATIONAL ART AWARD, Beijing, China
Museum Exhibitions
2018 Burgh House & Hampstead Museum
2007 Group Exhibition at Dolores Olmedo Museum, Mexico City, Mexico
2005 Bird International Art Award at Beijing Natural Culture Centre, Beijing, China
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2019 Hackney WickED Open Studios, London, UK
2016 Manor House Development Trust, London, UK
2015 Butterfield Bank, London, UK
2009 Urban Retreat Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2009 Blackbird Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland
2008 Fundacion Sebastian, Mexico City, Mexico
2007 Atenea Gallery, San Miguel Allende, Mexico
2006 Casa de Cultura de Tabasco, Mexico City, Mexico
2003 Europäische Akademie, Berlin, Germany
2003 Guillermo Kahlo Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
Selected Group Shows
2023 Barclays Headquarters, London, UK
2022 Black Swan Arts, Somerset, UK
2021 Koppel Project Piccadilly, London, UK
2021 Waterford Gallery, Milford Haven, Wales, UK
2020 Waterford Gallery, Milford Haven, Wales, UK
2019 The Trampery on Fish Island, London, UK
2019 Menier Gallery, London, UK
2018 Oxo Tower, London,UK
2018 Espacio Gallery, London,UK
2017 Menier Gallery, London, UK
2016 Fitzrovia Gallery, London, UK
2014 Hotel Elephant Gallery, London, UK
2013 Menier Gallery, London, UK
2013 Curious Duke Gallery, London, UK
2012 Royal Opera Arcade Gallery, London, UK
2012 Curious Duke Gallery, London, UK
2011 La Galleria, Paul Mall, London, UK
2011 Bowlish Art Gallery, AAF Bristol and London UK
2010 Go Figurative, Broadgate Circus, London, UK
2010 Highgate Contemporary, London, UK
2010 The Mall Galleries, London
2010 Cadogan Contemporary, London, UK
2009 Blackbird Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland
2008 Alcalá del Jucar Castle, Alcala del Jucar, Spain
2007 Gallery of China C. Academy of Fine Art, Beijing, China
2006 Casa Lamm, Mexico City, Mexico
2006 The Narrow Space Gallery, Clonmel, Ireland
2005 411 Galleries, Hangzhou, China
2005 The Narrow Space Gallery, Clonmel, Ireland
2005 Loughlin Bowe Fine Art, Kilkenny, Ireland
2004 Basilica dei S.S. Apostoli, Rome, Italy
2004 Casa Talavera Museum, Mexico City, Mexico
2003 Arte In Gallery, Rome, Italy
2003 Alfredo Ramos Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico