Photography by Hector Maclean
Priya Odedra is a visual artist specialising in interactive, mixed-media installations. Her interdisciplinary practice reframes scientific concepts by engaging the viewer in creative experimentation. She uses sensory technologies, organic materials, paint and participation to better understand the embodied human experience within different backdrops such as natural, clinical and futuristic settings. Priya's style is influenced by patterns in nature and magical realism.
Collaboration is integral to Priya's creative process. She has worked with scientists, healthcare professionals, artists, educators, patients and young people on a range of projects. Most recently, Priya collaborated with Dr Richard Colchester, a researcher at University College London, on a commission from Wellcome Trust (2021). She has extensive experience in planning and delivering public engagement programmes, campaigns and events for academic institutions, charities and non-profits.
Priya has a 1st Class Combined Honours BSc in Biochemistry with English from the University of Liverpool (2016) and a Masters degree in Fine Art (Art and Science) from Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts, London (2018). She completed a short course in Curating Contemporary Art and Design from the Royal College of Art (2021). Priya is currently studying Medicine (Graduate Entry) at St George's, University of London.
Exhibitions and events
October 2024: TAMASHA festival, Global Arts in Medicine Fellowship | online
January 2023: SURGE II in-person exhibition | Camberwell Space, London
October 2021: Ecofeminism Festival | The Art Pavilion, Mile End Park, London
July 2021: SURGE virtual exhibition | online (in collaboration with WEISS, UCL, London)
May 2018: Central Saint Martins - Degree Show One| Central Saint Martins, UAL, London
April 2018: Imperial Science Festival | Imperial College London, London
March 2018: SciArt at the Cavendish | University of Cambridge, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge
January 2018: Lumen exhibition (London) | The Crypt Gallery, London
January 2018: Tate Exchange - Studio Complex with Central Saint Martins | Tate Modern, London
December 2017: ARTLAB | Central Saint Martins, UAL, London
November 2017: Central Saint Martins Postgraduate Art Auction | Central Saint Martins, UAL, London
November 2017: Imagining CERN symposium and window display | Central Saint Martins, UAL, London
August 2017: Lumen exhibition (Atina) | Asilo Infantile Beatrice, Atina, Italy
June 2017: The Museum of Extraordinary Objects | The Royal Society, London
June 2017: CSM x CMS: Entangled | Four Corners Gallery, London
March 2017: Somehow you and I Collide, MA Interim Show | The Laundry, London
December 2016: MA Art and Science Open Studio | Central Saint Martins, UAL, London
November 2016: Practices of Enquiry: Matter, Method, Material | The Cookhouse Gallery, London
Residencies and fellowships
August - November 2024: Global Arts in Medicine Fellowship | online
January - July 2021: SURGE art-science collaboration | online
May - August 2018: Beyond the Brain residency | The CUBE, London
March - June 2018: NanoVignettes Collaboration| University of Cambridge, Maxwell Centre, Cambridge
August 2017: Lumen art and astronomy residency | Asilo Infantile Beatrice, Atina, Italy
Awards
July 2021: Curating Contemporary Art and Design (Short Course) | Royal College of Art
January 2021: Commission from Wellcome Trust, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and the University of the Arts London (UAL) | SURGE online exhibition
November 2020: Finalist for the Science in the Arts category | Falling Walls, Berlin Science Week
July 2020: Visions of Science Art Prize, First Prize Winner | The Edge, Andrew Brownsword Gallery
July 2018: Masters degree in Art and Science | Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London