Jason Oddy British, b. 1967

Overview
Jason Oddy The Rectorate II, Houari Boumediene University of Science and Technology, Bab Ezzouar, Algiers, Algeria, 2013
Jason Oddy The Rectorate II, Houari Boumediene University of Science and Technology, Bab Ezzouar, Algeria, 2013
Jason Oddy is an artist and writer focused on the politics of place. Nieyemer in Algeria, Guantanamo Bay, the Pentagon, ex-Soviet sanatoria, cryonics facilities, NATO listening stations, the United Nations headquarters and homes of the recently deceased are just some of the sites which he has made work about.
 
With their stripped down aesthetic and emphasis on geometric rhythms, his meditative large format photographs stand as a timely enquiry into the underlying forces that lie at the heart of such centres of power and strangeness. 

His work has been exhibited internationally including at The Photographers’ Gallery (London), Yossi Milo Gallery (New York), the Milan Triennale, Paris Photo, Casa Niemeyer (Brasilia) and the French Communist Party Headquarters (Paris).

It has been featured in numerous publications including Modern Painters, Aperture, Art Review, the AA Files, Art on Paper and the New York Times Magazine.

 

 

CV and Bibliography (PDF, opens in a new tab.)
Citizen K International article in French about the series Concrete Spring (PDF, opens in a new tab.)
Fly your Flag project
Concrete Spring in Junge Welt (in German)
Wallpaper Niemeyer’s Brasilia ghost house
Notes du désert, a book by Jason Oddy
Works
  • Magnolia Prophylactorium II, Odesa, Ukraine
    Jason Oddy
    Magnolia Prophylactorium II, Odesa, Ukraine, 1999
    C-type print
    99.1 x 99.4 cm
    39 x 39 1/8 in
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  • Magnolia Prophylactorium, Odesa, Ukraine
    Jason Oddy
    Magnolia Prophylactorium, Odesa, Ukraine, 1999
    C-Print
    73 x 69 cm; 28 3/4 x 27 3/16 in
    with frame 77 x 73 cm; 30 5/16 x 28 3/4 in
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  • Mishkor Sanatorium, nr. Yalta, Ukraine
    Jason Oddy
    Mishkor Sanatorium, nr. Yalta, Ukraine, 1999
    C-Print
    large: 101 x 127 cm 39 3/4 x 50 in
    small: 40 x 50 cm 15 3/4 x 19 11/16 in
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  • Moldova Sanatorium, Odesa, Ukraine
    Jason Oddy
    Moldova Sanatorium, Odesa, Ukraine, 1999
    C-Print
    large: 99.1 x 126 cm 39 x 49 5/8 in
    small: 40 x 50 cm 15 3/4 x 19 11/16 in
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  • The Palace of Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
    Jason Oddy
    The Palace of Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, 1999
    C-Print
    large: 127 x 101 cm / 50 x 39 3/4 in
    small: 50 x 40 cm / 19 11/16 x 15 3/4 in
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  • The United Nations, New York, USA
    Jason Oddy
    The United Nations, New York, USA, 2001
    C-Print
    65.5 x 85.5 cm
    25 13/16 x 33 11/16 in
    with frame 69 x 90 cm
    27 3/16 x 35 7/16 in
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  • The Palace of Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
    Jason Oddy
    The Palace of Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, 1999
    C-Print
    large: 71 x 91 cm / 27 15/16 x 35 13/16 in
    small: 40 x 50 cm / 15 3/4 x 19 11/16 in
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  • The Palace of Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
    Jason Oddy
    The Palace of Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, 1999
    C-Print
    large: 127 x 101 cm / 50 x 39 3/4 in
    small: 50 x 40 cm / 19 11/16 x 15 3/4 in
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  • BBC TV Centre, London, England
    Jason Oddy
    BBC TV Centre, London, England, 2013
    C-type print
    40 x 50 cm
    15 3/4 x 19 11/16 in
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  • The Palace of Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
    Jason Oddy
    The Palace of Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, 1999
    C-Print
    large: 101 x 127 cm 39 3/4 x 50 in
    small: 40 x 50 cm 15 3/4 x 19 11/16 in
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  • Spectre, French Communist Party Headquarters, Paris, France
    Jason Oddy
    Spectre, French Communist Party Headquarters, Paris, France, 2020
    C-Print
    large: 101 x 127 cm 39 3/4 x 50 in
    small: 40.6 x 50.8 cm 16 x 20 in
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  • The Pentagon, Washington D.C., USA
    Jason Oddy
    The Pentagon, Washington D.C., USA, 2003
    C-Print
    large: 101 x 162 cm 39 3/4 x 63 3/4 in
    small: 40 x 64 cm 15 3/4 x 25 3/16 in
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  • The Auditorium II, Houari Boumediene University of Science and Technology, Bab Ezzouar, Algeria
    Jason Oddy
    The Auditorium II, Houari Boumediene University of Science and Technology, Bab Ezzouar, Algeria, 2013
    C-Print
    large: 101 x 127 cm 39 3/4 x 50 in
    small: 40.6 x 50.8 cm 16 x 20 in
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  • Red, White and Green, Houari Boumediene University of Science and Technology, Bab Ezzouar, Algeria
    Jason Oddy
    Red, White and Green, Houari Boumediene University of Science and Technology, Bab Ezzouar, Algeria, 2010-2013
    C-Print
    large: 101 x 127 cm 39 3/4 x 50 in
    small: 40.6 x 50.8 cm 16 x 20 in
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  • Choreographies, Mentouri University, Constantine, Algeria
    Jason Oddy
    Choreographies, Mentouri University, Constantine, Algeria, 2013
    Pigment print
    each photograph
    38.1 x 58.4 cm
    15 x 23 in
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  • Houari Boumediene University of Science and Technology II, Bab Ezzouar, Algeria
    Jason Oddy
    Houari Boumediene University of Science and Technology II, Bab Ezzouar, Algeria, 2013
    C-Print
    large: 73.7 x 91.4 cm 29 x 36 in
    small: 40.6 x 50.8 cm 16 x 20 in
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  • DZHEMYET SANATORIUM NR YALTA, UKRAINE
    Jason Oddy
    DZHEMYET SANATORIUM NR YALTA, UKRAINE, 1999
    C-print mounted on aluminium
    28.5 x 36 cm
    11 1/4 x 14 1/8 in
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  • 'The Village' VII, Houari Boumediene University of Science and Technology, Bab Ezzouar, Algeria
    Jason Oddy
    'The Village' VII, Houari Boumediene University of Science and Technology, Bab Ezzouar, Algeria, 2013
    C-Print
    large: 101 x 127 cm 39 3/4 x 50 in
    small: 40.6 x 50.8 cm 16 x 20 in
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  • Bloc des Salles de Classe IV, Houari Boumediene University of Science and Technology, Bab Ezzouar, Algeria
    Jason Oddy
    Bloc des Salles de Classe IV, Houari Boumediene University of Science and Technology, Bab Ezzouar, Algeria, 2013
    C-Print
    large: 74 x 92 cm 29 1/8 x 36 1/4 in
    small: 40.6 x 50.8 cm 16 x 20 in
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  • Bloc des Sciences VII, Mentouri University, Constantine, Algeria
    Jason Oddy
    Bloc des Sciences VII, Mentouri University, Constantine, Algeria, 2013
    C-Print
    large: 101 x 127 cm 39 3/4 x 50 in
    small: 40.6 x 50.8 cm 16 x 20 in
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  • La Coupole I, Algiers, Algeria
    Jason Oddy
    La Coupole I, Algiers, Algeria, 2013
    C-Print
    large: 101 x 127 cm 39 3/4 x 50 in
    small: 40.6 x 50.8 cm 16 x 20 in
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  • La Coupole II, Algiers, Algeria
    Jason Oddy
    La Coupole II, Algiers, Algeria, 2013
    C-Print
    large: 59.7 x 76.2 cm 23 1/2 x 30 in
    small: 40.6 x 50.8 cm 16 x 20 in
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  • La Coupole V, Algiers, Algeria
    Jason Oddy
    La Coupole V, Algiers, Algeria, 2013
    C-Print
    large: 101 x 127 cm 39 3/4 x 50 in
    small: 40.6 x 50.8 cm 16 x 20 in
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  • Mentouri University I, Constantine, Algeria
    Jason Oddy
    Mentouri University I, Constantine, Algeria, 2013
    C-Print
    large: 73.7 x 91.4 cm 29 x 36 in
    small: 40.6 x 50.8 cm 16 x 20 in
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  • The Rectorate II, Houari Boumediene University of Science and Technology, Bab Ezzouar, Algeria,
    Jason Oddy
    The Rectorate II, Houari Boumediene University of Science and Technology, Bab Ezzouar, Algeria,, 2013
    C-Print
    large: 92 x 74 cm 36 1/4 x 29 1/8 in
    small: 50 x 40 cm 19 11/16 x 15 3/4 in
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  • La Coupole III, Algiers, Algeria
    Jason Oddy
    La Coupole III, Algiers, Algeria, 2013
    C-Print
    large: 77.5 x 97.5 cm 30 1/2 x 38 3/8 in
    small: 40.6 x 50.8 cm 16 x 20 in
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  • Corridor I, Mentouri University, Constantine, Algeria
    Jason Oddy
    Corridor I, Mentouri University, Constantine, Algeria, 2013
    C-type print
    75 x 92 cm
    29 1/2 x 36 1/4 in
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Exhibitions
Bibliography
Jason Oddy The Rectorate II, Houari Boumediene University of Science and Technology, Bab Ezzouar, Algiers, Algeria, 2013
Jason Oddy The Rectorate II, Houari Boumediene University of Science and Technology, Bab Ezzouar, Algeria, 2013

As a writer Jason Oddy's books include Notes du désert (Grasset, Paris, 2017) and The Revolution Will Be Stopped Halfway: Oscar Niemeyer in Algeria (Columbia Books On Architecture and the City, New York, 2019), a monograph featuring his own work. 

 

Oddy has contributed criticism, reviews and essays to leading periodicals on topics such as the ethics of depicting war or the merits of painting versus photography as well as on architects, artists, and photographers such as Daniel Libeskind, Thomas Demand, Hiroshi Sugimoto, William Eggleston, Joel Sternfeld and Rineke Dijkstra. 

 

full CV and Bibliography