Odera Igbokwe

@odera

🧚🏿‍♂️ Painter / Illustrator / Movement Artist—using this space as a sketchbook, improvisational energy bursts, and trying to make socials fun again ✨ www.Odera.net ✨ 🌞 patreon.com/Odera Some posts are NSFW / queer & embodied / get me bodied/

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Odera Igbokwe@odera· Jul 10

Torso study (self portrait). 2009 (or 2010). Charcoal on paper.

A self portrait made with charcoal lines and litho crayon. A 2009 or 2010 Odera poses dramatically, exploring chiaroscuro and contropasto.

Odera Igbokwe@odera· Jun 15

Studio pomodoro break // 🍅🎨

Odera Igbokwe@odera· Jun 9

The Ouroboros 20" x 30" Oils and nzu (ceremonial Nigerian chalk) on canvas

Odera Igbokwe@odera· Jun 9

The Lovers and The Ouroboros are currently on view at Queer Arts Festival: On the Edge at SUM gallery An honor to be includes! An honor to work with similar themes from different access points. 📸 by @fifteenbestthings.bsky.social

Odera Igbokwe@odera· Jun 5

What kind of brush do you use??? 🤓

Odera Igbokwe@odera· May 30

Get unready with me

Odera Igbokwe@odera· May 28

Me embodying my research as a Beyoncé scholar as I pose in front of a gloryhole setup for a photoshoot 🤗😭😂🤗

Odera Igbokwe@odera· May 25

Orie ● 1 (Otu) 17” x 21” Oils on Paper Original and prints available here www.odera.net/shop/p/orie-01 ——— A single drop from the ocean, the ocean within a single drop. Orie ● 1 (Otu) is the second elemental suits of Odera Igbokwe’s Spirit Child divination deck

a closeup of the cowrie shell emerging from a small pool of water

Odera Igbokwe@odera· May 21

Hold the Line (Anambra to Bahia) Thankyou to @celojp.bsky.social

A photo series exploring the diasporic connections between Nigeria and Brazil, and how those communities came to Canada.
The fabric featured in Funeral Rites acts a through line to further disperse the collective grief, and acts as a transformational connector. Instead of the fabric being heavy and in need to disperse and shave down trauma, it acts as a lattice of care and explores new ways to express Black Queer technologies, ways of knowing, and creating new access points here in Vancouver.

Image one depicts Marcelo sitting on a stool, as they receive a crown of fabric

Marcelo and Odera draped in the same fabric to form one bew vessel.
They stare directly into the camera

Odera Igbokwe@odera· May 13

The Altar Oils on board

Odera Igbokwe@odera· May 13

this wasn't intentional. my inner child is just powerful and likes suddenly appear.

Odera Igbokwe@odera· May 12

How I’m trying to be all summer 😌 Ass and a single hairy tiddy out with bubble tea, snacks, and my sketchbook. 📸 by @fifteenbestthings.bsky.social

Odera Igbokwe@odera· May 12

Beyond Borders, Between Stories: Figure Drawing workshop 💐🌻💐 Photos by @fifteenbestthings.bsky.social

Odera Igbokwe@odera· May 12

Thankyou! These are oils on board, with a little acrylic in the early drawing stages 🌟 This video gives a better sense of scale and the sheen the paintings have in real embodied meat space

Odera Igbokwe@odera· May 12

Odera Igbokwe@odera· May 11

Beyond Borders, Between Stories: Figure Drawing workshop 💐🌻💐 www.odera.net/exhibitions-...

Odera Igbokwe@odera· Apr 29

Color studies and recipes

Odera Igbokwe@odera· Apr 28

Mami Wata

Odera Igbokwe@odera· Apr 28

I will never be an organized palette gwoiurlie. I could follow directions and pretend in art school training daze. But eventually you find your own way even if its messy

A metal cart with a glass palette, oil paints, and solvents on top

Odera Igbokwe@odera· Apr 28

Beyond Borders, Between Stories: Figure Drawing workshop 💐🌻💐

Odera Igbokwe@odera· Apr 27

Beyond Borders, Between Stories: Figure Drawing workshop 💐🌻💐

Odera Igbokwe@odera· Apr 26

Sunday resets, cleanses, and mending 🧎🏿‍♀️‍➡️ Sunday stillness, clarity, and rest ♾️ Sundays at the altar, with the self, with the ancestors, with the elements 🧎🏿‍♀️‍➡️ A new restock of The Altar on odera.net/shop ♾️ #BlackArt #QueerArt #QueerCorner #Blacksky #Tarot

an acrylic and oil painting of a femme masquerade dancer. She is covered in tiered and flowing raffia. Emerging from her head is a giant braid in the shape of the infinity symbol. She raises one arm up to the sky and another towards the ground as she almost tips over dancing in a calabash of fire.
The calabash sits on top of a platform made of fabric and sand. Surrounding this mount are red and pink flowers and candles.
The atmosphere is a cool blue made of waves and clouds that contrast the oranges and warmth of the main figure.
Above the figure is a rainbow that stabilizers the scene. The figure wears a large cowry medallion, as a wand and sword float above the large gourd/earthen bowl.

Odera Igbokwe@odera· Apr 22

Eke ● 1 (Otu) 16” x 20” Oils on Paper [Sold] Prints available here www.odera.net/shop/p/eke-01 ——— Forged from the cosmic hearth, the first embers dance across space and time. Eke ● 1 (Otu) ushers in the elemental suits of Odera Igbokwe’s Spirit Child divination deck.