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Submitted by ARTS Southeast
June 21, 2025 – ARTS Southeast will present “Whistling in the Dark,” a solo exhibition by artist Debora Oden, from July 4 through Aug. 16 at The Ellis Gallery, located at 2301 Bull St.
An opening reception will be held Friday, July 4, from 5 to 9 p.m. during First Fridays in Starland. A closing reception is scheduled for Friday, Aug. 1, also from 5 to 9 p.m., with an artist talk taking place Wednesday, Aug. 6, at 6 p.m.
“Whistling in the Dark” is a collection of works exploring the roles of abstraction and play as methods of navigating the beauty and chaos of our contemporary life on earth. The works are created with oil-based inks, printed on paper, then mounted onto panels. The creation of these pieces begins and ends through monoprint processes where Oden navigates energy, conflict, and boundaries (both real and imagined) and their influence on the movement of matter. The artist thinks of these works as moving images. Marks spill, they crash, they block, and they bounce, the action to be completed in the viewer’s mind. Everything is in a state of flux; the only constant is change.
About the Artist
Debora Oden won the Triennial Prize, 5th Egyptian International Print Triennial, Cairo, Egypt and her work was included in the 3rd International Experimental Engraving Biennial at The Brancovan Palace Cultural Center in Mogosoaia, Romania. She was also invited to participate in the 2009 China Sanbao International Printmaking Exhibition and Symposium, hosted by the Jingdezhen Sanbao Ceramic Art Institute, Shanxi University College of Fine Art and the Beijing Center Academy of Fine Art. In addition, her work has been exhibited in France, Thailand, Egypt, Poland and Austria. Her prints can be found in the collections of The Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, the University of Dallas, the University of Nebraska, Hallmark Global Services, Grinnell College and the Kohler Art Library.
This exhibition is supported in part by the City of Savannah, Gulfstream Aerospace, Starlandia Supply, and Georgia Council for the Arts through the Georgia General Assembly. Georgia Council for the Arts also receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts.
For more information, visit www.artssoutheast.org/deboden or view the Facebook event page at facebook.com/events/760522949747651.