"Whistling in the Dark:" Debora Oden in The Ellis Gallery at ARTS Southeast: July 4 - Aug 16, 2025

ARTS Southeast is pleased to present "Whistling in the Dark," a Solo Exhibition by Debora Oden, on display in The Ellis Gallery at ARTS Southeast from July 4th – August 16th, 2025.

OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, July 4th from 5 - 9PM in conjunction with First Fridays in Starland


About the Exhibition: Artist Statement

"Whistling in the Dark" is a collection of works exploring the role of abstraction and play as a method 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.



Our exhibitions programming is made possible with investment by the City of Savannah. This program is sponsored in part by Gulfstream Aerospace, Starlandia Supply, and Georgia Council for the Arts through the appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly. Georgia Council for the Arts also receives support from its partner agency - the National Endowment for the Arts.

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