GAY BAWA ODMARK
Born in Lahore, India
Lives and works in Ketchum, Idaho
2019 to present- in Studio/Creative writing and Memoirs.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017-18 Asian Influences Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2016 "Windows of Paris", Community Library, Ketchum, ID
2014 Scape Design Studio, Ketchum, ID
2009-10 "Reinventing Indian Traditions," Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Hailey, ID
2005 "Roots of A Romantic Notion," Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
2003 "The Value of Inheritance," Gail Severn Gallery Ketchum, ID
1994 "Rituals,” Art and Soul, Mill Valley, CA
1993 "A Personal Journey," Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 Wood River Valley Studio Tour, Ketchum, ID
2017 Wood River Valley Studio Tour, Ketchum, ID
2016 Wood River Valley Studio Tour, Ketchum, ID
2016 "Cuba Sin Filtro", Community Library, Ketchum, ID
2015 Wood River Valley Studio Tour, Ketchum, ID
2014 Wood River Valley Studio Tour, Ketchum, ID
Ongoing Exhibition: Monotypes, Zenergy Spa, Ketchum ID
"Vita Brevis Press: Printmaking and Collaboration," Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Hailey, ID
2013 Wood River Valley Studio Tour, Ketchum ID
2011-14 Lotus Gallery, Ketchum, ID
2007 "Telling Stories," Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
2006 "The Language of Birds,” Jackson Street Gallery, Jackson, WY
"46th Chromosome," Jackson Street Gallery, Jackson, WY
"Be Like The Lotus," Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
2002 "25 Years: A Celebration," Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
"Rocky Mountain Biennial," MOMA, Fort Collins, CO
"The Eloquent Flower VI," Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
Usha Designs, Jewelry. San Diego, CA
2001 "24th Annual Holiday Exhibition," Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
"The Eloquent Flower V," Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
"Winter Group Show," Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
2000 "23rd Annual Holiday Exhibition," Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
"Public Space, Private Space," Limited Edition Book (collaboration with Mexican and California artists), San Diego, CA
1997 "22nd Annual Holiday Exhibition," Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
1996 "21st Annual Holiday Exhibition,” Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
"A Fine Balance," Gamine, Ketchum, ID
"Beaux Arts Show," Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID
"Art Haven,” The Women’s Resource Center, Ketchum, ID
"Passion Tour 1996," Galleria Spagnolo, San Diego, CA
"Group Show," Galleria Spagnolo, San Diego, CA
1995 "Nature Worship: Shrines," Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID !
"The Uncommon Book," Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Humanities, Ketchum, ID
"Homeward Bound," Art and Soul, Maxine Gold Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Words for a Thousand Pictures," Galleria Spagnolo, San Diego, CA
"Group Show," Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
1994 "Women’s Lives Through Music,” Next Stage Theater, Ketchum, ID
"Faculty Art Exhibit," Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Humanities, Ketchum, ID
Sun Valley Lodge, Sun Valley, ID
1993 “Off the Wall,” Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID
1992 “17th Annual Holiday Exhibition,” Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
Ochi Gallery, Ketchum, ID
1992 "Sixteenth Annual Holiday Exhibition,” Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
EDUCATION
1998 Working in Studio, La Jolla, CA
1997-98 Athenaeum Music Library, La Jolla, CA, Bookmaking and Etching
1995 Sun Valley Center for the Arts & Humanities, Ketchum, ID
1994 Mendocino Arts Center, Mendocino, CA, Bookbinding
Art Space Studio, Hailey, ID, Monoprints
1992 Slade Academy, London, England, Painting Diploma
1990 Slade Academy, London, England, Painting Diploma
1987-88 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, Photography
1985-86 Sabbatical-Studio, London-Paris
1983-84 San Francisco Art Academy, San Francisco, CA, Drawing
1982 California Arts and Crafts College, Oakland, CA
Mendocino Art School, Mendocino, CA, Textiles, Schibori, Tie-dye and Silk Screen
1978-80 San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, Jewelry and Sculpture
TEACHING
2011 Sun Valley Center for the Arts, transfer collage, Ketchum, ID
2006 Sun Valley Center for the Arts, collage and photography, Ketchum, ID
2002 Sun Valley Center for the Arts, painting grant, Ketchum, ID
Artist in Residence, “Youth at Risk,” Silver Creek Alternative School, Hailey, ID
ICA “Youth at Risk,” Buhl Arts Council, Buhl, ID
2001 Artist in residence, “Youth at Risk,” Silver Creek Alternative School, Hailey, ID
ICA “Youth at Risk,” Buhl Arts Council, Buhl, ID
ICA “Paint Experience,” Buhl Elementary Residence Painting, Buhl, ID
2000 Artist in Residence, “Youth at Risk”, Silver Creek Alternative School
1999 Environmental Resource Center, Ketchum, ID
Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Humanities, Ketchum, ID
Silver Creek Alternative School, Hailey, ID
Hospice Class for Children, Sun Valley Center, Ketchum, ID
1996 Silver Creek Alternative School, Hailey, ID
1995 Community School, Sun Valley, ID
Art in Nature, Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Ketchum, ID
1994 Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Humanities, collage, Ketchum, ID
Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Humanities, painting, Ketchum, ID
Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Humanities, collage, Ketchum, ID
“Explore and Express,” College of Southern Idaho, Hailey, ID
“Rituals and Art,” College of Southern Idaho, Hailey, ID
Annual Women’s Conference, Women’s Resource Center, Hailey, ID
The Community School, Sun Valley, ID
1993 Art Therapy, Silver Creek Alternative School, Hailey, ID
RELATED EXPERIENCE
2011-14 Owner of Lotus Gallery, Ketchum, ID
ASSOCIATIONS
2002 Labyrinth Committee, St. Thomas Church, Sun Valley, ID
Arts Advisory Board, St. Luke’s Hospital, Ketchum, ID
1994-00 Silver Creek Alternative School, Hailey, ID, Art Teacher
1994-00 Buhl Arts Council, Idaho
1994-96 Silver Creek Alternative School, Hailey, ID, Advisory Board
1994-95 Art Space Studios, Hailey, ID
1994-97 The Artist’s Group, Ketchum, ID
Emeritus - American Craft Council, New York, NY, Trustee
1993-96 Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Humanities, Ketchum, ID
Trustee - Visual Arts
1985-86 American Craft Council, Current Member Emeritus
1985 American Craft Council and the British Craft Council, collaboration for exhibition at the Victorian Albert Museum,
London, England
1982 American Craft Council, California and New York, Trustee, fundraiser, created an art portfolio to raise funds from corporate and
private sources
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Brandeis Investment Partners, San Diego, CA
Born in Lahore, India
Lives and works in Ketchum, Idaho
2019 to present- in Studio/Creative writing and Memoirs.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017-18 Asian Influences Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2016 "Windows of Paris", Community Library, Ketchum, ID
2014 Scape Design Studio, Ketchum, ID
2009-10 "Reinventing Indian Traditions," Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Hailey, ID
2005 "Roots of A Romantic Notion," Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
2003 "The Value of Inheritance," Gail Severn Gallery Ketchum, ID
1994 "Rituals,” Art and Soul, Mill Valley, CA
1993 "A Personal Journey," Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 Wood River Valley Studio Tour, Ketchum, ID
2017 Wood River Valley Studio Tour, Ketchum, ID
2016 Wood River Valley Studio Tour, Ketchum, ID
2016 "Cuba Sin Filtro", Community Library, Ketchum, ID
2015 Wood River Valley Studio Tour, Ketchum, ID
2014 Wood River Valley Studio Tour, Ketchum, ID
Ongoing Exhibition: Monotypes, Zenergy Spa, Ketchum ID
"Vita Brevis Press: Printmaking and Collaboration," Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Hailey, ID
2013 Wood River Valley Studio Tour, Ketchum ID
2011-14 Lotus Gallery, Ketchum, ID
2007 "Telling Stories," Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
2006 "The Language of Birds,” Jackson Street Gallery, Jackson, WY
"46th Chromosome," Jackson Street Gallery, Jackson, WY
"Be Like The Lotus," Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
2002 "25 Years: A Celebration," Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
"Rocky Mountain Biennial," MOMA, Fort Collins, CO
"The Eloquent Flower VI," Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
Usha Designs, Jewelry. San Diego, CA
2001 "24th Annual Holiday Exhibition," Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
"The Eloquent Flower V," Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
"Winter Group Show," Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
2000 "23rd Annual Holiday Exhibition," Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
"Public Space, Private Space," Limited Edition Book (collaboration with Mexican and California artists), San Diego, CA
1997 "22nd Annual Holiday Exhibition," Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
1996 "21st Annual Holiday Exhibition,” Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
"A Fine Balance," Gamine, Ketchum, ID
"Beaux Arts Show," Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID
"Art Haven,” The Women’s Resource Center, Ketchum, ID
"Passion Tour 1996," Galleria Spagnolo, San Diego, CA
"Group Show," Galleria Spagnolo, San Diego, CA
1995 "Nature Worship: Shrines," Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID !
"The Uncommon Book," Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Humanities, Ketchum, ID
"Homeward Bound," Art and Soul, Maxine Gold Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Words for a Thousand Pictures," Galleria Spagnolo, San Diego, CA
"Group Show," Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
1994 "Women’s Lives Through Music,” Next Stage Theater, Ketchum, ID
"Faculty Art Exhibit," Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Humanities, Ketchum, ID
Sun Valley Lodge, Sun Valley, ID
1993 “Off the Wall,” Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID
1992 “17th Annual Holiday Exhibition,” Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
Ochi Gallery, Ketchum, ID
1992 "Sixteenth Annual Holiday Exhibition,” Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
EDUCATION
1998 Working in Studio, La Jolla, CA
1997-98 Athenaeum Music Library, La Jolla, CA, Bookmaking and Etching
1995 Sun Valley Center for the Arts & Humanities, Ketchum, ID
1994 Mendocino Arts Center, Mendocino, CA, Bookbinding
Art Space Studio, Hailey, ID, Monoprints
1992 Slade Academy, London, England, Painting Diploma
1990 Slade Academy, London, England, Painting Diploma
1987-88 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, Photography
1985-86 Sabbatical-Studio, London-Paris
1983-84 San Francisco Art Academy, San Francisco, CA, Drawing
1982 California Arts and Crafts College, Oakland, CA
Mendocino Art School, Mendocino, CA, Textiles, Schibori, Tie-dye and Silk Screen
1978-80 San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, Jewelry and Sculpture
TEACHING
2011 Sun Valley Center for the Arts, transfer collage, Ketchum, ID
2006 Sun Valley Center for the Arts, collage and photography, Ketchum, ID
2002 Sun Valley Center for the Arts, painting grant, Ketchum, ID
Artist in Residence, “Youth at Risk,” Silver Creek Alternative School, Hailey, ID
ICA “Youth at Risk,” Buhl Arts Council, Buhl, ID
2001 Artist in residence, “Youth at Risk,” Silver Creek Alternative School, Hailey, ID
ICA “Youth at Risk,” Buhl Arts Council, Buhl, ID
ICA “Paint Experience,” Buhl Elementary Residence Painting, Buhl, ID
2000 Artist in Residence, “Youth at Risk”, Silver Creek Alternative School
1999 Environmental Resource Center, Ketchum, ID
Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Humanities, Ketchum, ID
Silver Creek Alternative School, Hailey, ID
Hospice Class for Children, Sun Valley Center, Ketchum, ID
1996 Silver Creek Alternative School, Hailey, ID
1995 Community School, Sun Valley, ID
Art in Nature, Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Ketchum, ID
1994 Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Humanities, collage, Ketchum, ID
Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Humanities, painting, Ketchum, ID
Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Humanities, collage, Ketchum, ID
“Explore and Express,” College of Southern Idaho, Hailey, ID
“Rituals and Art,” College of Southern Idaho, Hailey, ID
Annual Women’s Conference, Women’s Resource Center, Hailey, ID
The Community School, Sun Valley, ID
1993 Art Therapy, Silver Creek Alternative School, Hailey, ID
RELATED EXPERIENCE
2011-14 Owner of Lotus Gallery, Ketchum, ID
ASSOCIATIONS
2002 Labyrinth Committee, St. Thomas Church, Sun Valley, ID
Arts Advisory Board, St. Luke’s Hospital, Ketchum, ID
1994-00 Silver Creek Alternative School, Hailey, ID, Art Teacher
1994-00 Buhl Arts Council, Idaho
1994-96 Silver Creek Alternative School, Hailey, ID, Advisory Board
1994-95 Art Space Studios, Hailey, ID
1994-97 The Artist’s Group, Ketchum, ID
Emeritus - American Craft Council, New York, NY, Trustee
1993-96 Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Humanities, Ketchum, ID
Trustee - Visual Arts
1985-86 American Craft Council, Current Member Emeritus
1985 American Craft Council and the British Craft Council, collaboration for exhibition at the Victorian Albert Museum,
London, England
1982 American Craft Council, California and New York, Trustee, fundraiser, created an art portfolio to raise funds from corporate and
private sources
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Brandeis Investment Partners, San Diego, CA
