BORN
Amory, Mississippi, 1980

EDUCATION
2002 BFA, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1999 International Baccalaureate, United World College, Montezuma, NM

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2005
Unnatural Selection; Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX

2004
Betsy Odom: Rudolph Projects/ArtScan Gallery, Houston, TX
Betsy Odom: Barnyard; Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX
If You?re Quiet Enough, they?ll Let You Pet Them; Commerce Street Artists? Warehouse, Houston, TX

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2005
Celebrating 25 Years, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX

2004
Excessive, University of Texas, Dallas, TX
Marfa Project, Barry Whistler Gallery at Highland Bus Depot, Marfa, TX
Kelli Connell, Thomas Fuelmer, Betsy Odom, Southside Gallery, Dallas TX Summer Sucks; Raw Space, Houston, TX
New American Talent: 19; Arthouse, Austin, TX
A Little Insolence, A Little Soul, Gallery 101, Houston, TX
The Big Show; Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
The Shadows We Create; Buffalo Bayou Art Park, Houston, TX
The BBAP Christmas Tree Show, Wortham Center, Houston, TX

2003
Red, ArtScan/ Rudolph Projects, Houston, TX
The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
Dallas vs. Houston, Plush Gallery, Dallas, TX
Space, Commerce Street Artist Warehouse, Houston, TX
Iron Tribe ?03, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM
Lovely Spank, Commerce Street Artist Warehouse, Houston, TX

2002
US/UK Contemporary Cast Iron Exhibition, New Orleans Sculpture Lab, New Orleans, LA
35th Anniversary Show, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
Senior Show, Walter McBean Gallery, San Francisco, CA
SFAI Spring Show, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

2001
Bread + Circus, Tapioca, San Francisco, CA
Return to Go, Detour 888, San Francisco, CA
SFAI Spring Show, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Magpies, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2000
Burning Man 2000: A Report to the Academy, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The Monster Show, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
0011010, The Lab, San Francisco, CA

HONORS
2003
2nd Prize, The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
--Juried by Abby Messitte, Co-Director, Clementine Gallery
Schmidt Fellowship for interns at art-related non-profits, San Francisco, CA

2002
US/UK Contemporary Cast Iron Sculpture Residency, New Orleans, LA

2001-2002
Senior Honors Studio, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

1999-2002
BFA Merit Scholarship, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

LECTURES
2004
Contemporary Issues: An Exploration of Personal Space, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Gallery Talk; Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX

2003
Slide Jam; Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, TX
The Big Slide Show; Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX