News & Press
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USA Today
Colin Kaepernick has presence at Super Bowl 55 with new mural, billboards
Artist Brandan "BMIKE" Odums shows off his Colin Kaepernick mural in Tampa, Florida. Odums connected with Kaepernick and KYRC when the...Feb 3, 2021
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Smithsonian Magazine
Hurricane Ida Destroys New Orleans Jazz Landmark Dubbed ...
Artist Brandan “BMike” Odums painted the likeness in honor of New Orleans' tricentennial celebrations in 2018.
Aug 31, 2021
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Forbes
New Orleans Pelicans Collaborate With Red Bull, Brandan ‘Bmike’ Odums To Restore City Courts
Not only does Red Bull sponsor Jaxson Hayes, but the brand and team are also collaborating with Brandan “Bmike” Odums on a new art exhibit, NOLA...
Mar 24, 2021
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Hypebeast
Will Smith Previews 'WILL' Memoir Cover Artwork
The cover, which opts for a hand-painted approach over a photographic one, was created by New Orleans-based visual artist Brandan “BMike”...
Jun 19, 2021
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Yahoo Finance
How Muralist Brandan 'BMike' Odums Transforms His Community Through Art
Northampton, MA --News Direct-- PayPal. On the side of a 35,000-square-foot warehouse in the Bywater district of New Orleans is a...
Jul 6, 2021
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NBA.com
Five things to know about the Pelicans on March 31, 2021
The New Orleans Pelicans host the Orlando Magic on Thursday, ... the New Orleans Pelicans, and renowned visual artist Brandan 'Bmike' Odums...
Mar 31, 2021
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Tampa Bay Times
See the new Tampa mural featuring Colin Kaepernick during Super Bowl 55
Ben and Jerry's funded a 30 foot by 90 foot mural painted by New Orleans-based artist-activist Brandan “BMike” Odums, another collaborator.
Feb 5, 2021
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The Washington Post
Was a three-week trip to New Orleans for work or vacation? Both.
On a slow afternoon, we high-tailed it to Studio Be gallery and a Mardi Gras costume shop, both in the Bywater neighborhood…
Feb 19, 2021
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The New York Times
This New Orleans Artist Challenges the Way People See Things
BMike takes societal misinterpretations and stereotypes and flips them, putting historical figures in unexpected settings.
Mar 12, 2020
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Los Angeles Times
As he transforms neglected corners of New Orleans, artist Brandan Odums can add ‘alchemist’ to his resume
Brandan “BMike” Odums outside his Studio Be in the Bywater neighborhood of New Orleans. (Paul Morse / For The Times).
Feb 21, 2020
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Tulane News
Newcomb Art Museum reopens to the public, releases virtual ...
The museum will mark the close of Brandan "BMike" Odums' ... Soniat served on the Executive Committee of the New Orleans branch of the NAACP...
Nov 30, 2020
Archive
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Ebony
Meet Brandan “BMike” Odums, the New Orleans Artist Featured in ‘Queen Sugar’
2016
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Yahoo News w/ Katie Couric
Art to inspire change in New Orleans
2016
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BOMB Magazine
Brandan “Bmike” Odums by Zachary Lazar
2016
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Juxtapoz
Brandan Odums, New Orleans
2015
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Revolt
REVOLT NATION: B-Mike
"Even from struggle comes beauty."
2016
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Getty Images
Brandan Odums' Wall Of Peace Mural In New Orleans East
2015
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Buzzfeed
An Artist Turned An Abandoned New Orleans Complex Into A Tribute To Black History
2015
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Fast Company
How This Building Covered In Eye-Popping Street Art Explains New Orleans
Can a renegade exhibit bring a happier future to the post-Katrina legacy of blight?
2015
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NOLA.com
Brandan Odums' Bywater StudioBE solo show
2016
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NOLA.com
ExhibitBe artist Brandan Odums' new 'Wall of Peace' mural to be unveiled Sunday
2019
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Whereyat.com
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts and University of New Orleans graduate Brandan Odums has all the makings of a hometown hero.
2013
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NOLA.com
Brandan Odums' graffiti masterpiece celebrates civil rights heroes
2013