I am an installation artist. My childhood plays a part in the nature of the art I create. I was born in 1975 in Homestead, Florida. My mother worked as an ornithologist in Everglades National Park. Before I graduated from high school, my family lived in 14 different places, following the migratory paths of the wetlands bird species in a migratory pattern of its own. When I was a kid, I spent my time following my mother through swamps and marshes, and I started collected specimens and interesting objects. I always seemed to be getting uprooted, so I carried my collections, in a large suitcase, arranging the increasing contents in my room at each new location. I started a science degree in college but I left because I really wanted to make art. My first pieces were small sculptures of animals. Now I create installations that include arrangements of found and created objects. I had a rambling childhood but I still like to travel, collecting wherever I go.

—Odile Dix

E-mail: odile.dix@gmail.com

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/odiledix