News & Press

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Ebony

    Meet Brandan “BMike” Odums, the New Orleans Artist Featured in ‘Queen Sugar’

    2016

  • Yahoo News w/ Katie Couric

    Art to inspire change in New Orleans

    2016

  • BOMB Magazine

    Brandan “Bmike” Odums by Zachary Lazar

    2016

  • Juxtapoz

    Brandan Odums, New Orleans

    2015

  • Revolt

    REVOLT NATION: B-Mike

    "Even from struggle comes beauty."

    2016

  • Getty Images

    Brandan Odums' Wall Of Peace Mural In New Orleans East

    2015

  • Buzzfeed

    An Artist Turned An Abandoned New Orleans Complex Into A Tribute To Black History

    2015

  • 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

  • NOLA.com

    Brandan Odums' Bywater StudioBE solo show

    2016

  • NOLA.com

    ExhibitBe artist Brandan Odums' new 'Wall of Peace' mural to be unveiled Sunday

    2019

  • 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

  • NOLA.com

    Brandan Odums' graffiti masterpiece celebrates civil rights heroes

    2013