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Jonathan O'Dea is London based artist. He was born in the West of Ireland in 1975 but moved to London with his family in the late 1980s. O'Dea's interest in art developed in the early 1990s when he attended Chiswick Community School in West London from were he went on to attend St Martin's Art Collage from 1995 to 1996. Between 1996 and 1999 O'Dea attended University of North London were he completed a degree in History with Irish studies. After a period away from art O'Dea found his way back to the art world were he received award from the Prince's Trust in 2003 which provided him with the resources to mount his first solo exhibition supported by Haringey Council.

Between 2003 and 2015 O'Dea had a number of solo exhbitions.