Odette Tomik was born in Tehran – Iran in 1964 in an Assyrian Christian family. In 1985 she was accepted in Al-Zahra University of Tehran in field of Art. This Institution is one of the rare universities in the world designed to train only women. Distinguished Iranian professors were among her professors. In 1991 she graduated as an honored student with a B.A. in painting. Then she met famous Assyrian-Iranian artist painter, Hannibal Alkhas who later she started working in subjects related to Assyrian life, figures, and mythology with him.

Her series of paintings about “Immigration” were exhibited in several exhibitions and biennials in Iran. In 1973 the Contemporary of ArtsMuseum of Tehran purchased one of the paintings of her Immigration collection in the biennial.Since 2002 she has lived in Los Angeles and has been working prolifically with several Art shows. She has illustrated several books in Iran and has captivating story telling ability and paints in magical mystical compositions with vibrant colors, strong figures, and movements.

In her new paintings she used the mixed media as textures and colors to show the conception of what inspire her; what she sees in forms and colors. She works on two different subjects that inspire her, Humans and nature. The deep love and connection between Human beings with each other and also with nature around them is shown in her paintings. Even in her series of nature paintings, she gives life and joy, happiness and sorrow as living communities.She believes there is always light in darkness for everything in universe, even if it is smaller than we think. But some how she always tries to show it in her art works.