ODA PAUSMA WAS BORN IN THE NETHERLANDS IN 1985. FROM EARLY AGE SHE WAS INTERESTED IN FASHION AND IN THE WAY PEOPLE DRESS. MOST OF HER WORK IS INSPIRED BY POETIC SOURCES AS; MUSIC, ARTISTS, BOOKS, PHENOMENA AND WRITERS. SHE HAS A GREAT LOVE FOR THE MAKE, CUT AND DETAILING OF HER DESIGNS. SILKS AND LEATHERS ARE OFTEN THE KEY MATERIALS IN HER COLLECTIONS. PAUSMA GRADUATED 'CUM LAUDE' WITH HER COLLECTION: 'TRACES OF A SHADOW', IN 2008 AT THE AMSTERDAM FASHION INSTITUTE (AMFI) FOR HER BA DEGREE. IN THE SAME YEAR SHE WAS ONE OF THE SELECTED PARTICIPANTS OF 'LICHTING 2008' A SHOW AT THE AMSTERDAM INTERNATIONAL FASHION WEEK. SEPTEMBER 2008 SHE STARTED HER MASTER COURSE IN FASHION DESIGN AT THE FASHION INSTITUTE ARNHEM (FIA, ARTEZ). WITHIN THIS COURSE SHE DESIGNED A SHOE: 'THE UNTITLED SHOE'. MADE A MAXIMUM STATEMENT COLLECTION: 'PURE AWKWARD', AND GRADUATED 'EXCELLENT' WITH HER COLLECTION: 'HOBOHEMIAN HEAVEN'. THIS COLLECTION WAS EXHIBITED AT THE GEN.11 EXHIBITION DURING FASHION WEEK PARIS IN THE HEART OF PARIS, 'LE MARAIS'. IN JULY 2010 SHE PRESENTED HER FIRST INDIVIDUAL FASHION SHOW AT THE AMSTERDAM INTERNATIONAL FASHION WEEK. MAY 2011 PAUSMA WAS A FINALIST OF THE WELL KNOWN FASHION COMPETITION 'FESTIVAL HYÈRES', WHERE SHE SHOWED HER COLLECTION '29.10.2010' INSPIRED ON A VANISHED LOVE. ODA PAUSMA LIVES AND WORKS IN AMSTERDAM.