amelomar@hotmail.com
@amel_omar_
Amel Omar
Born in 1995 in Venray, NL
Lives and works in Brussels, BE
EDUCATION
2020-2023
Master Fine Arts, LUCA School of Arts, Brussel, BE
2016 – 2020
Bachelor Fine Arts, AKV Sint Joost, Breda, NL
09/2018 - 02/2019
Mixed Media, Erasmus Exchange Programme, LUCA School of Arts, Gent, BE
GROUP EXHIBITIONS / PERFORMANCES / RESIDENCIES
2022
AIR, Residency and exhibition, Witte Rook, Breda, NL
Corporate Offsite Dwelling A, Guest Performer (with Sid, Paul and Mike), CODA, Apeldoorn, NL
Contact Us, Group Show, LUCA School of Arts, Schaarbeek, BE
A Friend in CC, Group Show, Studio Citygate, Anderlecht, BE
2021
Grèta Flusso, Live Performance, This Art Fair, Amsterdam, NL
Alle Neuzen Tegen Het Raam Geplakt, Live Performance, De Vitrines, Station Breda, NL
It's No Fair, Group Show, Tour & Taxis, Brussels, BE
ALL IN Graduates, Group Show, Het Hem, Zaandam, NL
2020
Now Show: If We Propose You Are Invited, Group Show, Backer & Rueb, Breda, NL
Alle Neuzen Dezelfde Kant Op, Group Show, Electron, Breda, NL
SMAP, Residency, Het Makerspand Utrecht, NL
In De Greep van De Naald, Het Oog & De Draad, Performance (with Sid, Paul & Mike), TAC, Eindhoven, NL
SHIFT, Group Show, De Fabriek, Eindhoven, NL
2019
Wij, Die Volmaakt Mislukt Zijn, Live Performance (with Sid, Paul & Mike), Galerie Iets, Breda, NL
Hotel Insomnia: The Catastrophic Opening, Live Performance (with Sid, Paul & Mike), De Fabriek, Eindhoven, NL
Moving Word: April Edition, Filmscreening, Art Cinema OFFoff, Gent, NL
Mash-up #3: Amel Omar & Jesse van Epenhuijsen, Duo Show, MotMot Gallery, Breda, NL
Synesthesia, Group Show, Gouvernement, Gent, NL
2018
Monumentum #3, Group Show, deSingel, Antwerpen, NL
Het Foto Asiel, Group Show, AKV St. Joost, Breda, NL
Guest at Philippine Hoegen, Julia Reist, Miriam Hempel & Guests: What is Work?
Episode 2: Work Performance and Performing Work, Kunsthal Gent, Gent, NL
EXPERIENCE
2018 - now
Part of fluctuating collective activities with Sid Dankers, Paul Braspenning and Mike Megens
2021-2022
Part of projectspace 8-track, Brussels, BE
ARTICLES
2022
2021
2020
Metropolis M, Eindexamen Special
AIR Brabant, De echo van een netwerk – artistieke interventie vanuit Bo Stokkermans (et al.)
AIR Witte Rook.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
2020
Nomination St. Joost Penning