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VCA Art 2023

Naimo Omar

My practice centres around a constant dissection of the different factors that comprise my identity (Black, Muslim, fat, cis woman, child of Somali diasporic parents) and how they intersect/interact with each other—how it exists in both private and public spheres as well as the relativity of public and private when contextualised in a multitude of spaces and situations. It simultaneously functions as an active critique on viewers and their intrinsic perspectives as well as an essential reflective process facilitating healing and emotional resolution. Through the intersection of painting, moving image, text and found object installation, I seek to explore the precarious nature of existing societal structures around bodies and interrogate the various experiences of minority peoples in these spaces.


Recent exhibitions include Grimace at Temporalities Gallery, 2022 curated by Nicholas Currie, and Shared Stories .مشترک های داستان at George Patton Gallery, 2023, curated by Naomi Mendoza.

Naimo Omar, Warning for Special Driver of Special train, Video projection, paint, tactile indicator studs

Naimo Omar, Warning for Special Driver of Special train, Video projection, paint, tactile indicator studs

Naimo Omar, quote from Dreams of Family, text, 2021-2022

Naimo Omar, 3 1/2 weeks + 14 years, synthetic hair, embroidered pillow case, 2022

Naimo Omar, A few grains, video, sofa case, 2022

Naimo Omar, Untitled, recycled wood, LED studio lights, 2023

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Drawing & Printmaking)
Victorian College of the Arts
Faculty of Fine Arts and Music
University of Melbourne
PRV12150 / CRICOS: 00116K