Omar
Barquet
Born in 1979 in Chetumal, México; he holds a degree in Fine Arts from "La Esmeralda", the National School of Painting, Sculpture and Printmaking in Mexico City, where he has lived and worked since 2000. Barquet has received numerous awards including the Young Artists Fellowship from FONCA and the MACG - Bancomer Arte Actual Grant. He has been invited to various artist-in-residency programs, including CAPACETE in Rio de Janeiro; Casa Tomada in São Paulo; MAAS, New York City; Fountainhead, Miami; Tupac, Lima; Vestfossen in Norway; and Kiosko in Bolivia, among others. Barquet has shown extensively both nationally and internationally with solo shows at the Museo Experimental El Eco, Mexico City; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Mérida; the Kunsthalle, São Paulo; the Christinger de Mayo Gallery, Zürich, and Zilberman Gallery in Berlin, amongst others.
Omar often collaborates with other artists and creatives and early in his career he founded the Segundo Piso Art Collective with Jose Luis Landét, Agustín González and Moris. He also cofounded Grama Ruina, a musical trio for sound experimentation with composer Fernando Soberanes and musician Javier Loyola.
His works are included in numerous private and public collections including : The Jumex Collection, FEMSA Collection, ESPAC Collection, Jorge Pérez Collection, Sackner Collection, New Collection, JoAnn G. Hickey Collection, COPRO Collection, Related Group Collection, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca, Museo de Arte de Sonora, Museo Palacio de Medicina and Phoenix Museum of Art.
Omar Barquet is currently represented by ZO Contemporary, Monterrey, Mexico; Arróniz Gallery, Mexico City; Zilberman Gallery, Istanbul, Berlin, and Miami; and Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York City.
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Diptych / Digital print manually altered with collages, enamel, drawing and wood fragments on Hahnemüle paper, mounted on sintra with artist’s frame, 80 x 73 in.
Assemblage with mixed fragments of enameled wood and polaroid, gold leaf, mirror, postcard, needle pins, seashell, oyster, minerals and feather, Mounted on painted mdf and framed in a glass box with copper, 51 x 51 x 16 cm
Mixed media collage, fragments of wood and seashells, metallic paper, silver and golden pins, enamel and ink on printed paper on wooden panel and custom artist frame, 17 x 14.17 in.
Digital print on enameled glass modified manually, fragments of enameled sandblasted wood, rocking chair, embroidery hoop, carved furniture and tree branch, enameled ceramic plate and coral stone, carved wood and black clay necklace with peacock feather and steel brackets, 37.4 x 59 x 10.26 in.
Collage, Color pencil, enamel, golden pin, fragments of wood, seashell and butterfly wings on wooden board and glass box with brass frae, 25.5 x 25.5 x 4 cm
Assemblage, postcard, expired polaroid, feather, snail and fragments of enameled wood on mdf in glass box with brass structure, 48 x 52 x 13 cm
Printed and modified X Ray, collage, enamel, seashell and oyster fragments, peacock feather, pins and nails on wooden board and glass box with brass frame, 25.5 x 25.5 x 4 cm
Assemblage, postcard, polaroid, feather, oyster, blued silver fretboard, metal wedge and wood fragments on mdf in glass box with brass structure, 48 x 52 x 13 cm
Digital print on enameled frosted broken glass, mirror fragment, coral stone fragment, reclaimed wood, dried flower, steel fasteners, and paint on wall, 62 x 31 x 10 in.
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Digital print on Hahnemuhle paper mounted on sintra, manually altered with enamel and collage and inked wood, in enameled artist’s frame, 59 x 43 in.
Digital print on Hahnemühle paper, manually altered with enamel and collage and mounted on sintra with artist's frame, 79 x 55 in.
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Digital print on Hahnemühle paper, manually altered with enamel, collage and wood fragments and mounted on sintra with artist’s frame, 60 x 45 in.
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Diptych / Digital print manually altered with collages, enamel and wood fragments, mounted on sintra with artist’s frame, 67 x 57 in.
Mixed media collage, fragments of wood, dove and peacock feathers, oyster, pin, enamel and ink on printed paper on wooden panel and custom artist frame, 17 x 14.17 in.
Mixed media collage, fragments of wood and seashell, metallic paper, peacock and turtledove feathers, silver and golden pins, color pencils, enamel and ink on printed paper on wooden panel and custom artist frame, 17 x 14.17 in.