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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Veil (After L. Nevelson), 2014-2020
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.
5th Anagram (for Tunga), 2021
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
“ci”(syllables series), 2022
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.
2nd Alchemist (for. H. Laurens), 2022
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.
1st Ideogram (after L. Bourgeoise), 2021
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
3rd Anagram, 2020
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  
2nd Ideogram (after F. Toledo) [Sofia’s portrait], 2022
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
4th Anagram (After J. Cornell), 2020
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
1st Alchemist (After M. Barney), 2020
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.
Like a seed in a shadow of a stone (Cassandra) (For L. Clark), 2018 - 2020
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.
I speak to you of eternity (After P. Éluard), 2018 - 2020
Digital print on Hahnemühle paper, manually altered with enamel and collage and mounted on sintra with artist's frame, 79 x 55 in.
My mouth is against your ear, 2018 - 2020
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.
Shelter (The twins), 2014 - 2020
Diptych / Digital print manually altered with collages, enamel and wood fragments, mounted on sintra with artist’s frame, 67 x 57 in.
“el” (syllables series), 2022
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.
“ui” (syllables series), 2022
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.