Omar Mahfoudi
OMAR MAHFOUDI WAS BORN IN 1981 IN TANGIER, MOROCCO. HE LIVES AND WORKS IN PARIS.
Omar Mahfoudi grew up not far from the Detroit, where he discovered painting within his family circle and drawing through personal experiments. But it was at the age of 12 that young Omar developed his eye and his technique at the Catholic school in Tangier, where he took part in art history and plastic arts courses.
After having long proposed compositions marked by the presence of the materials, Omar Mahfoudi turned to the fluidity of liquid acrylic and ink, favouring compositions that play on the border between figuration and abstraction.
Omar Mahfoudi's boundless admiration for cinema is perceptible in his work as much by the references that are slipped in as by the games of framing, colourimetry and luminosity present in his pictorial work. His life experiences, personal research and his cultural knowledge feed his poetic and humanistic creations.
Omar Mahfoudi plays with presence and absence through the emptiness that fills his works with a mystery, alongside a form of existential solitude. His compositions can be distinguished sometimes by lush vegetation, sometimes by a desert biome, sometimes by disturbing shadows, sometimes by soothing figures. They unfold in a faded atmosphere, oscillating between lost paradise, melancholic twilight and unfathomable night.
Thus, in this constant balancing act between presence and absence, figuration and abstraction, tension and appeasement, Omar Mahfoudi composes a painting that is both oxymoronic and cinematic.
His work has been presented at numerous international events, such as the 1-54 fair in London in the UK, Art Genève in Switzerland and Art Cologne in Germany.
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Des branches oubliées, 2022
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L'orangeraie, 2022
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Swimmer, 2022
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Blue Bird 1, 2022
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Blue Face 1, 2022
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Le fantôme bleu, 2022
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Les fleuristes de l'Atlas 3, 2021
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Les fleuristes de l'Atlas 4, 2021
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You go your way, i'll go your way too, 2021
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Golden Oasis 9, 2021
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Golden Oasis 8, 2021
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Come back to me , 2021
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Queue De baleine, 2021
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Swimmer, 2021
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Orange sun yellow man, 2021
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The lake ghost, 2020
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Ghost of lake, 2020
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Baigneur 1, 2019
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The Forgotten Branches
Omar Mahfoudi 16 Dec 2022 - 25 Feb 2023We are pleased to announce the second solo exhibition held at the gallery devoted to Omar Mahfoudi. Under the title The Forgotten Branches, it will take place from December 16th to January 14th.Read more
Omar Mahfoudi invites the viewers to meet him on the 'forgotten branches', a matador for childhood, the past and our ancestors. It is in this constant balancing act between past and present, memory and fantasy, that Omar Mahfoudi's work invites the Parisian public to reconnect with their roots and recreate the lost osmosis between Humanity and Nature. -
Classique!
Group show 16 Jul - 17 Sep 2022We are thrilled to announce the opening of our new Parisian space located at 7 rue Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth, 75003 Paris. The inaugural exhibition Classique! - featuring works by - Moustapha Baidi Oumarou, Matthew Eguavoen, Salifou Lindou, Omar Mahfoudi, Richard Mensah, Ousmane Niang, Jean David Nkot, Nana Yaw Oduro, Hyacinthe Ouattara, Daniel Pengrapher and Marc Posso - it will take place from July 16th to September 17th.Read more -
El Dorado
Omar Mahfoudi 11 Dec 2021 - 11 Jan 2022Liquid landscapes and cryptic characters inhabit the art of Omar Mahfoudi. The Moroccan painter living in Paris proposes dreamlike painting, tainted with melancholy and mystery. He recently makes gold and...Read more -
Quitter la ville
Moustapha Baidi Oumarou & Omar Mahfoudi 9 Jan - 10 Feb 2021In the context of the current international health crisis, leaving the city appears to be an escape route. If a time existed where cities embodied endless possibilities, they could reveal...Read more
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Artgenève
Geneva | Switzerland 26 - 29 Jan 2023EXHIBITING ARTISTS : Saïdou Dicko Omar Mahfoudi Ousmane Niang Ozioma OnuzulikeRead more -
1-54 London
London | UK 13 - 16 Oct 2022EXHIBITING ARTISTS: Ozioma Onuzulike Salifou Lindou Omar MahfoudiRead more -
BAD+
Bordeaux | France 7 - 10 Jul 2022EXHIBITING ARTISTS: Moustapha Baidi Oumarou Saïdou Dicko Salifou Lindou Jean David Nkot Hyacinthe Ouattara Omar MahfoudiRead more -
1-54 Paris
Paris | France 7 - 10 Apr 2022EXHIBITING ARTISTS: Salifou Lindou Omar Mahfoudi Moustapha Baidi Oumarou Jean David Nkot Matthew EguavoenRead more -
Artgenève
Geneva | Switzerland 3 - 6 Mar 2022EXHIBITING ARTISTS: Matthew Eguavoen Moustapha Baidi Oumarou Omar Mahfoudi Saïdou Dicko Salifou LindouRead more -
1-54 London
London | UK 14 - 17 Oct 2021EXHIBITING ARTISTS: Moustapha Baidi Oumarou Salifou Lindou Omar Mahfoudi Nana Yaw OduroRead more