Bio
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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