Born 1985, Melbourne, Australia
Lives and works in Warren, RI
EDUCATION
2014 Master of Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2007 Bachelor of Arts, Bard College, Annandale–on–Hudson, NY
2005 First Year BA (Hons) Fine Art, City and Guilds of London Art School, London, UK
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Secret Garden, Kristen Lorello, New York, NY
2020 Ascension, Kristen Lorello, New York, NY
2019 Ascension and Natural Selection, curated by Mary Birmingham, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ
2018 On the Wall: Nadia Haji Omar, curated by Jamilee Lacy, Providence College Galleries, Providence, RI
2018 Ellipsis, Kristen Lorello, New York, NY
2016 Nadia Haji Omar, Kristen Lorello, New York, NY
2015 I Dream of Water, Saskia Fernando Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2015 Easy Life of the Gods, Achter de Boom, New York, NY
2013 It's Not Polite, XVA Gallery, Al Fahidi Historical Neighborhood, Dubai, UAE
2010 you animal, The Warehouse Project, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2008 Sri Lanka: Creative Media in a Time of Conflict, Avery Center for the Arts, Bard College, Annandale–on-Hudson, NY
2007 The Convalescent, Thesis Show, Fisher Studio Arts, Bard College, Annandale–on-Hudson, NY
TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023 “IN CONVERSATION: Austin Ballard + Nadia Haji Omar, Hodges Taylor, NC
2015 Nadia Haji Omar / Bayne Peterson, Kristen Lorello, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 A Mouth Holds Many Things, curated by Dao Strom and Jyothi Natarajan, Stelo Arts, Portland, Oregon
2024 Temporary Friends, Disposable Lovers, curated by Ni Hao, Massform, Shell Curatorial, New Taipei City, Taiwan
2023 Florencia Escudero, Nadia Haji Omar, Ronald Burns, Bonamatic, Copenhagen, Denmark
2021 DU-GOOD, Subliminal Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Dieu Donne “Summer Paper”, Hesse Flatow East, Amagansett, NY
2021 Viewing Room, selected by Florencia Escudero and Nadia Haji Omar, Kristen Lorello, NY
2020 Here and Now, curated by John Yau and Wes Sherman, The Center for Contemporary Art, Bedminster, NJ
2019 The Edge Effect, International Juried Exhibition juried by Akili Tommasino, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
2019 Dot Conference, curated by Kirstin Lamb, The Yard, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY, traveled to Room 83 Spring, Watertown, MA
2019 Manifold, curated by Melanie Kress, BronxArtSpace, New York, NY
2018 Smooth Muscle, curated by Dominique Palladino, KC Tidemand and Sophie Parker, Oakland, CA
2017 Mis, curated by Donna Troy Cleary, 184 Project Space, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Drawer, curated by Corydon Cowansage, Deli Gallery, Queens, NY
2016 [Old / New] Psychedelic Providence, curated by Jamilee Lacy, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Chicago, IL
2015 Plus One, curated by Melanie Kress, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015 invisible → visible, curated by Dongsuk Lee and Adam Tyson, AD*DS, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Cello Conversations with Contemporary Sri Lankan Art, Saskia Fernando Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2015 You Don't Bring Me Flowers, curated by Quang Bao, 68 Projects, Galerie Kornfeld, Berlin, Germany
2014 Environs, curated by Donna Troy Cleary, 184 Project Space, Brooklyn, NY
2014 All together now!, Breese Little Gallery, London, UK
2014 Site/Displace, Kristen Lorello, New York, NY
2014 Emergency, Breese Little Gallery, London, UK
2014 The Last Brucennial, Bruce High Quality Foundation, New York, NY
2014 Emrupt, Leigh Wen Fine Art, New York, NY
2014 HOME FRONT, second-year MFA exhibition, curated by Jovana Stokic, School of Visual Arts Gallery (Chelsea), New York, NY
2013 Abstract Intentions, curated by Richard Brooks, School of Visual Arts Gallery (E. 23rd Street), New York, NY
2013 Influencers, TRACX Gallery Space, New York, NY
2011 SRI LANKAN / CONTEMPORARY / FEMALE, Saskia Fernando Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2007 Small Works, Soho 20 Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Bless our Cotton Socks, City and Guilds of London Art School, St. Anselm’s Church, London, UK
ART FAIRS
2022 NADA Miami, Kristen Lorello, Miami, FL
2022 NADA New York, Kristen Lorello, New York, NY
2020 NADA Miami, Kristen Lorello, Online
2020 NADA FAIR, Kristen Lorello, Online
2018 NADA Miami, Kristen Lorello, Miami, FL
2016 NADA Miami, Nadia Haji Omar / Bayne Peterson, Kristen Lorello, Miami, FL
2015 UNTITLED Art Fair, Kristen Lorello Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2024 Lee, Nicole, Chuang, Yen, “The Boundary Between Virtuality and Art: “Temporary Friends, Disposable Lovers: Digital Séance” - An Immersive Sensory Simulation Interdisciplinary Exhibition”, Vogue Taiwan, May 16, 2024
2023 Yau, John, “Please Wait by the Coatroom: Reconsidering Race and Identity in American Art”, Black Sparrow Press, Boston, Massachusetts (Print)
2022 Yau, John, “In Praise of Illegibility”, Hyperallergic, May 3, https://hyperallergic.com/729849/in-praise-of-illegibility-nadia-haji-omar-kristen-lorello/
2018 Fricchione, Melanie, and Nadia Haji Omar, "Nadia Haji Omar and the Fluidity of Language", WWWH, July 17, http://pcgalleries.providence.edu/2018/07/17/nadia-haji-omar-and-the-fluidity-of-language/
2018 Wolfe, Kristin L, "The "Cartographic Dreams" of Artist and SVA Alumnus Nadia Haji Omar", SVA NYC Visual Arts Journal (Spring 2018), May 21, http://www.sva.edu/features/the-cartographic-dreams-of-artist-and-sva-alumnus-nadia-haji-omar
2018 Yau, John, "Nadia Haji Omar's Multicultural Cartography", Hyperallergic, May 20, https://hyperallergic.com/443283/nadia-haji-omar-ellipsis-kristen-lorello-2018/
2018 Saltz, Jerry, "To Do: May 16 - May 30, Twenty-five things to see, hear, watch, and read", New York Magazine, May 13, http://nymag.com/arts/all/to-do-2018-05-14/
2018 Saltz, Jerry, "To Do: May 16 - May 20, Twenty-five things to see, hear, watch, and read", pg. 97, New York Magazine, May 14-27, 2018 (Print)
2018 Saltz, Jerry, "Three-Sentence Reviews: John Bradford’s Electricity, David Hockney’s Ephemeral Color, and 11 More Shows", New York Magazine/Vulture, April 30, http://www.vulture.com/2018/04/three-sentence-reviews-bradford-hockney-and-11-more.html
2018 Wolfe, Kristin L., "Spotlight New England", pg. 38-9, School of Visual Arts Magazine, Spring 2018 (Print)
2018 Adams, Carris, host, "Nadia Haji Omar, Pepper, Pepper, Pepper", Episode 16, Podcast, Too Many Degrees, http://www.toomanydegrees.com
2017 Willis, Dave, "MIS: A Group Show Curated by Donna Cleary at 184 Project Space", Medium, Oct. 27, https://medium.com/@wileydavewillis/mis-a-group-show-curated-by-donna-cleary-at-184-project-space-7e64acf53ba3
2016 Louden, Sharon "Art fairs: Satellite and NADA, 2016", Two Coats of Paint, Dec. 4, http://www.twocoatsofpaint.com/2016/12/14459.html
2016 Goldstein, Andrew. M, "The 27 Best Paintings of NADA Miami Beach 2016", Artspace, Dec. 2, http://www.artspace.com/magazine/interviews_features/art-fairs/the-best-paintings-of-nada-miami-beach-2016-54428#
2016 Kerr, Merrily, "Nadia Haji Omar at Kristen Lorello Gallery", New York Art Tours, June 9, http://newyorkarttours.com/blog/?p=5390
2016 Lesser, Casey, "21 New York Gallery Shows Where You’ll Find Exciting Young Artists This May", Artsy, May 5, https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-21-new-york-gallery-shows-in-may-where-you-ll-find-exciting-young-artists
2015 Simmons, William J., "Labor Day Shout Outs: Selected Shows Opening in New York", Art Critical, Sept. 7, http://www.artcritical.com/2015/09/07/labor-day-shout-outs/
2015 "Unconventional Beauty at Saskia Fernando", Time Out, Sri Lanka, Sept. 6 (Print)
2014 Wagner, Andrew, Kirsch, Corinna, Kimball, Whitney, "This Week's Must-See Art Events: Death to Normcore", Art F City, July 21, http://artfcity.com/2014/07/21/this-weeks-must-see-art-events-6/
2014 Butler, Sharon, "Quick study: Greg Allen's @TheRealHennessy tweet paintings, MESS, working conditions, more", Two Coats of Paint, July 28, http://www.twocoatsofpaint.com/2014/07/quick-study-gregorgs-therealhennessy.html
2013 "Abstract Intentions", School of Visual Arts Exhibitions and Events, June 6, http://www.sva.edu/events/events-exhibitions/abstract-intentions
2013 Wolff, Rachel, "The Culturemakers", pg. 37, Conde Nast Traveler Magazine, April Issue (Print)
2013 Wolff, Rachel, "Artists You Need to Know Now (and Where to Find Them)", Conde Nast Traveler Magazine, March 18, https://www.cntraveler.com/stories/2013-03-18/new-asian-art-artists-galleries
2013 "Top Ten New Contemporary Artists and Designers for 2012", Life Times, Sri Lanka, Jan. (Print)
2011 "Sri Lankan, Contemporary, Female", Daily Mirror, June (Print)
2010 Samarasinghe, Sumaya,"you animal!", The Sunday Leader, Feb. http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2010/05/02/you-animal/ (Print)
2008 Davis, Eleanor, "Bard College Students Present Symposium 'Sri Lanka: Creative Media in a Time of Conflict' ", July 11, http://www.bard.edu/news/releases/pr/fstory.php?id=1581
PUBLICATIONS
2024 Strom, Dao and Natarajan, Jyothi (ed.), “A Mouth Holds Many Things”, a De-Canon Hybrid-Literary Collection, Fonograf Editions
2024 Mersal, Iman, “Traces of Enayat, On Love and Silence”, n+1 magazine, Issue 47: Passage
2024 Mersal, Iman, “Traces of Enayat, On Love and Silence”, n+1 magazine, Issue 47: Passage, https://www.nplusonemag.com/issue-47/essays/traces-of-enayat/ (online)
2022 Bhatia, Raghvi, Nadia Haji Omar, Correspondence Archive, https://www.correspondencearchive.com/post/679667082610212864/18-raghvi-bhatia-nadia-haji-omar (online)
2020 Birmingham, Mary, Nadia Haji Omar, Kristen Lorello, Nadia Haji Omar: Ascension / Natural Selection, exhibition catalogue, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ September 27, 2019 - February 9, 2020 and Kristen Lorello, New York, NY (New York, NY: Kristen Lorello)
2018 Haji Omar, Nadia, and Jamilee Lacy, Nadia Haji Omar: On the Wall, exhibition brochure, Providence College Galleries, Providence, Rhode Island, April 26 - July 28
2018 Haji Omar, Nadia, Kristen Lorello, Nadia Haji Omar: Ellipsis, exhibition booklet, Kristen Lorello, New York, NY, April 5 - May 25 (New York, NY: Kristen Lorello)
2017 Elastic Magazine, Issue 2: Doubles
AWARDS
2013-14 MFA Fine Arts Assistantship Award, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2007 The Jane Fromm Yacenda Scholarship In the Arts, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
COLLECTIONS
RISD Museum, Providence, RI
Hallmark Art Collection, Kansas City, MO
Providence College Galleries & Collections, RI
Soho House Art Collection, NY
Capital Group, Los Angeles, CA
Morgan Group Development LLC
Art in Embassies, US Department of State -
Permanent Collection, US Embassy, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Fidelity Investments Corporate Art Collection
VISITING ARTIST/ CRITIC
2016 Guest critic, GSAPP Graduate Architecture (Prof. Christoph Kumpusch), Columbia University, New York, NY
2014 Visiting Artist and Alumni Panel, Studio Arts Department, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
2013 Visiting Artist, Undergraduate Sculpture (Prof. James Clark), Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
