Rasha Omar

Rasha Omar captures the traces of memory, displacement, and conflict, transforming painting and installation into reflections on trauma, resilience, and the passage of time. Her works often juxtapose personal recollections with broader histories of war and migration, creating layered compositions that reflect both trauma and resilience. By blending figurative and abstract elements, Omar captures the tension between absence and presence, past and present, and the fragile continuity of life disrupted by violence. Her paintings frequently feature soft, evocative edges contrasted with harder, fragmented textures, suggesting the instability of home and identity. In her installations, materials such as broken glass, fragmented documents, and personal artifacts interact with painted surfaces to evoke memory, loss, and reconstruction. Through this interplay, Omar examines how individual experience intersects with collective histories, revealing the emotional and social consequences of displacement. Omar’s work navigates the space between intimacy and universality, transforming personal narrative into a broader meditation on human resilience. By combining drawing, painting, and sculptural elements, she creates immersive environments that encourage reflection on memory, survival, and the passage of time, highlighting the enduring presence of stories and experiences often left unspoken. ...