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Omar Tarek Zayed

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Artist in Residence @harbourfrontcentre @craftdesignto

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Earth, Body, Thread just closed it's door and we thank you for your numerous visits!!! This connection of three artists-Hala, Omar & Spencer curated by @zena.nahas was a remarkable experience!

📷: @kinlonma

#contemporaryarttoronto #torontoartgallery #meetarttoronto #cafeandgallerytoronto taken in Coffee by JOY by @omar.t.zayed

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5 months ago

EARTH BODY THREAD
March 27th - May 5th

Hala Alsalman @halalsalman
Omar Tarek zayed @omar.t.zayed
Spencer Ginn @spencerginn

Art direction: Zeina Nahas @_______fragments

This exhibition gathers the work of Hala Alsalman, Omar Tarek Zayed, and Spencer Ginn around forms that feel older than any single history: vessels, fragments of bodies, patterned cloth, repeated marks. These recurring images gesture toward the sublime,
where the familiar slips into something vaster and harder to name. Here, clay, textile, and form do not simply cite Mesopotamian, North African, or Greco-Roman sources; they also blur timelines and mingle as ritual objects put together from an otherworldly archeological dig.

Alsalman’s clay forms, Zayed’s hand-dyed textiles, and Ginn’s ceramic vessels each approach matter as a carrier of memory and belief, but also as an active, almost sentient presence in the room. Taken together, the works suggest that what we call “the past” is
not fixed behind us; it moves through symbols, gestures, and materials that return again and again,
pressing against the limits of what can be contained or understood. The gallery becomes less an archive
than a quiet sanctuary, where viewers can encounter these works not as spectacle, but as a slow, inward recognition—a sense that these archetypal forms also inhabit their own inner worlds.

#artgallerytoronto #contemporaryart #cafeandarttoronto #torontomustvisit #torontohighlights taken in Coffee by JOY by @omar.t.zayed

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7 months ago

Last batch of 2025.

Henna, iron, French linen by @omar.t.zayed

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9 months ago

vacation fantasy in the holiday henna drop! Thank you to the stunning @freakwiththepinkcheeks and to all who shopped!

🖤🖤🖤 by @omar.t.zayed

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10 months ago

Some digitals of the (mini) collection modeled and co-styled by my dear friend @freakwiththepinkcheeks taken in Harbourfront Centre by @omar.t.zayed

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a year ago

BTS photo dump; this time last year.
New explorations to start soon, excited to share :)

Love to everyone who had a hand in this project. ❤️ by @omar.t.zayed

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a year ago

Undoing, Redoing

Polychromatic screen print
MX Dye, printing medium on cotton/hemp

2023
18x20

Documentation by @lfdocumentation by @omar.t.zayed

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2 years ago

Henna Explorations No.7

Henna and Iron on silk/cellulose

35” X 38”
2024

Documentation by @lfdocumentation by @omar.t.zayed

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2 years ago

Henna Explorations No. 6

Henna and Iron dye on cotton/hemp cloth.
34” X 50”
2024

Documentation by @lfdocumentation by @omar.t.zayed

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2 years ago

Henna Explorations No.5

Henna and Iron dye on silk/cellulose blend
34”x 40”
2024

Documentation by @lfdocumentation by @omar.t.zayed

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2 years ago

Henna explorations No.4

Henna and iron dye on Tussah Silk
40”x 63”
2024

Documentation by @lfdocumentation by @omar.t.zayed

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2 years ago

Ashtyn wears the silk faille co-ord set, featuring henna dyed silk using shibori block resist techniques.

Styled with the stunning leatherwork of @clairebesco and Ashtyn’s own hand crafted jewels, it’s safe to say this was a severe slay. 🖤🖤🖤🖤

Photo: @shaesamararose taken in Lisbon, Portugal by @omar.t.zayed

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