Well-known for comic illustrations and portrait paintings, Omar Khouri’s work touches on the complicated and layered psychology of the individual in society. Inspired by sci-fi, this work is part of a series that depicts deep space with its dramatic events, as well as reflecting the dark part of the human mind.

Well-known for comic illustrations and portrait paintings, Omar Khouri’s work touches on the complicated and layered psychology of the individual in society. Inspired by sci-fi, this work is part of a series that depicts deep space with its dramatic events, as well as reflecting the dark part of the human mind.

Well-known for comic illustrations and portrait paintings, Omar Khouri’s work touches on the complicated and layered psychology of the individual in society. Inspired by sci-fi, this work is part of a series that depicts deep space with its dramatic events, as well as reflecting the dark part of the human mind.

Well-known for comic illustrations and portrait paintings, Omar Khouri’s work touches on the complicated and layered psychology of the individual in society. Inspired by sci-fi, this work is part of a series that depicts deep space with its dramatic events, as well as reflecting the dark part of the human mind.

Well-known for comic illustrations and portrait paintings, Omar Khouri’s work touches on the complicated and layered psychology of the individual in society.  In his current print series, he uses illustration and printmaking to create a portrait of each city.  Using his style of portrait fragmentation which is based on traditional Islamic geometry, the breaks or lines can be seen as a reflection of the contradictions and cracks of fragility in each place. In “Jerusalem”, the viewer sees one of the iconic features of the city, the “Dome of the Rock.”

Well-known for comic illustrations and portrait paintings, Omar Khouri’s work touches on the complicated and layered psychology of the individual in society. In his current print series, he uses illustration and printmaking to create a portrait of each city.  Using his style of portrait fragmentation which is based on traditional Islamic geometry, the breaks or lines can be seen as a reflection of the contradictions and cracks of fragility in each place. In “Aleppo”, instead of featured monuments of the city, you see the destruction of the civil war.