Omari Douglin’s work blends figures from life, graffiti, advertisements and the imagination, creating new ones that evolve with new narratives specific to the artist. Beginning with sketches, the artists creates unique avatars in compositions that when transformed into painting, embed specific references and meanings.

A presentation of Douglin’s work opened at the Rubell Museum, Miami, in 2024.

Omari Douglin (b. 1992, Brooklyn, USA) lives and works in Los Angeles, USA.

Education

He graduated with a MFA from Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson and a BFA from The Cooper Union, New York.

Exhibitions

Selected solo and duo exhibitions include Super Super Markt, Berlin (2025 with Adrienne Maki); Matthew Brown, Los Angeles (2024); Sebastian Gladstone, Los Angeles; Ramiken (with Lukas Quietzsch), New York; Ramiken, New York (all 2023); Micki Meng, San Francisco; Sebastian Gladstone (with Adrienne Maki), Los Angeles; Theta, New York (all 2022); Mrs., Maspeth (2019); and Hoy Hoy, Mount Tremper (2016).

Douglin’s work has been included in group exhibitions at SITE, Santa Fe (2025 upcoming); BRAUNSFELDER, Cologne (2025); Rubell Museum, Miami; Matthew Brown, New York (both 2024); Ramiken, London; Harkawik, New York (both 2022); Friends Indeed, San Francisco; and Theta, New York (both 2021).

Collections

Omari Douglin’s work is part of public collections including the Rubell Museum, Miami.

2025

In the studio: Adrienne Maki & Omari Douglin
Super Super Markt, 2025

Gallery Weekend Berlin: Wohin in Mitte?
Weltkunst, Lisa Zeitz, 2025

2024

Art Basel Miami Beach 2024: 6 artists to lookout for
DAZED, Joe Bobowicz, 2024

2023

How Artist Omari Douglin Taught Himself To Paint Like a Computer
CULTURED, Kat Herriman, 2023