Mohammad Omer Khalil "You don't have to be..."

Skoto Gallery

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Skoto Gallery presents “You don’t have to be…”, an exhibition of recent mixed media work by the Sudanese-born artist Mohammad Omer Khalil.

Mohammad Omer Khalil’s recent work speaks a multilayered language that is at once personal and full of thoughtful inclusion. As one of the country’s best known master printmakers, he effectively translates aspects of the subtle textures and sophisticated tonalities that are characteristics of his etchings into lucid formal explorations. His use of a wide range of materials, styles, and techniques reflects a longstanding commitment to extracting textured patterns and images from his immediate environment which he combines with an innate ability to construct compositions of detailed sophistication and surface qualities.

Born in Burri, Sudan in 1936, Mohammad Omer Khalil graduated from the prestigious School of Fine and Applied Art in Khartoum in 1959. He proceeded to Florence, Italy in 1963, where he studied fresco painting and developed his printmaking techniques. He moved to New York City in the late 1960s, and has taught at several institutions including New York University, Columbia University, Pratt Institute and The New School University. Khalil is widely traveled and has participated in numerous exhibitions in Africa, Middle East, Asia, Europe, and the Americas.

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from April 17, 2008 to May 24, 2008

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