LUCIENNE O’MARA
b.1989, London, UK
Lives and works in London, UK
Lucienne O’Mara’s paintings break down the rigid grid, blending freehand geometry with expressive brushwork to explore the tension between order and chaos. Her repeated square motifs challenge visual structure, creating a poetic rhythm that mirrors life’s unpredictability. Engaging with Modernist aesthetics, O’Mara reclaims abstraction in a contemporary context, disrupting its historically male-dominated narrative. Her work rejects fixed spatial relationships, instead presenting multiple perceptual planes where depth and form remain fluid and intuitive.
O’Mara’s artistic vision is deeply shaped by personal experience. After a brain injury in 2017 affected her sight, she had to relearn how to "see," transforming uncertainty into creative possibility. This struggle resonates in her work, where structure and ambiguity coexist. Inspired by the fluid nature of perception, her paintings challenge conventional vision, inviting viewers into shifting spaces where objects, moments, and memories continuously reform.
Lucienne O’Mara (br. 1989, lives and works in London, UK) studied at London Art School, London, UK. O’Mara has had solo exhibitions at Nino Mier Gallery, New York, NY, US; Gillian Jason Gallery, London, UK; Flowers Gallery, London, UK and OHSH Projects, London, UK. Recent group exhibitions were held at Flowers Gallery, London, UK; Xxijra Hii Gallery, London, UK; Haricot Gallery, London, UK and Somers Gallery, London, UK. She has been the recipient of the Painter Stainer’s Prize, the Tony Carter Award, and a finalist of the Ingram Prize. Her newest selection of works is currently on view at Nino Mier Gallery, Brussels, BE.