Omar Abreu (b. 1996, f.k.a. mujero) is a New York-based artist and director. Through sculpture and film, he uses a queer, introspective lens to deconstruct and refashion the objects and memories that shaped his Caribbean-American upbringing. Omar was born and raised in New York, in a tight-knit Dominican Immigrant community in the Bronx. His childhood was marked by strict expectations for young boys to perform chauvinistic masculinity, with the expectation to dress, speak, and act in virulent ways towards others. These expectations led to an internal retreat that felt safe, leading the artist to develop a more introspective personality.

After a spiritual experience at the age of 13, Omar became a committed Evangelical Christian. This particular ideology emphasized conversion, strict gender and sexual roles, and monetary gain for the church and individuals. Omar was in an Evangelical Church Community in New York before moving to Sydney, Australia, to further pursue his spiritual convictions. However, his growing awareness of his sexuality became untenable with the church, leading him to return home. The seductive nature of ideology and the power of this experience, so seductive that he lived in conscious self-denial, is a central idea in his artistic practice.

Upon returning to New York, Omar interned for independent fashion brands and worked at various fashion retailers. In 2017, Omar attended Parsons School of Design, studying Fashion Design before switching to Fine Arts. His time working in fashion cemented his interest in clothing as the central material of his sculptural practice. Since receiving a BFA in Fine Arts in 2021, Omar has been exhibiting sculpture and video work in the United States and Europe. Under the name "mujero", he has shown in group exhibitions at galleries and institutions including Sargent’s Daughters Gallery, Microscope Gallery, and Sibler Art Gallery at Goucher College. In 2023, he was a resident at the prestigious Smack Mellon studio residency program, receiving the Van Lier Trust Fellowship. In 2024, his short film "to be determined i" was screened on THIS IS SHORT, a platform for the European Short Film Network based in Vienna. In 2025, He exhibited sculptures in his first museum exhibition, AYIDA, at the Institute for Contemporary Art at Virginia Commonwealth University. In 2026, he began to create art under his given name, Omar Abreu. He became a Bronx Museum AIM Fellow and will participate in the Bronx Museum AIM Biennial in 2028.
 

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