CV:
Solo Exhibitions
Retro 2022: Oceanside Cultural Arts, Oceanside Civic Library, Oceanside, CA
Baja Jewels 2019: Galleria 908; Loreto, Baja Sur, Mexico
Mystical Garden 2015: Rancho Bueno Vista Adobe Gallery; Vista, CA
Magical Garden 2015: Encinitas Civic Art Gallery; Encinitas, CA
Group Exhibitions
2023
Art in Nature, Museum of Nature, Cantabria, Spain, curator, Marisa Caichiolo
Story, or Not So Much, Escondido Arts Partnership, juror, Holly Roberts
Memory is a Verb, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA
Memory is a Verb, Dallas Center for Photography, Dallas, TX
Memory is a Verb, Bonsack Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2022
Global Warming is Real, Museum of Encaustic Art, Santa Fe, NM
Juried Members show, Griffin Museum of Photography, Boston MA
Trees, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX
Beneath the Surface, Ashton Gallery; San Diego, CA
Renewal, Oceanside Museum of Art Artist Alliance, Front Porch Gallery, Carlsbad, CA
2021
Molten Works, Art Under Fire, Front Porch Gallery; Carlsbad, CA
Red, Ashton Gallery; San Diego, CA, juror: Kate Ashton
2020
Oceanside Museum of Art Biennial Show; juror: Maria Mingalone, Oceanside, CA
17th Annual Small Image Show, San Dieguito Artist Guild; Encinitas, CA
2019
C-Note, San Diego Art Institute; San Diego, CA
Growing Wild, OMA Alliance@ SD Botanical Gardens; juror Kate Colvin, San Diego, CA
Panache, Escondido Municipal Gallery; Escondido, CA
2018
Natural Homes, View Arts Gallery; Old Forge NY, juror: Jean Stephens
Red, Oceanside Museum Artist Alliance, Brooks Gallery; Oceanside, CA
Transformations, Pennsylvania Center for Photography; Doylestown, PA, juror: Henry Rowan
C-note, San Diego Art Institute; San Diego, CA
Transportation, Escondido Municipal Art Gallery; Escondido, CA
Invitational Exhibit, Seewald Gallery; Del Mar, CA, juror: Michael Seewald
Age of Wisdom, Front Porch Gallery; Carlsbad, CA juror: Julie Weaverling
Myths and Legends, Escondido Municipal Gallery; Escondido, CA juror: Brian Gibson
2017
All The World’s A Stage, La Jolla Arts Association; La Jolla, CA
Summation, Escondido Municipal Gallery; Escondido, CA
Transcending, Oceanside Museum Arts Alliance @Front Porch Gallery; Carlsbad, CA
Panache, Escondido Municipal Gallery; Escondido, CA
2016
NCSFA Invitational Art Show, Poway Center for the Arts; Poway, CA
Bright and Beautiful, Sargent Art Group, Herbert Turner Gallery; Del Mar, CA
The Horse, Sargent Art Group, Herbert Turner Gallery; Del Mar, CA
AWARDS
2022 Honorable Mention, Renewal, OMA Artist Alliance, Carlsbad,CA
2020 Second Place, San Dieguito Art Guild, 17th Annual Small Image Show, Encinitas, CA
2018 Honorable Mention, Natural Homes Show, Old Forge, NY
2018 People’s Choice Award, Transportation, Escondido Arts Partnership, Escondido, CA
2017 Second Place, All the World’s A Stage, La Jolla Arts Association; La Jolla, CA
2015 Second Place in photography at the NCSFA Invitational; Poway, CA
PRESS
Lenscratch Featured Artist Interview, March 13, 2022
EDUCATION
Mount San Jacinto College, Certificate of Achievement in digital photography, 2006-2009
Savannah College of Art, 1972-74
Milwaukee Institute of Art and Technology, 1971-72
Marquette University, 1970-71
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Galleria 908, Loreto, Baja Sur, Mexico 2016-2020
Tina Christiansen Gallery, Coronado, CA 2011-2013
Artist Statement:
I approach the world as a synesthete. I smell and taste color. The world around me is experienced through my physical body with intensity.
Being an artist has been a way for me to express and balance myself in a world that feels overstimulating. It allows me an avenue to communicate my experience that is not based in words or speech which I find more difficult and inadequate.
My work is sensational because that is how I experience life- through sensation.
Artist Bio:
Annie Omens is a photographic and mixed media artist who explores the natural world with a conscious perception of what is hidden, what is known, and how nature impacts the human psyche. Informed by her interest in shamanism and Celtic lore, Omens uses photomontage to examine the intersection of the real and the dimensional depth of the unseen, mixing modalities and meanings with what is perceived and what might be.
Omens’ education includes studies in photography and art at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, the Savannah College of Art and Design, Marquette University and Mount San Jacinto College in Menifee, CA.
Omens has exhibited nationally and internationally, including at exhibitions at the Griffin Museum of Photography in Boston, Massachusetts; A Smith Gallery in Johnson City, Texas; Oceanside Museum of Art in San Diego, California; Galleria 908 in Loreto Mexico; San Diego Art Institute; Pennsylvania Center for Photography; and the Encaustic Art Institute in Santa Fe, New Mexico, amongst others. She has received numerous awards for her work and her work is in collections nationally and internationally including at the Encaustic Art Museum.
She lives and works in San Diego, California..