Omer Fast was born in Jerusalem in 1972, he lives and works in Berlin.
For many years, Omer Fast constructed his narratives from the recording of factual elements and fictional developments. His video montages incorporate the different media filters produced by our society, thus underscoring the ambiguity of the narrator’s role. Writing and montage enable him to shift from the collective to the personal, from documentary to fiction, and from politics to art forms. His subjective recordings are isolated, the editing remixes stories to melt them into one. Fast can’t make himself speak in just one voice: his poetry comes from the visual fragmentation and tension in the text. The distortions and breaks are where the viewer can play a role. Omer Fast realised in 2015 his first feature length film titled ‘Remainder’, an original work based on an adaptation of Tom McCarthy’s novel of the same name.
Duo show
Buk-Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
November 17, 2022 - April 2, 2023
Solo show
ajh.pm, Bielefeld
October 28 - December 18, 2022
Solo show
Chapelle des Petits-Augustins, École des Beaux Arts de Paris, Paris
October 18 - 23, 2022
Group show including the work of Pak Sheung Chuen and Omer Fast
Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei
September 8, 2022 - January 8, 2023
Berlin Biennale including the work of Omer Fast
Stasi Headquarters - Campus for Democracy, Berlin
June 11 - September 18, 2022
Group show with work by Omer Fast
Centre Pompidou, Paris
11 May - 5 September, 2022
Group show with works by Omer Fast
Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen, Siegen
January 1 - May 29, 2022
Group show with works by Omer Fast
Museum für neue Kunst, Freiburg
March 25 - October 9, 2022
Solo show
gb agency, Paris
Nov 27, 2021 - Jan 15, 2022
Group exhibition
gb agency, Paris
October 19 - November 13, 2021
International triennial with work by Omer Fast
Hongcheon Art Museum, Gangwon-do
September 30 - November 7, 2021
Group show with work by Omer Fast
PHOXXI, the Temporary House of Photography, Hamburg
September 30, 2021 - January 23, 2022
Screening with works by Omer Fast
Zumzeig Cine, Barcelona
September 17, 2021
Group show with works by Omer Fast
Faurschou Foundation, New York
Until April 11, 2021
Video program with works by Omer Fast
e-flux, online
9 February - 19 April, 2021
Solo show
Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
Until January 10, 2021
Solo Exhibition
Kunstverein Salzburg, Salzburg
July 26 - September 16, 2019
Art Fair
Convention & Exhibition Centre. Wan Chai, Hong Kong
March 29 - 31, 2018
Solo exhibition
Times Museum, Guangzhou, China
March 27 - May 27, 2018
Solo show by Omer Fast
gb agency
December 3, 2016 to January 14, 2017
Solo exhibition
Berliner Festspiele / Martin-Gropius-Bau
18 November 2016 - 12 March 2017
Monographic exhibition
Jeu de Paume, Paris
October 19 - January 24, 2016
Solo exhibition
Sep 23rd 2016 to Jan 8th 2017
Kunsten Museum of Modern Art Aalborg. Denmark
Art Fair
Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC).
March 22 - 26, 2016
Exhibition tour and screening
Jeu de Paume, Paris
January 19, 2016 6pm-9pm
Screening and Live Event
January 10th, 2015 at 7:30 pm
First Look Festival, Museum of Moving Image, New York
Gallery Itinerary
Paris
23 - 25 May 2014
Solo exhibition by Omer Fast.
gb agency
October 24 - December 21, 2013
Kassel, Germany
9 June - 16 September 2012
A solo show by Omer Fast
gb agency
From September 18 to November 13, 2010
A solo show by Omer Fast
gb agency
From January 26 to March 8, 2008
A solo show by Omer Fast
gb agency
From January 7 to February 18, 2006
A solo show by Omer Fast
gb agency
From June 1st to July 27th, 2002
Group exhibition
gb agency
17 February to 6 March 2001
Omer Fast
Omer Fast: Garage Sale, 2022
Monography
Soft cover
Texts by Cynthia Krell and Omer Fast
Publisher: ajh.pm, Bielefeld
ISBN: 978-3-00-073695-7
Dimensions: 29.7 x 21 cm
Language: English, German
82 pages
Omer Fast
Present Continuous, 2015
Monography
Texts by Jennifer Allen, Tom McCarthy, Laurence Sillars, together with an interview with Omer Fast by Marina Vinyes Albes.
Published by Jeu de Paume, Paris; Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, and Kunst en Museum of Modern Art, Aalborg.
208 pages
Bilingual French-English
Omer Fast
5,000 is the best, 2012
Omer Fast
In Memory 1 (Zur Erinnerung 1), 2010
Book
Texts by Anselm Franke, Tom Holert, Gideon Lewis-Kraus, Hila Peleg, Sabine Schaschl, René Zechlin
175 pages, german/english
Editions The Green Box, Kunst Editionen, Berlin
Publié par Sabine Schaschl, Kunsthaus Baselland; René Zechlin, Kunstverein Hannover
ISBN : 978-3-941644-14-4
Omer Fast
The Casting, 2008
Catalogue
Text by Matthias Michalka
174 pages, german/english
Mumok
Walter König Editions
2008
Omer Fast
Wanna tell you something, 2002
Book
Texts by Tracy L. Adler, Judicaël Lavrador
40 pages, french / english
© gb agency
Art Gallery of Western, Australia
MUMOK, Vienna, Austria
Musée National, Canada
Faurschou Foundation, Copenhagen, Denmark
Centre Pompidou, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris, France
Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, Paris, France
Fonds Départemental d’Ile de France, Paris, France
FRAC Languedoc Roussillon, France
FRAC Alsace, Sélestat, France
Kadist Art Foundation, Paris, France
Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany
Pinakothek Der Modern, Munich, Germany
Goetz, Munchen, Germany
Munster Museum, Munster, Germany
Jerusalem Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Coppel Collection, Culiacán, México
Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow, Poland
Collection Caixa Fondation, Barcelona, Spain
Jewish Museum, New York, USA
Whitney Museum, New York, USA
Metropolitan Museum, New York, USA
LACMA, Los Angeles, USA
Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, USA
Hammer Museum, USA
Norton Foundation, USA
Berkeley Museum, California, USA
Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK
Tate Modern, London, UK
The Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), Glasgow, UK
Bristol Museum, UK