About Adeela Omar

Adeela Omar is an oil painter based between UK and Dubai, whose work explores the inner landscapes of the psyche - identity, instinct, transformation, and becoming. Drawing inspiration from Jungian psychology, mythology, and lived experiences, her paintings inhabit the threshold between the conscious and unconscious, where symbols emerge not as decoration, but as necessity.

Her practice moves fluidly between figurative, surreal, and symbolic forms. Recurring motifs such as the body, animals, roses, landscapes, and archetypal figures act as vessels for emotion, memory, and psychological tension. Central to her work is an exploration of dualities: light and shadow, masculine and feminine, vulnerability and power, death and rebirth. These opposing forces are not treated as contradictions, but as interdependent states that shape inner wholeness.

Many of Adeela’s paintings arise from moments of rupture, reflection, or profound inner shift. Some works are meditative and grounding; others confront intensity, instability, and the cost of self-awareness. Across all of them runs a sustained inquiry into individuation - the process of separating from the collective, integrating the shadow, and forming an authentic inner centre.

Working primarily in oil, she values slowness, depth, and material presence. Each piece is approached as a dialogue between inner experience and form, resulting in works that are emotionally resonant, psychologically charged, and quietly powerful.