Arthur Omar (born 1948, Poços de Caldas)[1] is a Brazilian contemporary artist.

Themes such as aesthetic ecstasy, sensory and social violence, and the creation of visual metaphors characterize his work.

In 1999, Omar was the subject of a complete retrospective of films and videos at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

[3][4] In 2001, additional retrospectives took place in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo at the Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil.

[citation needed] In the 1997 edition of the São Paulo Bienal, Omar presented Anthropology of the Glorious Face,[5] a panel consisting of 99 large-format black-and-white photographs.