Born in 1945 in Marrakech, Omar Bouragba has been painting as a self-taught artist since 1959.
He became a member in 1964 of the National Association of Fine Arts. His stay in Rabat allowed him to get to know the artistic milieu of the 1960s and his meeting with Jilali Gharbaoui and Ahmed Yacoubi was decisive in his orientations as a painter.
His first exhibition took place in 1965 in Rabat.
He lives and works in Marrakech.
Bouragba works primarily with calligraphy. The letters are used as a sensual movement in space. The rhythmic colors are interrupted by shadowy areas that refer to African masks.
His painting today is that of an abstract painter with a passion for geometry, a lyrical geometry: the triangle - a recurring motif with him - occupies almost the entire surface of the canvas. Much more than a geometric form, there is a state of mind. Omar Bouragba refers to spirituality, mysticism and the invisible. This would explain his philosophical choices that have apparently determined his aesthetic choices, namely his preference for abstraction as a mode of expression.
He pushes the letter to its visionary limits. His love of the letter is of Sufi inspiration and takes on a symbolic dimension like the noun. There is a representation of the Way in Bouragba which is that of the path that leads to Revelation.
"To arouse an inner contact in the viewer, a strong impact on his soul, a vibration of his entire being."
Omar Bouragba