Spring art graduate lands solo exhibition in NYC

Omar Abbas will have a solo exhibit at the Berkeley Art Gallery in New York this month.

A recent ECU graduate has been chosen for a solo exhibition at the Berkeley Art Gallery in New York.

Omar Abbas’s new exhibition “Separation” will open this week at the Berkeley Art Gallery, located at 3 East 43rd St., New York. Abbas graduated from ECU in May 2012 with a bachelor of fine arts degree in studio art with an illustration concentration.

He will be presenting six paintings dealing with the idea of isolation and separation. The show will open Aug. 6 and continue to Aug. 31. An opening reception is set for Aug. 9.

For more information about the Abbas and to see his paintings, visit his website: http://www.omarpaints.com