Foto: Daniel Wendt


Omid Arabbay studied for a diploma in the photography class of Prof. Annette Kisling and Prof. Torsten Hattenkerl at the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig from 2021 to 2023. From 2023 to 2025, he continued his studies in the Time-Based Media class of Prof. Kader Attia and in the Photography class of Prof. Tobias Zielony at the HFBK Hamburg, where he received his bachelor's degree. He is currently pursuing a master's degree at HFBK Hamburg.



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UPCOMING 2025/2026
"KEEP THEM GUESSING" HFBK Boutique (Hamburg, Germany)
"A Tale of Guardians and Angels" Frappant Galerie (Hamburg, Germany)
Ausstellungen
2025 "Hiscox Kunstpreis 2025" ICAT HFBK (Hamburg, Germany)
2025 "570km, 50 by 70cm" Museum Sztuki (Lodz​​​​​​​, Poland)
2025 "As part of a curated evening" Bucerius Kunstforum (Hamburg, Germany)
2025 "On Festivity​​​​​​​" ICAT HFBK (Hamburg, Germany)
2025 "How to make a place a place“ Frappant Galerie (Hamburg, Germany)
2025 "Im jetzt tauchen wir auf" EMOP Berlin c/o Akademie der Künste​​​​​​​ (Berlin, Germany) 
2025 Jahresausstellung HFBK (Hamburg, Germany)
2024 "The elephant in the room, in the room the elephant" ICAT HFBK (Hamburg, Germany)
2024 "Krise" Kunstvereinhildesheim (Hildesheim, Germany)
2024 "untitled" Lunatic (Lüneburg, Germany)
2024 "we only see what looks at us" ICAT HFBK (Hamburg, Germany)
2024 "Max. 45x36x20“ Goldsmith (London, England)
2024 Jahresausstellung HFBK (Hamburg, Germany)
2023 "50/50" Kunsthalle-Ost (Leipzig, Germany)
2023 "Zwischenwelten" (Online Ausstellung /Archiv)
2023 "Thin Walls" Oberbilker Allee (Düsseldorf, Germany)
2023 "About being (in) between" Lunatic (Lüneburg, Germany)
2023 "Transit" Künstlerhaus Frise (Hamburg, Germany)
2023 "Zeit heilt keine Wunden" Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig (Leipzig, Germany) Solo Exhibition. 
2023 "Introspective" Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig (Leipzig, Germany)
2022 "BESSER LEBEN" Besser Leben e.V. (Leipzig, Germany)
2022 "Goda Nott" Idno (Reykjavik, Island)
2022 "(Un)sichtbarkeiten" Kunstsaal Lüneburg (Lüneburg, Germany)
2022 "Beide" Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig (Leipzig, Germany)
2021 "Selfportrait" P7 Gallery (Berlin, Germany)
2020 Südwärtsfestival (Hamburg, Germany)
PUBLIKATIONEN
2025 Materia 3 mit der Arbeit „Ich schiesse auf den Adler“
2023 Matratzenmagazin mit der Arbeit „I ́m ready to fight on your behalf.“ 
2023 TRANSIT mit der Arbeit „FIGHT“
2023 50/50 mit den Arbeiten „Helal Money / Dada promised me a horse/ 30.06.2021“