About

Marcus Omari is an interdisciplinary artist whose work moves between poetry, performance, education, and communal gathering. Rooted in literary tradition and animated by contemporary cultural exchange, his practice explores how language (spoken, written, and embodied) creates space for connection, reflection, and collective imagination.

Marcus Omari is an interdisciplinary artist whose work moves between poetry, performance, education, and communal gathering. Rooted in literary tradition and animated by contemporary cultural exchange, his practice explores how language (spoken, written, and embodied) creates space for connection, reflection, and collective imagination.

Marcus’s creative work has been featured on national platforms including Verses & Flow (TV One) and MTV, and he is the author of the poetry chapbooks 14th Street Local and South of Andromeda. He has also supported fellow writers through the editing and publication of FARAJI by A. Ghane and Speak Child by A. Duncan. He is currently completing his third and final chapbook in a pre-manuscript series.

In recent years, Marcus has expanded his practice internationally, performing and leading workshops in the United Kingdom, France, and Indonesia. His work has also moved further across disciplines through collaborations with classical composers, for which he created original poetic texts later performed with choral and full orchestra accompaniment. Most recently, his work was featured in the world premiere of Critical Mass, composed by Tarik O’Regan and performed in London, marking a continued expansion of creative voice within large-scale classical and international performance spaces. This work speaks to his ongoing interest in collaboration, voice, and the sonic possibilities of language.

Guided by a lineage of literary activism and intimacy, and influenced by writers such as Nikki Giovanni, June Jordan, Walter Benton, Khalil Gibran, and Jalāl ad-Dīn Rumi, Marcus approaches poetry as both personal inquiry and public offering. He believes the poetic arts remain essential to contemporary culture, offering a space where truth, tenderness, and transformation can coexist.