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{{short description|Libyan painter and author}}
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'''Ali Omar Ermes''' ({{langx|ar|'''علي عمر الرميص'''}}, born 1945) was a Libyan artist and author. His paintings make use of [[Arabic calligraphy]], often superimposed on a rich-textured ground, and may incorporate fragments of Arabic or other poetry or prose.{{r|grove}} He had lived in the United Kingdom since 1981, and was the chairman of the [[Muslim Cultural Heritage Centre]] in [[Kensington]] in west London; he was also active in other intellectual and cultural institutions in that city.{{r|grove}}

== Biography ==

Ermes was born in [[Zliten]] in [[Libya]] in 1945. He studied at the [[University of Plymouth#Faculty of Arts and Humanities|University of Plymouth School of Architecture and Design]] in [[Plymouth]] in south-west England, and after his graduation in 1970 returned to Libya.{{r|grove}} There he wrote extensively and headed the visual arts section of ''All Arts'' magazine.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}} In 1974 he was engaged as a "visual arts consultant" for the [[World of Islam Festival]] held in London in 1976, and visited many Islamic countries to identify possible participants in the festival.{{r|ann|page=45}} From 1981 he lived in the United Kingdom.{{r|grove}} Ermes has participated in various Muslim community projects, written about many important issues and has exhibited in some sixty to seventy exhibitions around the world.<ref>'A lifetime of painting', Venetia Porter, Q News No: 302 & 303, London, 1 March 1999</ref>

== Exhibitions ==
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Ermes has shown work at the [[State Hermitage]], [[St Petersburg]], [[Russia]] (November 2007); the [[Fowler Museum]] of the [[University of California]], [[Los Angeles]], USA (October 2007/8); the [[National Museum of African Art]] of the [[Smithsonian Institution]], USA (May 2007); ''Word into Art'' at the [[British Museum]] in London, and later [[Dubai]] (2006 and 2008); ''East-West: Objects Between Culture at [[Tate Britain]]'' (September 2006/7) and [[Dubai International Financial Centre]], Dubai (March 2008).

== References ==
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<ref name=ann>Anneka Lenssen (2008). [http://www.jstor.org/stable/23063541 "Muslims to Take Over Institute for Contemporary Art": The 1976 World of Islam Festival]. ''Middle East Studies Association Bulletin'' '''42''' (1/2): 40–47. {{subscription required}}.</ref>

<ref name=grove>Sheila S. Blair, Jonathan M. Bloom (2009). [https://www.oxfordartonline.com/groveart/view/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.001.0001/oao-9781884446054-e-7002082155 Ermes, Ali Omar]. ''Grove Art Online''. Oxford: Oxford University Press. {{doi|10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T2082155}}. {{subscription required}}.</ref>

}}also the publication Signs of Our Times, From Calligraphy to Calligrafitti, edited by Rose Issa, Merrill publications, London 2016

== Further reading ==

* M. Richardson (1988). The Alphabet of Ali Omar Ermes. ''Arts and the Islamic World'' '''4''' (4): 33–36
* V. Porter (2006). ''Word into Art: Artists of the Modern Middle East'' (exhibition catalogue). London: British Museum, no. 18.
* Christine Mullen Kreamer, Mary Nooter Roberts, Elizabeth Harney, Allyson Purpura (2007). [http://www.jstor.org/stable/20447846 Inscribing Meaning: Writing and Graphic Systems in African Art]. ''African Arts'' '''40''' (3): 78–91.  {{subscription required}}.
* Reem Abdelhadi, Luma Hameed, Fatima Khaled, Jim Anderson (2019). [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17501229.2019.1579219 Creative interactions with art works: an engaging approach to Arabic language-and-culture learning]. ''Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching''. {{doi|10.1080/17501229.2019.1579219}}. {{ISSN|1750-1229}}.

=== Articles in Arabic ===

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110811024317/http://www.aawsat.com/details.asp?section=25&issueno=8858&article=155357&feature=1%2Fdetails.asp Ali Omar Ermes – A link between Art and Literature – Arabic article]
*[http://www.alwasat.com.kw/Default.aspx?pageId=106&MgDid=50271 جماليات الحرف العربي بخلفية ثقافية أصيلة.. غالية الثمن]
*[http://www.annaharkw.com/annahar/Article.aspx?id=55723 انتقال الفنان العربي «علي عمر الرميص» إلى العالمية]
*[http://www.awan.com/node/42197 علي الرميص في دار الفنون: كل حرف هو صورة تجريدية]
*[http://www.alraialaam.com/Templates/frNewsPaperArticleDetail.aspx?npaId=31418 الفنان العالمي الليبي علي الرميص ينادي بالسلام بحروف عربية]
*[http://www.suhuf.net.sa/2001jaz/may/18/t/ln5.htm بحضور شخصيات إسلامية وعدد من السفراءالأمير شارلز افتتح المركز الثقافي الإسلامي بلندن]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110707112152/http://www.aljarida.com/aljarida/Article.aspx?id=50189 علي الرميص يرسم الحروف ويرفض مسخ الطبيعة]
*[http://www.moheet.com/show_news.aspx?nid=98804&pg=21 علي الرميص يصور الكلمة العربية في سياق إنساني]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060925230544/http://www.aliomarermes.co.uk/publications/files/Quds21Oct.pdf Ali Omar Ermes’ exhibition in Mayfair, London, Arabic article]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060926003659/http://www.aliomarermes.co.uk/publications/files/Quds11.pdf Ali Omar Ermes and the Arabic Letterform – Arabic article]

===Articles by Ali Omar Ermes in Arabic===
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060926003736/http://www.aliomarermes.co.uk/publications/files/Quds13.pdf The importance of the Arabic Language]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060926003724/http://www.aliomarermes.co.uk/publications/files/Quds18.pdf Al Arab fil Gharab Part 1]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060926003714/http://www.aliomarermes.co.uk/publications/files/Quds27Aug.pdf Al Arab fil Gharab Part 2]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060926003729/http://www.aliomarermes.co.uk/publications/files/Quds9Jan2003.pdf The Arab media Part 1]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060926003706/http://www.aliomarermes.co.uk/publications/files/Quds10Jan2003.pdf The Arab media Part 2]

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