French Egyptian Lebanese former singer/songwriter, creative consultant, interior designer, product designer and artist Omar ‘Chakil’ El Wakil briefly studied design at Milan’s DOMUS academy but defines himself as “self taught”.
Omar is a natural esthete who tries to bridge a variety of cultural gaps through his creative practice.
After decorating private homes around the globe for nearly two decades, Omar started experimenting with limited edition objects and furniture.
His first series exclusively made from raw Egyptian alabaster blocks sold out at Over The Counter’ gallery during Beirut’s 2018 design week and travelled with similar success to France, KSA, Italy and America. His work has been increasingly solicited by archi¬ tects and galleries around the globe ever since.
Known for introducing Egyptian Alabaster into contemporary design, Omar also brought the concept of collectible design to Egypt. His pieces were featured in numerous exhibitions around the globe including Dubai Expo 2020, prestigious French auction house Piasa, MENART fair in Brussels, Le Salon in New York, traveling collectible fair Nomad in St Moritz and Venice, Carwan in Athens and a solo show in Cairo.
Architectural Digest selected him in their referential top 50 list for the Middle East’s brightest talents in architecture and design for three consecutive years including 2024.