ARTIST IN RESIDENCE / Omar Musa
29th September – 1st October, 2025
The Lock-Up welcomes artist, writer, poet and musician, Omar Musa for the launch of his new book Fierceland, supported by The Lock-Up’s Artist in Residence Program 2025, presented in partnership with Hunter Writers’ Centre.
ABOUT OMAR MUSA
Omar Musa is a Bornean-Australian author, visual artist and poet from Queanbeyan, Australia. He has released four poetry books (including Killernova), five hip-hop records (including The Fullness), and received a standing ovation at TEDx Sydney at the Sydney Opera House.
His debut novel Here Come the Dogs was long-listed for the International Dublin Literary Award and Miles Franklin Award and he was named one of the Sydney Morning Herald’s Young Novelists of the Year in 2015.
His one-man play, Since Ali Died, won Best Cabaret Show at the Sydney Theatre Awards in 2018. He has had several solo exhibitions of his woodcut prints, including All My Memories Are Mistranslations. Omar won first and second place in the 2024 Newcastle Short Story Award.
