New York-based, Sudanese artist Mohammad Omer Khalil (b. 1936) is a master printmaker, working for over six decades. This focused survey of his work is shown in partnership with the Blackburn Study Center.

Common Ground takes its title from Khalil’s series of fifteen etchings, each an assemblage of the light and color of the Moroccan coastal town of Asilah. The works trace the passage through the formative places and experiences that have shaped his work: the landscapes in Sudan that left an everlasting impression; his classical training in etching developed in Florence; the camaraderie forged within a global community of artists stewarding the Asilah printmaking workshop; and his life in New York City, where he raised his family, taught, ran M.O.K. Studio, and continues to nurture an active creative practice.

For more information and additional exhibition sites for this survey, visit this page.

To listen to an oral history with Khalil and AANM staff, visit our digital archive here.