Omar Tarek Zayed is a Toronto-based textile artist and designer whose practice explores the relationship between traditional textile craft and contemporary design methodologies. Working primarily with natural dyeing, shibori, and silkscreen, he develops hybridized approaches to both womenswear and textile-based art.

In 2024, Omar graduated from OCAD University with a BDes in Material Art & Design and is currently an Artist-in-Residence at Harbourfront Centre Textile Studio, where he is developing a new body of work that further investigates the technical and visual boundaries of natural dye work.