Farida Hughes is an abstract artist working in mixed media, oil, and resin paint on panel. She developed her mixed media style after many years of painting with oil paint and experimenting with oil painting mediums. She studied Studio Art and English at Fordham University in New York and received an MFA in Painting from the University of Chicago. Her work is exhibited widely in galleries and art centers and is included in several private and corporate collections, including Target, United Health Group, and Chesapeake Capital. Farida is a 2013 recipient of an Artists’ Initiative Grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board and has worked with many arts outreach groups and grass-roots community arts endeavors. She currently maintains her studio in Baltimore, Maryland.

In this conversation we get deep into her process- both technically and thematically. We discuss what drew her to abstract art and how she has developed her ever growing body of work, her multicultural background as a leading force in defining her artistic voice, and being comfortable with having a different perspective of the world.

SHOW NOTES

-Farida’s website and instagram
-Farida’s gallery in Denver, Walker Fine Art
-Bozzuto Greene Fine Art in Baltimore (upcoming show in 2021!)
-Upcoming exhibition of Farida’s Blends paintings in Virginia at the Athenaeum in 2021
-Common Threads and Blends paintings
-Jumana’s episode on Process Piece
-One Love by Bob Marley

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