My name is Abdi Farah, and I am an artist from Baltimore, Maryland. I am truly inspired by every aspect of the amazing world that we live in, and try to relish every person I see and every occurance I have the privilege of witnessing. I hope to be seen, first, as a son of God, and everything else, including being an artist, is marginal. Art is however a beautiful gift that I have been given to share with the world and I aims to do just that!

Education

• The Marie Walsh Sharpe Summer Seminar in Colorado Springs, CO-Summer 2004

• Graduated from the Carver Center for the Arts and Technology in Towson, Maryland-2005

• Study Abroad at the Institute for American Universities in Aix-en-Provence, France, in conjunction with the Maryland Institute College of Art- Summer 2005

• Yale Norfolk Summer School of Music and Art, Fellowship Participant, Norfolk, CT, Summer 2008
  

• Fine Arts Major at the University of Pennsylvania

Awards/Honors

• 2003 Coca-Cola Art of Harmony Competition Honorable Mention

• 2003 NAACP ACT-SO Awards Gold Medal in Painting

• 2004 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Gold Award in Sculpture

• 2004 NAACP ACT-SO Awards Silver Medal in Sculpture

• 2004 NAACP ACT-SO Awards Gold Medal in Painting

• 2004 The Marie Walsh Sharpe Summer Seminar Award Winner

• 2005 Maryland Distinguished Scholar in the Arts

• 2005 Arts Recognition and Talent Search Level 1 Award winner-Visual Arts

• 2005 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Portfolio Gold Award- Visual Arts

• 2005 United States Presidential Scholar

• 2007 Columbia Scholastic Press Association Collegiate Circle Recipient: 1st Place- Editorial Cartoon, 3rd Place Editorial Cartoon, 1st Place- Sports Cartoon, 2nd Place- Comic Cartoon, 1st place- Portfolio of Work

• 2008 Yale Norfolk Summer School of Music and Art, Fellowship Recipient

Professional Experience

• ASE Academy Tutoring Program- Visual Arts Coordinator/Teacher 2005-

• Fisher Fine Arts Library (University of Pennsylvania) Image Collection Department 2005-2006

• United States Presidential Scholars National Recognition Week Advisor/Visual Arts Co-Liaison- June 2006

• Presidential Scholars Program- National Recognition Week Executive Advisor- June 2007

• Philadelphia Mural Arts Program Summer Internship Participant- Assistant Muralist- July/August 2007

Exhibitions

• Coca Cola Art of Harmony Winner’s Exhibition- Baltimore, MD 2003

• NAAPC ACT-SO Awards Winner’s Showcase- Baltimore City Community College, 2003

• Scholastics Art & Writing Awards Exhibition- Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2004

• Arts Recognition and Talent Search ARTS Week, Visual Arts, Photography, and Writing Exhibition- The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse, Miami, FL, January 2005

• Carver Center for the Arts and Technology Senior Exhibition- Towson, MD, May 2005

• Scholastics Art & Writing Awards Exhibition- Diane von Furstenberg Gallery New York, NY June 2005

• United States Presidential Scholars in the Arts Visual Arts, Photography, and Writing Exhibition- National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC, June 2005