SELECTED ONE- AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2025 Below the Surface, Hughes/Keown Performance, Theater Project, Baltimore, MD
2024 Aqueous, Artists Circle Fine Art, Potomac, MD (two-person)
Embedded Poetries, Artspace, Richmond, VA
2023 Below the Surface, Lovely Lane UMC, Baltimore, MD
2022 Overlap, Greenspring Valley Hunt Club, Owings Mills, MD
2021 A Line Doesn't End with Me, The Athenaeum Gallery, Alexandria, VA
2018 Collected Amalgamations, Opening Night Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2017 Interpretive Blendings, on2gallery, California Building, Minneapolis, MN (two-person exhibition)
2016 Locations, Opening Night Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Rhythm and Memory, on2gallery, California Building, Minneapolis, MN (two-person exhibition)
2014 Actors & Spectators, Kolman & Pryor Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Farida Hughes and Kathy Wismar, Mill City Clinic, Minneapolis, MN
Full Circle, on2gallery, California Building, Minneapolis, MN
2012 Speaking of Space, Bloomington Theatre and Arts Center, Bloomington, MN (two-person exhibition)
2011 Private Art 2, Minneapolis, MN
Solo Exhibition, Depot Museum and Gallery, Beverly Shores, IN
Gatherings, Nina Bliese Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Many, Harry M. Drake Gallery, St. Paul Academy and Summit School, St. Paul, MN
2009 From Here to There, Glave Kocen Gallery, Richmond, VA
2007 Re-Visions, Art Center in Orange, Orange, VA (two-person exhibition)
2005 Riverviews Artspace, Lynchburg, VA (two-person exhibition)
Carrington Gallery, The North Theatre, Danville, VA
Passages, The Madeira School, McLean, VA
Findings, McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville, VA
2004 Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
2003 Caswell County Civic Center, Yanceyville, NC
Variations, McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville, VA
2002 Danville Museum of Fine Art, Danville, VA
2001 Offices of Gilbert, Marks and DiGirolamo, Hagerstown, MD
2000 WCAC Gallery, Hagerstown, MD
1999 Maryland Symphony Orchestra, Hagerstown, MD
1998 Kauffman Gallery, Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA
1996 North Shore Country Day School, Chicago, IL
1994 MFA Thesis Show, Midway Studios, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Entanglement, Walker Fine Art, Denver, CO
2024 Asia in Maryland 2024, Asian Arts & Culture Center, Towson, MD
Connectivity, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Medusa, Van Zaig Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
2023 The Power of Participation, TFAPOP-UP, Miami Beach, FL
Intersection: Identity and Culture, Falls Church Arts Gallery, Falls Church, VA
Internal Mapping, Walker Fine Art, Denver, CO
Radius: Color Speaks, The Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, Delaware
Alexandria Celebrates Women, Canal Center Gallery, Alexandria, VA
2022 Creative Confluence: South Asian Community Reflections, Connections, and Dialogue, Asian Arts & Culture Center, Towson, MD
Between the Stripes, Under the Stars, St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN
Writing, Gesture, Shape, Rountree Gallery, Platteville, WI
The Power of Abstracts, MVA Gallery, Bethlehem, PA
Abstract Only, Wailoa Center, Hilo, HI
2021 Asia in Maryland 2021, Asian Arts & Culture Center, Towson, MD Now Online!
Real Good: juried digital exhibition, Circa Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (Online)
Spectrum of Being, Walker Fine Art, Denver, CO
2020 Relationships, Webster Arts, St. Louis, MO (Online)
We Will Survive, Glave Kocen Gallery, Richmond, VA (Online)
Thread, Carroll County Arts Center, Westminster, MD {View Online}
..from me to you, Glave Kocen Gallery, Richmond, VA
2019 Layers of Existence, Walker Fine Art, Denver, CO
Joan Scheibel, Gina Skelton & Farida Hughes, Y:Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD
I Contain Multitudes, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI
2018 Abstract Thoughts, Miller Art Museum, Sturgeon Bay, WI
Natural Occurrences, Walker Fine Art, Denver, CO
Minnesota State Arts Board Offices, St. Paul, MN
Collections, Stonebridge Lofts, Minneapolis, MN
Artists in the Kitchen, A Collaborative Project, Textile Center Galleries, Minneapolis, MN {View Online}
Surface | Tension, Bridgewater Lofts, Minneapolis, MN
A Common Thread 2018, Textile Center Galleries, Minneapolis, MN
2017 5th Annual Women's Exhibit "La Mese delle Donne", Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN
Metaphors, Walker Fine Art, Denver, CO
COLOR THEORY—Contemporary Abstraction, Perry and Carlson Gallery, Mount Vernon, WA
Essential Art Exhibition, Paramount Center for the Arts, St. Cloud, MN
10th Annual Size Doesn't Matter, Small Works Exhibit, Glave Kocen Gallery, Richmond, VA
2016 The Color of Summer - A Summer Salon Show, Opening Night Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
No Boys Allowed, Kolman & Pryor Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2015 Personal Best, Minnesota State Arts Board, St. Paul, MN
2014 Beyond the Surface, WARM, Mentor/Protegee Exhibition, Grainbelt Bottling House, Minneapolis, MN
Lists, Invitational, Harriet Bart Studio, Traffic Zone Building, Minneapolis, MN
2013 30 x 30, Abstraction Group Show, Kolman & Pryor Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Summer Group Show, on2gallery, California Building, Minneapolis, MN
Annual Small Works Show, Glave Kocen Gallery, Richmond, VA
2012 Gifted and Guided, Mentor/Protegee Exhibition, Grainbelt Bottling House, Minneapolis, MN
Nebulae Squared, Nina Bliese Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
WARM Member Juried Show, Grainbelt Bottling House, Minneapolis, MN
Size Doesn’t Matter, 5th Annual Small Works Exhibit, Glave Kocen Gallery, Richmond, VA
2011 Les Petits Tresors, Nina Bliese Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
A Summer of Abstract Art, Anita Sue Kolman Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Depot Museum and Gallery, Beverly Shores, IN
Temporality, WARM Members Exhibition, Grainbelt Bottling House, Minneapolis, MN
2010 Farida Hughes, Rashaun Kartak and Mary Bergs, Minnesota Women’s Building, St. Paul, MN
Frank Stone Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
WARM Currents, Northrup King Building Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (curated by Beate Minkovski)
Size Doesn’t Matter, Glave Kocen Gallery, Richmond, VA
Art {in} Justice, Minneapolis Foundation, Minneapolis, MN
Foot in the Door 4, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
2009 Size Doesn’t Matter, Glave Kocen Gallery, Richmond, VA
2008 University of Mary Washington Galleries, Fredericksburg, VA
Contemporary Virginia Painters, Process Unveiled, Rawls Museum Arts, Courtland, VA (curated by Leigh Anne Chambers)
Small Works Invitational, Glave Kocen Gallery, Richmond, VA
2007 Lee Hansley Gallery, Raleigh, NC
Glave Kocen Gallery, Richmond, VA
INDEX, ArtDC Art Fair, Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC
Primed, WPA/C Exhibition/Auction, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (curated by Irene Hoffman)
WCAC Gallery, Hagerstown, MD
2006 Rentz Gallery, Richmond, VA
McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville, VA
2005 Turning the Page, Washington Project for the Arts/Corcoran, Washington, D.C. (curated by Jessica Naresh)
Entering the Interior, Rentz Gallery, Richmond, VA
Layers, (Collaboration with Elsabe Dixon), McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville, VA
2004 100 Doves, WCAC Gallery, Hagerstown, MD
Breaking Ground, The Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen, Glen Allen, VA (curated by Gwen van Ostern)
McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville, VA
2003 Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, NY
Davidson County Community College, NC
Garden of the Mind’s Eye at Riverside, Sponsored by Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA (curated by Leah Stoddard)
AAWS, Winston-Salem, NC
McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville, VA
Delaplaine Visual Arts and Education Center, Frederick, MD
2002 Delaplaine Visual Arts and Education Center, Frederick, MD
McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville, VA
2001 Danville Museum of Fine Art, Danville, VA
1998 Washington County Arts Council Gallery, Hagerstown, MD
1997 Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, MD
1996 D & D Art Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1995 The 2nd Gallery, Frederick, MD
La Fond Galleries, Pittsburgh, PA
1994 The Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, IL
25 at 25, The Plaza Gallery, Fordham University, New York, NY
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Shafer, Baltimore, MD
Holsworth, Richmond, VA
Diamond, Beverly Shores, IN
Grisham, Charlottesville, VA
Vernay, Lyon, France
Chatham Hall, Chatham, VA
Fountain, Chatham, VA
Walker, New York, NY
Spicher, Shepherdstown, WV
Baer, Alexandria, VA
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS / PUBLIC INSTALLATIONS
CFG Bank Collection
VCU Health Systems
Beatty Development Group
Capital One
United Health Group
Target
Chesapeake Capital
Marriott World Center
Hilton Hotels Corporation
F&M Bank
Washington County Health System
COMMISSIONS
Midcontinental Communications, Minneapolis, MN
Tampa Bay Grand Hyatt, Tampa Bay, FL
Prairie Care Center, Maplewood, MN
Des Plaines Casino, Des Plaines, IL
New Orleans Hyatt, New Orleans, LA
Target Corporation, Minneapolis, MN
Nashville Hilton, Nashville, TN
Private Residence, Edina, MN
Orlando Hilton, Orlando, FL
Ventana Inn and Spa, Big Sur, CA
Orlando World Center Marriot, Orlando, FL
SELECTED ACTIVITIES/AWARDS
2025 Residency, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA
Residency, Mission Street Arts, Jemez Springs, NM
2024 Grant Award, Professional Development, Maryland State Arts Council, Baltimore, MD
Residency, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2022 Creativity Grant Award, "Below the Surface", A Collaborative Art/Music Event, Maryland State Arts Council, Baltimore, MD
Finalist, Rubys Artist Award, Deutsch Foundation, Baltimore, MD
Panelist, Between the Stripes, Under the Stars, Catherine G. Murphy Gallery, St. Paul, MN
Planning Committee, South Asian Semester, Asian Arts & Culture Center, Towson, MD
2021 Panelist, "Mirrors and Windows: Art and Evolving AAPI Identities", Asian Arts & Culture Center, Towson, MD
2018 Panelist, Next Step Fund Grants, MRAC, MN
2017 Panelist, Operational Development Grants, MRAC, MN
Semi-Finalist, McKnight Visual Artist Fellowship, MN
2015 Artist Mentor, Free Arts Minnesota, MN
Artist, Art Lab, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
2014-2016 Event Coordinator, VIP, Rock the Garden, Walker Art Center, MN
2013 Grant Award, Artist Initiative Grant, Minnesota State Arts Board, MN
2012 Host Artist, Drawing Club, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Panelist, “Artist as Change Agent”, College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, MN
2012 Speaker’s Day Guest Speaker, “Creativity in the Studio,” St. Paul Academy, St. Paul, MN
2011-2014 Mentor, WARM (Women’s Art Registry of Minnesota), Mentor/Protege Program, MN
2006-2008 Leadership Through the Arts Advisory Committee, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, VA
2005 Visiting Artist, Exhibition, talk and monotype workshop, Madeira School, McLean, VA
2002 Visiting Artist, Monotype workshop, Chatham Hall, Chatham, VA
1998 Honor Award, Washington County Women in the Arts, Washington County, MD
1993 Sterns Fellowship Foundation Award, University of Chicago, IL
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EDUCATION
MFA, Painting, University of Chicago
BA, Studio Art/English, Fordham University