Here are the artists we’ll watch compete, backstab and give us their all when the series begins:
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Abdi
Age: 23
Hometown: Baltimore, Md.
Media: painting, sculpture and printmaking |
| Abdi recently graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, after being one of four students in the nation to be awarded the Scholastics Art and Writing Gold Portfolio and was named a Presidential Scholar in the Arts, granting him an audience with the President of the United States.
In 2008, the Yale Norfolk Summer School of Art selected Abdi into their program, and the following year he spent time studying abroad in Southern France. |
Amanda
Age: 35
Hometown: Chicago, Ill.
Medium: painting |
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| Amanda is a Cornell University graduate. Prior to committing to her pursuit of her true passion of painting, she was an architect.
Amanda has cultivated a signature style combining color, space, text and fragments of conversations she’s overheard to create pieces that deal with identity and personal freedom. Her work is sold through several galleries across the country as well as from her own studios. Amanda has exhibited nationally including: the Studio Museum in Harlem, YBCA in San Francisco and DePaul University’s Art Museum in Chicago. |
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