Farida Hughes creates artwork about human connections, inspired by stories of identity and relationships, and responding to these through the fluidity, transparency, and color harmonies of paint. Her aesthetic is abstract and painterly, obtained by mixing oil paint with contemporary epoxy resin and working on wood or aluminum panels. Commingling the translucent layers of the media is how she manifests the overlap and interconnectedness of our human understandings of one another, the histories that influence us, and our common movements within the spaces of the world. Using vibrant color, bold shapes, and glass-like surface textures, she invites contemplation on the mixing of known and perceived realities. Her works are abstract portraits that transform human stories into color, emotion, and movement.

Hughes, (b. NY) is a Baltimore, Maryland visual artist, who grew up in a mixed South-Asian Indian/German-American household in New Jersey. Her works display the bridging of worlds that formalistically reflect her lived experiences and the merging of cultural/environmental influences. Hughes studied at Fordham University (NY), then obtained an MFA in visual art at the University of Chicago. She exhibits nationally in venues such as The Delaware Contemporary Art Museum (Wilmington, DE), Asian Arts & Culture Center (Towson, MD), Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (Milwaukee, WI). Hughes received grants from the Maryland State Arts Council and Minnesota State Arts Board. She is represented by Walker Fine Art (Denver, CO) and Bozzuto Greene Art (Lutherville, MD).