Mina Sarfaraz

Artist & Curator, NYC/Baltimore

Selected Work
Writing
Contact
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Education

2024

Maryland Institute College of Art: BFA in General Fine Arts, Minors in Ceramics, Sustainability & Social Practice

Curatorial Projects

2025

Pitted: Home at the Heart of an Empire, Co-Curated with Nadia Nazar, AREA 405, Baltimore, MD

2024

It Feels Right to Me: An Exploration of the Erotic, Co-Curated with Madi Diaz, Middendorf Gallery, Baltimore, MD

Front and Center: Celebrating our Baltimore Neighbors, Co-Curated with Austin Chia, Rosenberg Gallery, Baltimore, MD

Exhibitions

2025

Pitted: Home at the Heart of an Empire, AREA 405, Baltimore, MD

Islam and Print Booth, Scout Art Fair, Baltimore, MD

Deconstructed and Reestablished
, Group Show, Blackrock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD

2024

Heirloom, Group Show, Gallery CA, Baltimore, MD

New Voices, Group Show, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD

Heartwood, Solo Show, A tree at 1400 Cathedral St, Baltimore, MD

If Birds Could Fly
, Group Show, Middendorf Gallery, Baltimore, MD

2023

Jeans On/Jeans Off, Group Show, MICA, Baltimore, MD

Juried Undergraduate Exhibition, Group Show, MICA, Baltimore, MD

Juried Undergraduate Ceramics Exhibition, Group Show, MICA, Baltimore, MD

Onward, Group Show, MICA, Baltimore, MD

2022

To/From the Motherland(s), Group Show, Esperanza Project Space, Virtual Gallery, New York, NY

Professional Experience

Jewelry Teaching Assistant- 92nd Street Y
Oct 2025 - Current

Studio Technician- Slow Burn Ceramics
Oct 2025 - Current

Metal Fabricator- Aurora Lampworks
Mar 2025 - Sep 2025

After-School Fiber Arts Teacher- Bank Street School for Children
Feb 2025 - Jun 2025

Gallery Sales Associate - Haford Artists Association
Sep 2024 - Jan 2025

Studio Assistant- Hellen Ascoli
Dec - Jan 2024

France-Merrick Fellowship - MICA Community Art & Service
Aug 2023 - May 2024

Studio Assistant- Liz Ensz
May - Aug 2023

Community Site Leader - MICA Community Art & Service
Jan 2022 - May 2023

Fellowships & Awards

2024

Islam and Print Studio Fellowship

2023

Emerging Leader Award
Internship Fellowship for Creative Entrepreneurship

Publications

2025

Susan Washington, “Area 405 is Holding the Line for Baltimore’s Artists”, Cohart Editorial, November 18, 2025

Shengxuan Hu, “Queer Nature Anthology”, Queer Arcadia, June 3, 2025

2024

Rebecca Juliette, “BmoreArt’s Picks: October 1-7”, BmoreArt, October 1, 2024

2023

Yuling Zhang and Yoon Joo Cho, “Collaboration between Photographer Andrew
James Wies and Mina Sarfaraz”, nectar magazine, Issue 2