Sharif Farrag

Session five - July 23 - 29

Sharif Farrag (b. 1993, Reseda, CA) merges classic ceramics styles with his own improvisational building techniques, representing his hybrid identities through clay. Farrag received a BFA from the University of Southern California in 2018 and an MFA in ceramics at the University of California, Los Angeles in 2023. He was an artist in residence at Cal State Long Beach’s Center for Contemporary Ceramics from 2018 to 2020. He has had several solo exhibitions at Los Angeles galleries, including François Ghebaly, in lieu, New Image Art, and gallery1993. His work has also been featured in group exhibitions at Jeffrey Deitch, New York; the 2020 Clay Biennial at Craft Contemporary, Los Angeles; Adams and Ollman, Portland; High Art, Arles; and Matthew Brown, Los Angeles. He is included in the collections of the Museum of Arts and Design, New York, the Rubell Museum in Miami, and the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles. Farrag lives and works in Los Angeles.

Sharif Farrag, Laugh in the dark, 201, solo Exhibition at Francois Ghebaly