Hello ! ❤️

Ameena Fareeda is a freelance Illustrator and Designer who currently resides in Silver Spring, Maryland. She graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) with a BFA in Illustration.

She describes her work as colorful and graphic, as she uses a simplified and decorative stylistic approach to her illustrations. She creates works that sheds light onto AAPI cultural and social experiences. As an Indian Asian- American woman, Ameena believes it is important to create work that enhances voices of the Asian American community. Creating work that sparks a sense of joy and curiosity through everyday nuances is her ultimate goal in illustrating.

Resume is available upon request.

Available for freelance projects.

Please send all work questions and inquiries to:

fareeda.ameena@gmail.com

Artist features, gallery showings, interviews, and more!

• VoyageBaltimore: “Conversations with Ameena Fareeda” (2024).

• Strathmore Mansion: “Tranlsation Through Art” (2024).

• OCA National Center: Guest Speaker: Artist Portfolios (2024).

• CreativeHowl: Artist in Illustrator Directory (2024).

• “Bangtan Remixed”: A Critical BTS Reader: Cover Artist + Featured Artwork (2024).

• Naya Magazine: Artist Interview/Feature (2023).

• “Send me Across the Sea” Vol. 4 & Vol. 5 Exhibition (2023/ 2024).

• Towson University: “Creative Confluence Exhibition” (2022).

• Invoice2go Artists: Q&A with Ameena Fareeda (2022).

• Georgetown University: AASA- Asian Diversity Dialouge: Keynote Speaker (2022).

• Noissue: Artist Feature: “Sparking Joy in Everyday Life” (2021).

• YES! Magazine: Featured Artist: “Eye Open at the Close” (2021).

• Shop AA Batteries: Artist Collection (2021).

• Buzzfeed APOP: Featured Work: “Stop Asian Hate” (2021).

• National Cherry Blossom Festival & Embassy of Japan: Art in Bloom Artist- “Renewal Blossom” (2021).

• “We Are Home” AAPI Exhibition: Featured Work: “Works Where it Hurts!” (2021).

• They Draw: Artist Feature- Washington DC (2017); Hyderabadi Biryani (2021); Fruit ABC (2021).

• Brown Girl Voices: Content Creator (2020).

• SAMASAMA Art Show: “American Assimilation” (2019).

• Family Style Zine: An AAPI Food Anthology: Artist Contributor (2018).

• MICA’s Velocity Magazine VOL 1: Artist Feature (2017).

• MICA Curated Gallery Showings; Fox 2 Gallery (2014); Rosenberg Gallery (2015); Fox 3 Gallery (2016); Fox 3 Gallery (2018).

• John Hopkins University: “A Moment in Time” Competition and Exhibition: 3rd Place Award (2014).