Oil on wood 61 x 61 cm (24 x 24 in.)
$2,500Rachid Bouhamidi was born in Palm Springs in 1981. He lives and works in Los Angeles, USA. Bouhamidi was raised in Southern California to a French mother and a Moroccan father. He received his BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and his MFA from Boston University.
Bouhamidi uses vibrant colors and repeating patterns to embellish his portraits and paintings of exotic plants.
EFA Morocco provides marginalized girls in rural Morocco with access to education. By eradicating the logistical, economic and social obstacles to high quality education, EFA enables these young women to fulfill their true potential.
EFA does this by building and running boarding houses for teenage girls close to schools, ensuring the girls can easily attend class every day and obtain a Baccalaureate degree.