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contact name: Rabi Sanfo
phone: 612-227-8960
email: rabi@yarbidesign.com

location address:
Q.arma Bldg
1224 Quincy St NE Studio B25
Minneapolis MN 55413

open to public: yes
hours: First Thursdays and Fridays, and by appointment

Pseudonym: Yarbi Design

Related Organizations:
• Guild of Metalsmiths; 3/08-present

• Society of Minnesota Sculptors (SMS); 3/08-present

• Northeast Minneapolis Art Association (NEMAA); 4/06-present

• COMPAS, General Fund Grants Allocations Committee member; 5/07-5/08

• The Art Within Us (TAWU); 12/06-12/07

• Lost-Wax Casting: Village Artisanal de Ouagadougou, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; 2/08

• Artistic Welding: YAKA, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; 2004

• Industrial Maintenance: Obgonsu Engineering School, Accra, Ghana; 1998-1999

• Tool Making and Industrial Maintenance: Technical College of Sokodé, Sokodé, Togo; 1993-1997

• Second Place Award Small Sculpture Category, American Iron 8th Annual “Art of Recycling” Contest, Minneapolis, MN; 7/08

• People’s Choice Award: Honorable Mention, NEMAA Fall Fine Arts Show, Minneapolis, MN; 11/07

• First Place Award, "The Figure Show", Lake Elmo Regional Art Center, Lake Elmo, MN; 9/07-10/07

• Invitational Award, Powderhorn Art Fair, Minneapolis, MN; 8/07

• First Place Award Small Sculpture Category, American Iron 7th Annual “Art of Recycling” Contest, Minneapolis, MN; 7/07

• First Place Award, Spiritual Art Festival & Juried Art Show, Minneapolis, MN; 3/07

• Invitational Award, Powderhorn Art Fair Community Showcase, Minneapolis, MN; 8/06

• Honorable Mention & Scrappy Award, American Iron 6th Annual “Art of Recycling” Contest, Minneapolis, MN; 7/06

• “Source*,” The Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI; 10/08-11/08

• "Northern Exposure: An Exhibition of Twin Cities Contemporary Art," Highland Bank Court, Minneapolis, MN; 8/08-11/08

• "Gallery Grooves," Altered Esthetics, Minneapolis, MN; 8/08

• “Revisions of the American Dream,” Susan Hensel Gallery, Minneapolis, MN; 6/08

• “Limitless Energy,” Black Dog Coffee & Wine Bar, St. Paul, MN; 5/08

• “Re-Purpose Show,” AZ Gallery, St. Paul, MN; 4/08

• “Contributions: African Risk and Responsibility in Minnesota,” Obsidian Arts, Minneapolis, MN; 3/08-5/08

• “Soul on Ice,” The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN; 2/08-3/08

• “Unity (Umoja),” Hennepin County Government Center, Minneapolis, MN; 2/08

• "Black Creativity 2008," Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL; 1/08-2/08

• "Midwest Sanctuary,” Altered Esthetics, Minneapolis, MN; 1/08

• “Desert Star: Works on Blessing, Loss, Exile & Return,” Mercy Seat Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, MN; 12/07

• "The Figure Show", Lake Elmo Regional Art Center, Lake Elmo, MN; 9/07-10/07

• Art Perchance, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN; 9/07

• American Iron 7th Annual “Art of Recycling” Contest, Minneapolis, MN; 7/07

• 1st Annual Summer Juried Art Show, Atwood Memorial Center Gallery, St. Cloud, MN; 6/07-9/07

• “African Traditional Values”, East Side Neighborhood Service, Minneapolis, MN; 6/07-7/07

• “Global Unity II,” Minneapolis Mosaic, Minneapolis, MN; 6/07-7/07

• Art-A-Whirl 2007 Juried Exhibition, Gallery 13, Minneapolis, MN; 5/07

• “Art Reincarnated”, Altered Esthetics, Minneapolis, MN; 4/07

• Spiritual Art Festival & Juried Art Show, Minneapolis, MN; 3/07

• “The Art Within Us”, Hennepin County Government Center, Minneapolis, MN; 2/07

• “Images of Love”, Lisan Gallery of Art and Design, West St. Paul, MN; 2/07

• American Iron 6th Annual “Art of Recycling” Contest, Minneapolis, MN; 7/06

• Mill District Art Gallery, Minneapolis, MN; 12/08-present

• Krista Artista Gallery, Anoka, MN; 11/08-present

• “Dargo,” Center for Independent Artists, Minneapolis, MN; 7/07

• “Minneapolis Mosaic”, Global Union Gallery, Minneapolis, MN; 6/07-7/07

• Frank Stone Gallery, Minneapolis, MN; 3/07

• Rogue Gallery Fine Art, St. Cloud, MN; 2/07-5/07

• “Burkinabe Artist Finds Talent in Sculpting,” Mshale; 10/31/08

• “The Art of Reuse,” Recycling Today Magazine; 7/26/07

• “Art Palpitations: Minneapolis’ Art Fair Extravaganza,” Lavender; 7/20/07-8/2/07

• “The Spiritual Art of Northeast Minneapolis,” Wake Student magazine; 4/11/07

• “Images from the Spiritual Art Festival at St. Boniface Church,” Northeaster; 4/4/07

• “Fine African Craft by Rabi Sanfo and Burkina Faso,” aE Issue 15.2: Twisting the Lens; 3/29/07

Birth Place:
Burkina Faso

Gender:
Male

Active Place:
NE Minneapolis

Minnesota County:
Hennepin

Metalworker

http://www.yarbidesign.com 

1st Annual Summer Juried Art Exhibit At St. Cloud State University