Abdi Osman

Abdi Osman is a Somali-Canadian photographer whose work focuses on questions of black masculinity as it intersects with Muslim and queer identities. His work has been supported by a grant from the Ontario Arts Council. Osman’s photographs are in private collections and the Canada Council Art Bank. Some of his work appeared in the year-long group show DiaporaArt: Strategy and Seduction by Canadian Artists from Culturally Diverse Communities at Rideau Hall. In 2010, Osman was an artist-in-residence at the McColl Center for Visual Art in Charlotte, North Carolina.