Anum Farooq’s creative journey has been honoured across continents, disciplines, and platforms, celebrating a practice that lives at the intersection of art, science, and soul.
Her accolades reflect not only technical excellence but a profound commitment to intuition, inquiry, and innovation. From early recognition by civic institutions to global awards for artistic excellence and digital innovation, each honour marks a moment of resonance, bridging intellect, emotion, and the deeper instinct to see the world anew
As an autistic autodidactic artist with roots in both poetic and scientific worlds, these distinctions affirm the power of perspectives that challenge convention and embrace complexity.
Herein is a curated record of awards, nominations, distinctions, and commendations, testaments to a life shaped by exploration, empathy, and creative depth.
Highlights Include:
- Artistic Excellence Award – Circle Foundation for the Arts, Greece
- Global Talent Art Prize (Exceptional Merit) – 4th Edition
- Digital Innovation in Art Award (Longlisted) – 2022
- Tate Online Artist – Selected in 2012
- Certificate of Merit – Mayor of Enfield, UK
- International features, public showcases, and interdisciplinary recognitions across the UK, USA, and beyond.
2023 Exceptional Merit, 4th Edition of Global Talent Art Prize
2023 Artistic Excellence Award, Circle Foundation for the Arts, Athens, Greece
2023 Art and Wellness Champion, World Wellness Weekend
2023 RAK Fine Arts Festival Poetry Award [English Category]
2023 XIV Florence Biennale Acceptance
2023 Forget-Me-Not Press ‘Interview with Anum Farooq’, Canada
2023 Magzoid Emerging Art Icons, Nominated Best Emerging Artist
2023 Outside In UK Poetry Recital, UK
2022 Longlisted for Digital Innovation in Art Award 2022 International
2022 Noon Arts Award Participant
2022 Artist feature in “Behind the Art Series”, Women’s History Month, MUI The Gallery, USA
2022 Spotlight Magazine invitation to publish ‘The Vessels of Life’
2022 Excellence in Media & Arts Award: Best Abstract Artist
2021-22 (Curating) Compassionate Women: Kindness in Action, International Digital
2022 “The Meditation” featured in ZO Blue Expo, USA
2021 “Dusk on Water” featured in The Dispatch, Columbus, Mississippi, USA
2021 Featured Artist Interview, ArtOn Gallery, Venice, Italy
2021 Featured Artist Interview: The Universal Language of Art, MO Magazine, UK
2021 Featured Artist, ArtMagazineium, Istanbul, Turkey
2021 Featured Artist Interview, Chromart Berlin, Germany
2021 Featured Artist, ART UP MI Autumn Issue, Milan, Italy
2021 Featured Artist Interview: The Artist’s Voice, Utah, USA
2021 “How art affects our lives?” Artist Interview, Artholic on Spotify, Morocco
2021 Linked INNYC Women of the World Artist, New York and Miami- USA, Caracas -Venezuela,
2021 Featured Artist, Autumn Issue, Collect Art Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia
2021 “The Poignant Rose” featured in the Art, Culture, Tourism UK Social Media Campaign
2021 “Roots of Courage” featured in I believe - My Art Inspo 2021 Prague
2021 Featured Artist, October Issue, The Working Artist, UK
2021 Rising Stars Interfaith Artist Interview, Independent
2021 “The Prayer” licensed by 500px, Visual China Group, Beijing, China and Ontario, Canada
2012 Tate Online Artist , Tate Collective Showcase, UK
2002 Certificate of Merit by the Mayor of Enfield: Painting in the park competition
2001 Albany School Public Speaking Award