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Bravo’s new fine art reality show competition Work of Art: The Next Great Artist is fully underway with two episodes already under its belt and the third installment set to air later tonight.

As I mentioned in a previous post in which I profiled printmaker/installation artist Miles Mendenhall, a few of the contestants have already seemed to distance themselves from the pack right out of the gate.

In my opinion the top two contenders are Miles and 23-year-old Abdi Farah, who have both finished in the top three in each of the first two episodes.

Abdi Farah is a painter, printmaker and sculptor who received his art degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 2009.

Abdi’s other achievements include being awarded the Scholastics Art and Writing Gold Portfolio (one of only four in the country) and being named a Presidential Scholar in the Arts, granting him an audience with the President of the United States.

As if one Ivy League school on his resume weren’t en