Kandy G. Lopez
Kandy G Lopez | |
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| Born | July 10, 1987 Bayonne, New Jersey, U.S. |
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| Occupation(s) | Visual Artist and Professor. |
| Known for | Fiber Art and Portrait Paintings. |
| Website | kandyglopez |
Kandy G Lopez (born July 10, 1987) is a multimedia American artist and associate professor at Nova Southeastern University.[1] She is known for her fiber works, which focus on the representation of marginalized individuals to explore race, gender, and class.[2]
Early life and education
[edit]Lopez was born to Dominican parents in Bayonne, New Jersey.[3] After her parents divorced, she moved to Hialeah, Florida with her mother and brother.[3] It wasn’t until she attended Rainbow Park Elementary in Opa Locka, Florida that she found a sense of cultural identity and belonging in the area's predominantly African-American population.[1][3]
Her art education began at Norland Middle School of the Arts in Opa Locka[4] and continued at the New World School of the Arts in Miami, Florida.[4]
She attended Maryland Institute College of Art for a year before she relocated to Tampa, Florida where she received her B.S. in Business with a concentration in Marketing and Management and B.F.A. with a concentration in painting from the University of South Florida.[1] She went on to receive her M.F.A. with a concentration in painting from Florida Atlantic University.[1]
Notable work
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Lopez’ artwork explores the complexities of the Afro-Caribbean American experience.[5] She credits a piece of thread falling on a piece of her artwork back 2015 for her incorporation of fiber into her artwork.[6]
Marly and Luis is a 96 x 60 inch yarn and acrylic on mesh canvas depicting two African-American men in front of a green background. In the image, Luis is leaning his arm on Marly’s shoulder while they both look straight.[7] Created in 2022, it’s featured in Lopez’ (In)Visible Threads exhibition at the Riverside Art Museum.[7][8]
(In)Visible Threads Exhibition, at the Riverside Art Museum, California (September 21, 2024 to March 2, 2025)
Lopez currently works as an associate professor at Nova Southeastern University.[1][9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Kandy G. Lopez-Moreno". honors.nova.edu. Retrieved March 19, 2025.
- ^ "Kandy G Lopez". ACA Galleries. Retrieved March 19, 2025.
- ^ a b c The Presentation of Self (Thesis). Retrieved March 19, 2025 – via ProQuest.
- ^ a b "Meet Kandy G Lopez". Bold Journey Magazine. February 20, 2024. Retrieved March 19, 2025.
- ^ "We The People: Kandy G Lopez and Aminah Robinson | Sep 3 - Nov 9, 2024". ACA Galleries. Retrieved March 19, 2025.
- ^ Focus, Amon (September 10, 2024). "Threading Identity: Fiber Portraits by Kandy G Lopez at The Armory Show". New York Said. Retrieved March 19, 2025.
- ^ a b "Kandy G Lopez, Marly & Luis (green), 2022". ACA Galleries. Retrieved March 19, 2025.
- ^ "Kandy G Lopez: (In)visible Threads at Riverside Art Museum". Riverside Art Museum & The Cheech. December 23, 2025. Retrieved March 19, 2025.
- ^ "Kandy G Lopez Introduces Herself to the NYC Art World | All Of It". WNYC. Retrieved March 19, 2025.
External links
[edit]- 1987 births
- Living people
- 21st-century African-American artists
- 21st-century African-American women artists
- 21st-century American textile artists
- 21st-century American women artists
- Florida Atlantic University alumni
- Textile artists from New Jersey
- Textile artists from Florida
- University of South Florida alumni