Kandy G Lopez
b'Kandy G Lopez\\n\\nAs a multi-media Afro-Caribbean American portrait artist, Kandy G Lopez explores identity through marginalized individuals who represent her community. Navigating through her own identity has inspired works from a variety of mediums to further the conversation of \\u201cotherness\\u201d with metaphorical and psychological significance.\\n\\nLopez (b. New Jersey) lives and works in Fort Lauderdale. Selected solo exhibitions include \\u201c(in)visibility: cache,\\u201d NSU Art Museum of Fort Lauderdale (2023); \\u201cPhenomenal Woman,\\u201d Miramar Cultural Center (2023); \\u201cIntersectionality\\u201d, Coral Spring Museum of Art (2023); \\u201c(in)visible: Code-Switching,\\u201d Girls Club Warehouse, Fort Lauderdale (2022); \\u201c(in)visibility: Yup-Pity,\\u201d Frank C Ortis Gallery (Third Space), Pembroke Pines (2022). Lopez\\u2019s work has been included in group exhibitions at Kinfolk House, Armory Art Center, New Bedford Art Museum, and Studio 18. Lopez received the Broward County Cultural Division Artist Innovation Grant for 2022\\u20132023 and the Project Row House Grant in 2022. She has also been awarded residencies at Nacan in the Dominican Republic (2023), Ucross in Wyoming (2022), Hambidge in Rabun County, Georgia (2021), and Stay Home Gallery & Artist Residency in Paris, Tennessee (2021).\\n\\nOctavia, 2023 Yarn and acrylic on plastic canvas, 50 x 60 in. Courtesy the artist and ACA Galleries, New York\\n\\nMarly & Luis (green), 2022 Yarn and acrylic on plastic canvas, 96 x 60 in. Courtesy the artist and ACA Galleries, New York\\n\\nBr00klynBetty, 2021 Yarn and spray paint on plastic canvas, 90 x 60 in. Courtesy the artist and ACA Galleries, New York'