{"id":14030,"date":"2023-10-06T12:04:34","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T16:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=14030"},"modified":"2023-10-06T12:05:11","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T16:05:11","slug":"kandy-g-lopez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/kandy-g-lopez\/","title":{"rendered":"Kandy G Lopez"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9695\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-14030-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2023\/KandyGLopez.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2023\/KandyGLopez.mp3\">https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2023\/KandyGLopez.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_14053\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14053\" style=\"width: 244px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14053\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kandy-G-Lopez-Headshot.png?resize=244%2C244&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kandy-G-Lopez-Headshot.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kandy-G-Lopez-Headshot.png?w=570&amp;ssl=1 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14053\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kandy G Lopez<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As a multi-media Afro-Caribbean American portrait artist, <a href=\"https:\/\/acagalleries.com\/exhibitions\/18-kandy-g-lopez-situational-identity-new-works-in-fiber\/\">Kandy G Lopez<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n<p>Lopez (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 &amp; Artist Residency in Paris, Tennessee (2021).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14054\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14054\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14054 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kandy-Lopez-Octavia-2023.jpg?resize=696%2C837&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"837\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kandy-Lopez-Octavia-2023-scaled.jpg?resize=852%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 852w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kandy-Lopez-Octavia-2023-scaled.jpg?resize=250%2C300&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kandy-Lopez-Octavia-2023-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C923&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kandy-Lopez-Octavia-2023-scaled.jpg?resize=1278%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1278w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kandy-Lopez-Octavia-2023-scaled.jpg?resize=1704%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1704w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kandy-Lopez-Octavia-2023-scaled.jpg?resize=696%2C837&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kandy-Lopez-Octavia-2023-scaled.jpg?resize=1068%2C1284&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kandy-Lopez-Octavia-2023-scaled.jpg?resize=1920%2C2308&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kandy-Lopez-Octavia-2023-scaled.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kandy-Lopez-Octavia-2023-scaled.jpg?w=2088&amp;ssl=1 2088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14054\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Octavia, 2023 Yarn and acrylic on plastic canvas, 50 x 60 in. Courtesy the artist and ACA Galleries, New York<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14055\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14055\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14055 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kandy-Lopez-Marly-and-Luis.jpg?resize=678%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kandy-Lopez-Marly-and-Luis-scaled.jpg?resize=678%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 678w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kandy-Lopez-Marly-and-Luis-scaled.jpg?resize=199%2C300&amp;ssl=1 199w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kandy-Lopez-Marly-and-Luis-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1159&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kandy-Lopez-Marly-and-Luis-scaled.jpg?resize=1018%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1018w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kandy-Lopez-Marly-and-Luis-scaled.jpg?resize=1357%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1357w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kandy-Lopez-Marly-and-Luis-scaled.jpg?resize=696%2C1050&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kandy-Lopez-Marly-and-Luis-scaled.jpg?resize=1068%2C1612&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kandy-Lopez-Marly-and-Luis-scaled.jpg?resize=1920%2C2898&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kandy-Lopez-Marly-and-Luis-scaled.jpg?w=1696&amp;ssl=1 1696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14055\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marly &amp; Luis (green), 2022 Yarn and acrylic on plastic canvas, 96 x 60 in. Courtesy the artist and ACA Galleries, New York<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14056\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14056\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14056 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kandy-Lopez-Br00klynBetty-2021.jpg?resize=696%2C993&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"993\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kandy-Lopez-Br00klynBetty-2021-scaled.jpg?resize=718%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 718w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kandy-Lopez-Br00klynBetty-2021-scaled.jpg?resize=210%2C300&amp;ssl=1 210w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kandy-Lopez-Br00klynBetty-2021-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1095&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kandy-Lopez-Br00klynBetty-2021-scaled.jpg?resize=1078%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1078w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kandy-Lopez-Br00klynBetty-2021-scaled.jpg?resize=1437%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1437w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kandy-Lopez-Br00klynBetty-2021-scaled.jpg?resize=696%2C992&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kandy-Lopez-Br00klynBetty-2021-scaled.jpg?resize=1068%2C1522&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kandy-Lopez-Br00klynBetty-2021-scaled.jpg?resize=1920%2C2736&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kandy-Lopez-Br00klynBetty-2021-scaled.jpg?w=1796&amp;ssl=1 1796w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14056\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Br00klynBetty, 2021 Yarn and spray paint on plastic canvas, 90 x 60 in. Courtesy the artist and ACA Galleries, New York<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2023\/KandyGLopez.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing listAs a multi-media Afro-Caribbean American portrait artist, Kandy G Lopez explores identity through marginalized individuals who represent her community. 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