Kandy G. Lopez

Kandy G Lopez is a multimedia American artist and associate professor at Nova [Southeastern University]. She is known for her fiber works, which focus on the representation of marginalized individuals to explore race, gender, and class.

Early life and education

Lopez was born to Dominican parents in Bayonne, New Jersey. After her parents divorced, she moved to Hialeah, Florida with her mother and brother. 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.
Her art education began at Norland Middle School of the Arts in Opa Locka and continued at the New World School of the Arts in Miami, Florida.
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. She went on to receive her M.F.A. with a concentration in painting from Florida Atlantic University.

Notable work

Lopez' artwork explores the complexities of the Afro-Caribbean American experience. She credits a piece of thread falling on a piece of her artwork back in 2015 for her incorporation of fiber into her artwork.
Marly and Luis is a 96 x 60 inch yarn and acrylic on mesh canvas depicting two siblings of Dominican decent in front of a green background. In the image, Luis is leaning his arm on Marly's shoulder while they both look straight. Created in 2022, it's featured in Lopez' Visible Threads exhibition at the Riverside Art Museum.
Visible Threads Exhibition, at the Riverside Art Museum, California
Lopez currently works as an associate professor at Nova Southeastern University.