Candy Coated: Hiding Crystals, 2019, vinyl, glass, paper, in aluminum frame, 16" x 20" x 1"

Bio:

Candy Coated, nee Candy Depew, is a multi-media and multi-dimensional Sculptor/Master Printer based in Northern California, a devout promoter of decorative culture, its continued daily practice, and truly believes in the healing power of creative endeavors especially art. Known for her vibrant and colorful work respeldit of symbolic forms found in art/life/history/nature that Candy has fancifully abstracted, decorated, repeated in dizzying number/pattern/color combinations then merged into her vibrant collage-like sculptural museum installations and community based public art works.

Candy was based in Philadelphia, PA for more than a decade making art, teaching screen printing around the city and in her educational initiative "the CandyCoated Studio School of Decorative Art" (which has transformed into the School of Healing Art and Ancient Wisdom) while taking part in national and international artist residencies in sculpture, installation, and ceramics. She has lectured on and shown her sculptural ceramic work, silk-screen prints, and room installations at universities and galleries in the US and internationally. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Candy earned her BFA from Kent State University, with major studies in ceramics, jewelry and metals, drawing, French Literature, and Cultural Anthropology. After studying at Newcomb School of Art at Tulane University, New Orleans, she completed her MFA at Tyler School of Art at Temple University, Philadelphia, in 1997. In 2002, she continued furthering her interests with The London Consortium at the Tate Modern, London, focusing on the concept of "candycoating."

www.candycoated.org