selected drawings from 2004-2011

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selected drawings from 2004-2011. Some are available as prints at
http://society6.com/CandaceFong !

Old sketches:: FOUND!!!

well, it’s been a learning process over the last few months. I definitely hit a few speed bumps in my art making process. Recently while searching for old materials, i stubbled across a few sketches made over the last 7 years… it was so great and inspiring to look back at old ideas! so here are a few pages i’d like to share with you all. thanks for checking back!

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Features on websites

I recently did a google search on my name and found a few websites that i’m featured on! please take a look!

http://www.dormecooper.com/bso/

Fellow designer Charles Cooper created an AMAZING website for the Inter/Arts exhibition Spring 2009 at the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore, MD. Click on artists and my name to see really great imagery of the swarm piece!!!

http://www.nyartsmagazine.com/index.php?Itemid=712&id=6144&option=com_content&task=view

this one is a bit older, from the W3 exhibition in Seoul, South Korea June 2007. Great image of our group pieces Will you marry me?.

http://www.minacheon.com/mk2007.html

Mina Cheon, our teacher and organizer for our MICAkorea program, is an internationally recognized artist. This archive page has the most images of the show W3.

http://karialtmann.com/work/2007/diamonds/index.html

Kari Altmann, a fellow MICA grad and also an artist at the W3 exhibition, captured AMAZING photos of our exhibition. Please visit her site Karialtmann.com to see her recent work. She has been doing big things since MICA.

http://www.brocketthorne.com/iWeb/type2/studentwork.html

A piece from my  Typography class during undergrad is featured on my former professor’s page, Brockett Horne.

http://www.nakturnal.net/ladies.html

well this was from my mohawk days…it has nothing to do with my art but it was my profile while working for Nakturnal promotions based out of Philly.

and finally my two travel blogs (made for family so they are very corny!):

http://candaceinseoul.blogspot.com/

http://candaceinbarcelona.blogspot.com/

G/B series- July Photoshoot

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Senior Thesis @ MICA-2009 Final Show/ European Starlings

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Senior Thesis @ MICA 2009- MICA/BSO show- European Starlings

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Senior Thesis @ MICA- 2009/ European Starlings

(artist statement)

The Swarm and Flocking Starlings

The sinuous undulations and mysterious shapes created by the phenomenon of flocking starlings motivates my current body of work. I’m exploring the visual dynamic of the swarms through a series of drawings and experimentations in space. I am exploring the complexity of the flock by building and layering the material and by varying the mark. This is evident in the pieces Life and Entity. These pieces also consider concepts of time and space, which I frequently observe in the action of the swarms. Beyond the technical approach, I am further exploring my interest in phenomenological thought through consideration of material and visual decisions regarding the forms and density in the drawings. In the piece Teaming Swarm, such secondary concepts are considered by continuing one flock of birds drawn using soft charcoal onto two tattered sheets of paper. The idea of fragility is evident in both materials, as well as the treatment of the drawn image. Works such as Con Tutta Forza and Reverse Inverse consider the space that is created by the flock as well as that which surrounds the flock. Again space and viewer/body relationships are addressed. By cutting into the material and by building the form in 3D space, the viewer has the ability to create those relationships. Referencing found images on google and amateur footage on youtube requires me to apply an imagined sense of what this experience would be like in person, as I have never experienced it personally. In this, I am further considering body, space, and sensual perception to recreate the phenomenon. I am working towards discovering the sense of ‘awe’ that the flocks evoke in those who encounter them to my work.

The Drawings:

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Past Work- 3D 2008-2009

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Past Work- Design 2008-2009

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Past Work- Photography 2008-2009

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Past Work- Design 2007-2008

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Past Work- Photography 2007-2008

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Past Work- 3D 2007-2008

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Past Work- Design 2006-2007

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Past Work- Photography 2006-2007

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Past Work- Painting/Drawing 2006-2007

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Past Work- Miscellaneous 2005-2006

Digital Mixed Media, 2006

Past Work- 3D 2005-2006

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Selected Works from 2005-2006

Past Work- Painting/Drawing 2005-2006

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Selected Works from 2005-2006

Past Work- Mixed & Digital Media 2004-2005

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Selected Digital/Mixed Media work from 2004-2005

past work- paintings 2004-2005

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Selected paintings from 2004-2005. Most are Oil on Canvas.