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Candace Knapp


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My violins whirl and dance and my pianos toss their keys in the air. Sculptures are living entities to me. Each gesture expresses a feeling and each shape has a personality.  Seemingly abstract sculptures will have clues that give the peice an identity and yet, like "shape shifters", one identity can turn into another.
 
A swirling "shell like" shape can become a wave or a creature moving through space.  I like to play with forms and leave room for the viewer's imagination.

 I most often use wood as my medium because it is the body of a tree and communicates a sense of life energy. It is warm and inviting to the touch. I laminate boards together into the shape I want and then carve. The finished surface can be stained, textured or left natural if the grain is very beautiful.


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Presto Violino


Presto Violino
SOLD
 Gershwin Surprise

Gershwin Surprise
Chubby Cello


Chubby Cello
Aubergine Swirl

Aubergine Swirl
 		Happy Thought

Happy Thought
 Sachmos Dream

Sachmos Dream
Love Song

Love Song
   SOLD
Orange Delight





COLLECTIONS
 -    Miaoli Wood Sculpture Museum, Sanyi, Taiwan (5 sculptures in permanent collection)
 -    Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN, ("Tango Solo")
 -    The Ameriway Bank, Houston, TX, ("The Enfoldment")
 -    The Mobile Oil Corporation, Stockholm, Sweden, ("Three Sisters")
 -    The Northwood Institute. Collection, West Palm Beach, FL (Wind in the Trees)
 -    HageGården Music Center, Edane, Sweden, ("Nyutsprungen")
 -    City of Tampa, FL (“Underwater Ballet” and “Sunlight on the Lake”)
 -    Tampa Water Dept. “The Waterbearers” (bronze fountain )


PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS
 -    City of St. Petersburg, FL, "The Enchanted Mangrove Forest", Central Avenue) 1995
 -    Hillsborough County, FL (Pavilion Floor and History Walk ,
      Courthouse Square, downtown Tampa)
 -    Hillsborough County, FL (“Litigation” sculpture, County Courthouse)
 

INSTALLATIONS
 -    "The Mandala of the Holy Ones" installation - exhibited at the New Visions Conference -Houston, TX;
                     Texas A&M University College Station, TX; a Unitarian church and a library in Dallas, TX.
                    Acquired by World Peace Center, Lincoln, NE, 1987
 -    "Ten Archetypes" installation - exhibited at The Sixth Texas Sculpture Symposium, San Antonio, TX;
                    Rachel W. Davis Gallery; The Jung Center and an Episcopal Church in Houston.
 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
 -   2007 Exchange Exhibiton, Miaoli Wood Sculpture Museum, Sanyik Taiwan
 -    51st FL Craftsman Exhibit, Broward Community College, Davie, FL , 2005
 -    Florida Biennial, Deland Museum of Art, Deland, FL. , 2002
 -    Two Person Show, Brad Cooper Gallery, Tampa, FL, 2002“
 -    49th FL Craftsmen Exhibit, Center for the Arts,Vero Beach, FL, Merit Award
 -    Solo Exhibition at Donn Roll Gallery in Sarasota, FL, 1996
 -    Two Person Show, B.I.G. Arts Center, Sanibel Island, FL , 1994 & 1992
 -    Solo Exhibition, Modern Art Gallery, Sarasota, FL , 1994
 -    1993 Annual Juried Exhibition, Orlando Museum of Art,
                  Juror: Terrie Sultan, Curator of Contemporary Art, Corcoran Gallery, Wash. D.C.
 -    "Mixed Media" (a four person show) Northwood Institute, West Palm Beach, FL ,1991
 -    Solo Exhibition, Old Government House, Augusta, GA , 1990
 -    "7 NYA", Galleri Kretsen, Södertälje, Sweden , 1989
 -    Solo Exhibit, Galleri Östermalm, Stockholm, Sweden
 -    “Spectrum South: The Malone & Hyde Collection" The Tenn. State Museum, Nashville, TN
 -    "Three Artists, Three Playwrights, Three Doors" Rachel W. Davis Gallery, Houston, TX
 -    "Art South" A Biennial Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture.
                  Memphis, TN ,  Juror: John Canaday Best of Show in Sculpture. catalog
 -    Solo Exhibition, University of St. Thomas, Houston, TX
 -    Solo Exhibition, Temple Junior College, Temple, TX
 -    “Wood in Art", The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX  catalog
 -   "Doors - Houston Artists" Alley Theatre, Houston, TX  catalog
 -   Solo Exhibition, College of the Mainland, Texas City, TX

In addition to this I have designed sacred spaces and made furniture and or statues for
46 churches and temples and carved walls for two hospital chapels.
 

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Education
 Master of Fine Arts Degree in Sculpture, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL, 1974, Academic Fellowship

 Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Sculpture ,The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1971 , Awarded “Helen  Green Perry Traveling Scholarship” and traveled through Europe and West Africa (across the Sahara) looking at art and people.

 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine. Summer, 1969 , Full scholarship.