2024 Artist-in-Resident | Candace Hunter

‪@ArtsandPublicLife‬ 2024 Artist-in-Resident | Candace Hunter
Based in Chicago, artist Candace Hunter (chlee) specializes in creating captivating collage, paintings, installations, and performance art. She intricately weaves stories through appropriated materials, offering viewers new landscapes rich with history and beauty. A highly respected Midwest artist, chlee has earned recent honors such as the Elevate Climate Changemakers Award (2022), 3Arts Next Level Award (2021), and the Tim and Helen Meier Foundation Award (2020). Notably, her Brown Limbed Girls series, over 130 painted and collaged 20 x 20 inch works born during the pandemic, spotlight brown girls in joyous states. Featured on billboards, book covers, and in major shows, chlee's art has garnered widespread acclaim. An avid fan of Octavia Butler, she curated an immersive exhibition of Butler's "Xenogenesis Trilogy" and the "Parables" series at the Hyde Park Art Center.
Directed by | Moll Nye
Edited by | Moll Nye
Videography | Moll Nye
Additional Videography | Andy Cat
Produced By | Alyssa Gregory