About me 

Fine Artist 

Candy Qu is an artist born in China, based in Los Angeles, studied at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). Her work explores the intersection of identity, culture, and personal transformation, drawing from both her Chinese heritage and my experiences as an immigrant in America.

Candy creates fictional and autobiographical scenes that reflect her journey of adaptation and self-discovery. Her art explores the interplay between seemingly ordinary materials to create a narrative of transformation and connections that mirrors the human experience. She creates bridges between the sensible world and the realm of the abstract, aiming to evoke feelings, thoughts and emotions that transcend the limitations of the physical world, shaping the unseen forces of our existence.

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Her artwork has been exhibited in New York A Space gallery, Temple Gallery, Trolley Barn Gallery, Seattle Art Gallery B612, South Gate Civic Center Museum, Muzeo Museum and Cultural Center, Brookline Art Center, Warwick Center for the Arts, Indy Art Center, Risd Design Center, Risd Memorial Hall painting department gallery, Risd Waterman gallery, Chaffey Community Museum of Art, California Institute of Art's main gallery, Garcia Center for the Arts, the Washington DC district office, Artist Talk Magazine, Visual Arts Journal and Art-Collide Online Gallery. In the past, she received Eutopia Art Residency in Greece, A Space Gallery Artist Residency in New York, Excellence Award in Warwick Center for the Arts, Honorable mention of Artexpo New York, Annual Risd art sale, Fall and Spring 2024 honors designation at Risd, Rancho Cucamonga community art scholarship, exhibition proposal finalist of Contemporary Art Museum St.Louis, California Young Artist scholar, silver key in Scholastic painting and art portfolio, and second place in congressional art competition.