Woven Together
featuring work by Kandy G. Lopez, Isabel Wilson, & Deyjah Stewart
Feb 25 thru April 22, 2023Woven Together creates a dialogue between three female artists working in fabrics. While Deyjah’s installations draw on representations of family and home to reconceptualize solitude and introspective reflection, Miami-based artist Kandy Lopez looks outward as she creates hand-sewn large-scale portraits to present externalized strength, courage, and beauty. Houston-based fashion designer Isabel Wilson, who has a history of collaborating with artists to create her designs, references Deyjah’s work in newly designed garments that are part of her spring fashion line.
This pairing of artists, who each investigate topics of individual and collective healing, ties deeply into the mission of Kinfolk House. Fabric and textile arts hold historic and cultural significance as forms of creative expression across generations.
Featured Artists:
Kandy G Lopez was born in New Jersey and moved with her family to Miami. She received her BFA and BS from the University of South Florida concentrating in Painting and in Marketing and Management. She received her MFA with a concentration in Painting from Florida Atlantic University in 2014. She has taught at Florida Atlantic University, Daytona State College, and is now the Program Director for the Art + Design program as well as an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication, Media and the Arts in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences at NOVA Southeastern University.
Isabel Wilson is a Houston-based artist who lived in New York City for nearly 10 years. Wilson received her BFA in textile design from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2008. Throughout her career, Wilson has held many design related positions such as Print Designer for Tucker by Gaby Basora in 2010, Designer & Co-founder of Biscuit Home in 2015, and Costume Design for The Houston Ballet in 2018. Her clients also ranged from apparel to interior and have included companies like Marc Jacobs, Calvin Klein, Nike, and Urban Outfitters. After returning to Houston, she became an educator at The Glassell Junior School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Houston in 2018. Currently, she runs a small batch clothing company known for its line of custom print designs.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Spring Hill, Florida, Deyjah Stewart is a mixed-media artist based in Fort Worth. Deyjah studied studio art with a concentration in painting and drawing at Texas Woman’s University where she received her BFA in May 2022. Her work is deeply rooted in experiences of loss and a sense of place inspiring her to explore the theme of solitude as a human condition in relation to personal experiences through mixed media processes including drawing, painting, fibers, collage, and installation.
