Reception & Artist Talk | Roving: Nneka Jones, Kandy Lopez & Eugene Ofori Agyei

“Roving” presents mixed media and fiber-based artworks by Nneka Jones, Kandy G Lopez and Eugene Ofori Agyei. Deftly weaving together the medium of fiber with painting, sculpture, performance and installation, “Roving” invites viewers to investigate notions of home, belonging, identity and ancestry. Rather than arriving at fixed destinations or meanings, the artworks included in Gallery221@HCC examine the psychological and emotional complexities of self-reflection, movement and memory, intertwining our sense of being with the process of becoming.

Nneka Jones is a Trinidadian-born multidisciplinary artist currently working in Tampa, FL (BFA, University of Tampa, 2020). Kandy G Lopez is an Afro-Caribbean artist currently working as an Associate Professor at Nova Southeastern University in Davie, FL (MFA, Florida Atlantic University, 2014). Eugene Ofori Agyei is a Ghanaian-born artist currently working as the Robert Chapman Turner Teaching Fellow at Alfred University in Alfred, NY (MFA, University of Florida, 2023).