About the artist
"DOES THAT COME IN RED?"
Candice Tripp is a South Africa born artist living in the North East of England.
At 21 her darkly humorous paintings caught the eye of a local gallery who provided the platform for her first solo show. At 22 her work was being exhibited in LA.
Child-like subjects pluck at adult themes in paintings whose narrative provide all the answers one could expect to find on single page torn from a picture book.
As a self taught painter, her ever-evolving practice now extends to include etching, sculpture, brass work and full scale installation.
She has had solo shows in London and New York, provided the award-winning artwork for Arrow Video's release of Donnie Darko and exhibited in the first inaugural Bangkok Art Biennale in 2018.
JEWELLERY
After discovering wax carving, jewellery felt like a natural progression. Her jewellery collection acts as an extension of her art; turning her dark, childlike subjects into miniature, wearable keepsakes. She personally carves each design in wax before having it cast in sterling silver. Recently, she has started to practice stone carving.
Studio
"It is the litmus test of a good artist to be able to communicate a commentary without being overwrought. Tripp's ability to portray the leitmotifs of good and evil with balanced symbolism and subtle wit demonstrate her embodiment of this quality"
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Lainya Magaña for Hi-Fructose magazine
Features, collaborations and commissions
Blog posts
New Cameos
Between completing and shipping two new paintings to Vertical Gallery in Chicago and beginning work on the next painting deadline, I took a week to sit at my jewellery bench- something I haven't done since late last year. Sometimes the planets align and my wrist has a direct, uninterrupted line...
This Regular-Sized Hog
went “wee, wee, wee” all the way home. If you missed the instagram-based blow-for-blow account of my indignation at receiving a last-minute 30% rent increase on my studio at High Bridge Works, I’ve moved out. Moved home, actually. The shit-heel at Knight Frank who won the contract to manage...
Re:Bourn x Candice Tripp Pop-Up
I thought my participation in the Late Shows would have to take a pause this year due to my decision to leave my studio at High Bridge Works. With a month to pack up my life and see myself out, Sophie Cabourn invited me to join her and Tom for...