Artist Statement
Candace’s admiration of abstract art began at age fourteen, when she fell in love with John McCracken’s Red Plank on a school trip to The Art Institute Chicago. Using color and texture as guides, Primack longs to push the boundaries of her materials in experimental ways. Adding, subtracting, layering, sanding and pouring allow her mechanisms that build interest on a variety of surfaces. She states, “Getting lost in the process is why I create art. It is this meditative technique that allows me to work on a subconscious level, guided by intuition and instinct, rather than focusing on a preconceived outcome. I feel so grateful that as an artist, I have the opportunity to work through my emotions on any given day, whether they be joy, grief, sadness, anger, etc., I have a physical way of being able to get to the root of it all, allowing me to move forward. Living in a world where healing is needed, on so many levels, I find art to be a balm to the soul and brings life to the spirit. My hope is that my work will do the same for others.”
Inspired by travel, nature, and random acts of kindness, she strives to infuse thought, joy and beauty into all she creates.
Candace’s work has been collected in Europe, Asia and throughout North America. Her paintings have also been used in a number of movies, commercials, music videos and television series.
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Juried Shows and Invitationals
Rental Sales Gallery, Portland Art Museum, Spring Member’s Show, Portland, Oregon, 2021 Abstract Sanctuary, Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland, Oregon 2021 Art Comes Alive, Art Design Consultants, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2021 Portland Open Studios, Portland, Oregon, 2020 Rental Sales Gallery, Portland Art Museum, Spring Members Show, Portland, Oregon, 2019
Art Comes Alive, Art Design Consultants, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2019
Winter National Juried Exhibition, Blue Mountain Gallery, NYC, New York, 2018
Art Comes Alive, Art Design Consultants, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2018
Recycled Rain Project Featured Artist, Portland, Oregon, 2017
IN YOUR DREAMS National Exhibition, Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael, California, 2016
Portland Open Studios, Portland, Oregon, 2016
Loydcrest Estate Project, Trip Haenisch with Saatchi Art, Beverly Hills, California, 2016
Art Expo, NYC, New York, 2016
Street of Dreams (commission), Lake Oswego, Oregon, 2015
Rental Sales Gallery, Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon, 2015-2020
Art Comes Alive, Art Design Consultants, Cincinnati, Ohio, June, 2015
Agora Gallery’s Chelsea International Fine Art Competition & Exhibition, NYC, New York, 2015
Blue Mountain Gallery, NYC, New York, 2015
Art-Competition.net & Gallery25N.com, “Pure Abstractions”, NYC, New York, 2015
Orange Country Creatives “Simplicity”, Laguna Beach, California, 2014
Art Comes Alive, Art Design Consultants, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2014
Four Points Contemporary, 2nd Bi-Annual Competition, (online), 2014
The Infinity Gallery, The Red Show, (online), 2014
The Artist Table Online Annex Gallery, Abstraction: Not What Everyone Sees, (online), 2013
Melrose Lightspace, The Instagram Show, Los Angeles, California, 2013
Black Box Gallery, (online), 2013
California Open, Tag Gallery, Santa Monica, California, 2013
Art Comes Alive, Art Design Consultants, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2013
The Mitchell Gallery, St. John’s College, Annapolis, Maryland, 2013
Architectural Heritage Society, Portland, Oregon, 2013
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Jules Place, Boston, MA
Caplan Art Designs, Portland, OR
Art Design Consultants, Cincinnati
Rental Sales Gallery, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR