Candice Gosta

Candice Gosta was born and raised in New Haven, Connecticut, and is a recent graduate of Maine College of Art‘s painting program. Gosta’s work is heavily influenced by their Afro-Boricua upbringing. They use bright and bold colors coupled with both found objects and repurposed materials, to create large-scale paintings, prints, and installations. Gosta’s work relies on the tactility of material to activate their viewers' senses and evoke an emotional response. Gosta’s identity as a Black Latino has inspired them to use their work as a mode of documentation — they describe their work as a diary of complex emotional trauma, memories of childhood and domesticity, and exploration of the gender binary.