HELLO
Sinking Ship is Candi Blox’s studio space — a tongue-in-cheek name that reflects the chaotic, collapsing systems their work responds to, while acting as a site of rebellion, making, and survival through art.
STATEMENT
Candi Blox’s work confronts the uncomfortable contradictions of contemporary life. Rooted in a multidisciplinary background and now focused on ceramics, their practice explores hypocrisy, environmental collapse, and social injustice through sculptural, narrative-driven forms. These works exist in a liminal space, blurring the boundaries between the familiar and the unsettling.
Influenced by the visual language of street and pop art, including KAWS, Keith Haring, and Banksy, Candi uses bold symbols, simplified forms, and direct imagery to provoke awareness and disrupt passive viewing. Traditional earthy glazes are paired with exaggerated, hybrid features to create figures that feel both playful and disturbing, drawing viewers in before confronting them with deeper meaning.
Each piece acts as a quiet form of resistance. Minimal in form yet heavy in implication, the work asks viewers to question the systems they participate in, the truths they ignore, and their own role in a world shaped by contradiction.
BIO
Born in the UK, Candi spent part of their childhood in Norway and South Africa before returning in their teens, experiences that shaped a love of travel and awareness of social and racial injustice. After rising to executive digital producer in the media industry with time spent at renowned companies such the BBC and MTV, as well time working abroad in Sydney and Berlin, Candi left the corporate world to retrain in creative practice. Now based in Los Angeles with two master’s degrees, one from Central Saint Martins, they work primarily in ceramics, creating functional and sculptural pieces that explore environmental collapse and contemporary social issues.
EXHIBITIONS / GALLERIES
VIEWPOINT: Ceramics 2026 - The Hyde Art Gallery, California, USA
Juried showcase of contemporary ceramics
‘Screaming in Silence - Rabbit’
EDUCATION
Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London: MA in Character Animation
Metropolitan University, London: MA in Digital Media
Metropolitan University, London: FDA Furniture Making
