Kendra Froup
Mortimer’s Kitchen Candy Machine, 2020
Olfactory Bulb, 2021
Diving to this depth for the first time, 2020
Five Finger Discount, 2023
Butcher Block, 2007
About
Kendra Frorup was born and raised in Nassau. Her father was a contractor and it was from him she first learned about materials and their uses. She left The Bahamas to study in the US and received her BFA in Sculpture from the University of Tampa and her MFA in Sculpture at Syracuse University. She is currently an Associate Professor in Sculpture at the University of Tampa. One of the defining features of Frorup's practice is her prolific and playful use of a variety of everyday material, often organic and tied to the landscape she grew up in. Inspired by her sensory memories, she refers to familiar sounds, tastes, and smells within her work and each piece can be compared to the experience of walking down a busy side-street in Nassau or an out-island with the piece being a reflection of this sensory experience transformed into a physical object.