Chandra Cox

Bio

Chandra Cox is a practicing artist, image-maker who works in a range of mediums from oil, acrylic to digital media.

Professor Cox’s work has been presented in numerous museums and galleries around the country such as the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh and the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. Her artworks in public collections include NC State University, North Carolina Central University and the University Of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She illustrated the children’s book Christmas Makes Me Think published by Lee and Low of New York. Among her awards are the Artist-in-Residence Fellowship at the Headlands Center for the Arts in Sausalito, Calif.

Professor Cox also has received the Outstanding Teacher Award in 1985 and 1995, and the Undergraduate Alumni Distinguished Professor Award in 1988.

Sampled Works

Beatties Metro Police Station:

 

 

Rosa Parks Community Center:

Craft Magazine:

The Rosa Parks Place Community Transit Center in Charlotte, N.C., is one of the Charlotte Area Transit System’s Art-in-Transit programs designed by Chandra Cox. An article appeared in the June/July 2007 edition of American Craft describing the commissioned work by Cox. Inspired by personal experience, Cox wove African symbols, patterns and proverbs into the design.

Sugar Creek Light Rail Station:

   

Old Concord Rd. Light Rail Station:

   

 

NC 4th Grade Social Studies Textbook:

Christmas Makes Me Think (Children’s Book)

      

 

Area(s) of Expertise

Drawing, painting, design fundamentals, digital media