Candace Hill-Montgomery (born February 9, 1945) is an American writer and artist. She works in photography, mixed-media collage, and watercolors. She was born and raised in Queens, New York City. According to Hill-Montgomery, her mother was a strong supporter of her artistic development. She attended Fordham University (B.A., 1977) and Hunter College (M.A., 1981). While an undergraduate, in 1979, Hill-Montgomery was artist-in-residence at the Studio Museum in Harlem and exhibited her work at Artists Space. She was awarded a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1981, and a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1985. In the 1980s, she exhibited at the Bronx Museum of the Arts, the New Museum, Franklin Furnace, Fashion Moda, and the Maryland Institute College of Art. In 1985, Hill-Montgo