Candela Gallery is excited to announce a solo exhibition by Richmond, Virginia-based artist Susan Worsham, opening November 1st. Renowned for her vibrant use of color, Worsham’s upcoming show, Crystals of Silver, draws inspiration from her extensive collection of microscope slides and will feature a limited edition series of rarely seen black-and-white photographs.

Candela Gallery is excited to announce a solo exhibition by Richmond, Virginia-based artist Susan Worsham, opening November 1st. Renowned for her vibrant use of color, Worsham’s upcoming show, Crystals of Silver, draws inspiration from her extensive collection of microscope slides and will feature a limited edition series of rarely seen black-and-white photographs.

2024 COLLECTION ACQUISITIONS

Candela Gallery is thrilled to announce a gallery takeover by Charlottesville, Virginia-based artist and community organizer Morgan Ashcom. Titled the Abstract Land & Filing Co. (ALFC), this exhibition will be Ashcom’s second at Candela, continuing to showcase his love for parafiction and collaboration.Since 2018, Ashcom has operated his studio practice out of an industrial warehouse in Charlottesville, Virginia. At one time, employees at this commercial building manufactured products for the analog data industry, commonly referred to as the visible records industry. While the factory is no longer in operation, Ashcom has spent the past seven years reimagining this property to feature a community-directed commons and art space called Visible Records, nestled within a constellation of blue-collar workers. 

Candela Gallery is excited to announce the artist roster for our thirteenth annual UnBound! Exhibition. The selected and invited artists for UnBound13! will have works on display at Candela Gallery from Friday, July 5th - Saturday, August 3rd, 2024. Submission will be open through March 29, 2024 at 11:59PM.

Candela gallery is excited to share the monumental, colorful mixed media works of Massachusetts based artist, Daisy Patton. Patton utilizes scale, color, and presentation to elevate the found photograph to an iconographic status, breathing life and distinction into forgotten faces. The gallery will be featuring 14 pieces in Patton’s exhibition, I am an unruly wind beginning Friday, May 3 and remaining up through Saturday, June 22.

Candela Gallery is pleased to present a fresh selection of inventory by mixed media artist Holly Roberts, one of three solo features by artists incorporating the photographic image from the perspectives of ceramics and painting. These exhibitions open Friday, March 15th, running alongside the 2024 NCECA ceramics conference (March 20 – 23) and closing Saturday, April 20th, 2024.

Candela Gallery is pleased to present images from Kathleen Clark’s series, The White House China. Clark’s is one of three solo features by artists incorporating the photographic image from the perspectives of ceramics and painting. These exhibitions open Friday, March 15th, running alongside the 2024 NCECA ceramics conference (March 20 – 23) and closing Saturday, April 20th, 2024.

Candela Gallery is pleased to present a fresh selection of inventory by mixed media artist Holly Roberts, one of three solo features by artists incorporating the photographic image from the perspectives of ceramics and painting. These exhibitions open Friday, March 15th, running alongside the 2024 NCECA ceramics conference (March 20 – 23) and closing Saturday, April 20th, 2024.

Candela Gallery is pleased to present Nick Lenker’s ceramic exhibition, IRL OBJECTS, one of three solo features by artists incorporating the photographic image from the perspectives of ceramics and painting. These exhibitions open Friday, March 15th, running alongside the 2024 NCECA ceramics conference (March 20 – 23) and closing Saturday, April 20th, 2024.

Candela Gallery is excited to announce the open call for our thirteenth annual UnBound! Exhibition. The selected and invited artists for UnBound13! will have works on display at Candela Gallery from Friday, July 5th - Saturday, August 3rd, 2024. Submission will be open through March 29, 2024 at 11:59PM.

Please join Candela Gallery for the exhibition coinciding with our latest book project, Memory Orchards, from January 19th-March 2nd

A letter (three, actually) from Candela founder, Gordon Stettinius, as we wrap up 2023 and look to 2024.

Candela Gallery is pleased to announce Conjuring the Composition, a photography and painting exhibition by Richmond artist Willie Anne Wright, opening November 3, 2023.

Candela Gallery is pleased to announce Conjuring the Composition, a photography and painting exhibition by Richmond artist Willie Anne Wright, opening November 3, 2023.

Through various meticulous assemblage techniques, ALTERED features fabricated environments, imaginative dialogues, and memorials while examining alternative approaches to image-making.

Through the lenses of the natural landscape and propaganda imagery, Angle of Draw examines the intersections of power, sustainability, and whiteness in the United States. Bush draws from propaganda imagery from the 1960s and 1970s to create starkly lit black-and-white photographs in the studio and the physical landscape. Throughout his process, Bush considers the impact of the fossil-fuel industry on the natural environment, local economy, and future prospects of those left behind by corporations.

Candela Gallery is pleased to announce ALL CONSUMED, a photography solo exhibition by Colorado-based artist Gary Emrich, opening May 12, 2023.

Candela Gallery is pleased to announce Next to Myself, a mixed media photography solo exhibition by artist Liliana Guzmán, opening May 12, 2023.