Solar Relics marks Chris McCaw’s third solo exhibition at Candela Gallery, showcasing his continually evolving, innovative exploration of light, time, and material. The exhibition spotlights new and old works marked by the sun using solar exposure as both medium and process, grounding photography in its most elemental form. With in-camera solarization, overexposure, and experimental techniques, each image becomes an artifact of radiant transformation.

Candela Gallery is excited to open 2025 with XOXO: inspired by the beloved and overly-commodified day of Saint Valentine, this group exhibition takes a playful look at dynamics and byproducts of love. Take a walk through the back gallery for pops of rouge, birds of romance (and mythology), missed connections, and dreamy landscapes.

Candela Gallery is kicking off 2025 with On the Geography– a feature exhibition by Madrid-based artist

and educator Linarejos Moreno. The exhibition opens Friday, January 10th, and will remain on view

through Saturday, February 22nd.

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.

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 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.

Nick Lenker’s IRL Objects are made from a slab ceramic technique with a photo-ceramic decal process. Lenker creates objects made with the visual language of video games and 3D modeling, utilizing found and created imagery inspired by gaming, religion, art history, and personal relationships. Learn more about Philadelphia artist Nick Lenker's mixed media objects, on view at Candela Gallery through April 20.

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.

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

Happy New Year from Candela Gallery! We're excited to kick off 2022 with a group exhibition, (de)constructed. The show brings together eight artists who physically and/or digitally alter their work by cutting, sculpting, and reconstructing the image using various materials.

Candela Gallery is excited to mount its first solo show by Washington, DC-based artist, Caitlin Teal Price. Through photography and deliberate, delicate mark-making, Price carves gestural patterns and shapes into the surface of her prints. Built on photographs of sunlight, seeping through the windows of her home, these Scratch Drawings are an exploration of the ritual and routine found in the undercurrents of Price's daily life.

Please join Candela Gallery for the opening of Kahn & Selesnick’s latest book project and exhibition, Dr. Falke’s Oraculum, on Friday, November 5th, from 5-8 pm.

The large, vibrant collages of decaying food by artist Shinya Masuda have invited many conversations, and questions, since they’ve been on view in the gallery. From “where are the originals,” to “what is a Hanafuda,” there’s plenty to talk about! We’ve gathered some answers from the artist and done some digging to give you a breakdown of the inspiration and process behind these magnetizing images.

In many ways, my relationship with Gita and her work is Candela's origin story. I founded Candela Books in 2010 to publish a monograph of Lenz’s work. At the time, we managed to secure the interest of Tom Gitterman, who owns a premier photo gallery in New York City, Gitterman Gallery. Tom appreciated her early adaptation of abstract expressionism and was especially drawn to the quality of her prints. Later that same year, Tom mounted a solo exhibition of her work. Although Gita wasn't well enough to attend the opening events, between the book and the exhibition, I felt she had a sense that her work was being seen and appreciated once again.

Candela Gallery is thrilled to announce HANAFUDA SHOUZOKU, a solo exhibition by Japanese photographer, Shinya Masuda. The exhibition will open this Friday, May 7th, from 5 - 8pm and continue through June 18th.

Candela Gallery is delighted to revisit the work of Gita Lenz (1910-2011). Lenz was Candela's first book project and one of the gallery's first exhibitions. Almost ten years later, From the Archive with Gita Lenz, features a series of Lenz's black and white vintage photographs. The exhibition will open this Friday, May 7th, from 5 - 8pm and continue through June 18th.