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.

TWO WEEKS LEFT TO SUBMIT: Candela Gallery is hosting an open call for our twelfth annual UnBound! Exhibition! UnBound12! will be on display in person and online at Candela Gallery, from July 7 - August 12, 2023.

Candela Gallery is excited to announce the open call for our twelfth annual UnBound! Exhibition! UnBound12! will be on display in person and online at Candela Gallery, from July 7 - August 12, 2023.

Candela Gallery is excited to announce Machine Vision, a group exhibition exploring our evolving creative relationship with new technologies. These works blur the boundaries between the observed and imagined, the artist and the machine. Machine Vision will be on view between Friday, March 3rd and Saturday, April 29th.

Candela Gallery is pleased to announce Vernal, a photography solo exhibition by VCU MFA graduate Caroline Minchew, opening January 6, 2023.

Candela Gallery is pleased to announce Passport Cancelled, a photography and mixed media solo exhibition by Priya Kambli, opening January 6, 2023.

Blue Hour Artist Feature: Raymond Thompson Jr

Candela Books is looking for photography by artists whose work features their own family for inclusion in a hardcover book to be released in November 2023.

Candela Gallery is pleased to announce Blue Hour, a group exhibition featuring photographic works by Granville Carroll, Peter Cochrane, Heather Evans Smith, Dylan Hausthour, Galina Kurlat, Raymond Thompson Jr, and Em White.

Flux is an ongoing spotlight of works in Candela’s gallery inventory showcasing the breadth of the photographic medium and our love for process. Join us over the course of the next month as we highlight this season’s featured artists: Harrison D Walker, Linda Connor, Alyssa Salomon, and Willie Anne Wright.

Candela Gallery is excited to open the new season with All the Orchids are Fine by Nadiya I. Nacorda. Drawing from lived experience and the collective memories and stories passed on through the generations of her Xhosa and Philippine family, Nacorda's photographs and experimental film work broaden the notion of historical inheritance(s) while exploring themes of girlhood, womanhood, and mothering.

Follow along over the next few weeks as we spotlight works currently on view at Candela Gallery. This summer group exhibition is our annual open call and is dedicated to featuring a wide range of photographic artworks, fine art photography, and artist books. We are proud of UnBound's mission to generate opportunities and exposure beyond the traditional group or juried show by providing a collection opportunity for artists. All funds raised throughout the show, help us reach our 2022 goal of 10k to support participating artists by acquiring work into the Candela Collection, which will one day be donated to an institution. Visit our shop to give, purchase the exhibition catalog, and/or snag some Candela merch. 100% of the proceeds raised will go towards supporting participating artists.

Follow along over the next few weeks as we spotlight works currently on view at Candela Gallery. This summer group exhibition is our annual open call and is dedicated to featuring a wide range of photographic artworks, fine art photography, and artist books. We are proud of UnBound's mission to generate opportunities and exposure beyond the traditional group or juried show by providing a collection opportunity for artists. All funds raised throughout the show, help us reach our 2022 goal of 10k to support participating artists by acquiring work into the Candela Collection, which will one day be donated to an institution. Visit our shop to give, purchase the exhibition catalog, and/or snag some Candela merch. 100% of the proceeds raised will go towards supporting participating artists.

Follow along over the next few weeks as we spotlight works currently on view at Candela Gallery. This summer group exhibition is our annual open call and is dedicated to featuring a wide range of photographic artworks, fine art photography, and artist books. We are proud of UnBound's mission to generate opportunities and exposure beyond the traditional group or juried show by providing a collection opportunity for artists. All funds raised throughout the show, help us reach our 2022 goal of 10k to support participating artists by acquiring work into the Candela Collection, which will one day be donated to an institution. Visit our shop to give, purchase the exhibition catalog, and/or snag some Candela merch. 100% of the proceeds raised will go towards supporting participating artists.

Follow along over the next few weeks as we spotlight works currently on view at Candela Gallery. This summer group exhibition is our annual open call and is dedicated to featuring a wide range of photographic artworks, fine art photography, and artist books. We are proud of UnBound's mission to generate opportunities and exposure beyond the traditional group or juried show by providing a collection opportunity for artists. All funds raised throughout the show, help us reach our 2022 goal of 10k to support participating artists by acquiring work into the Candela Collection, which will one day be donated to an institution. Visit our shop to give, purchase the exhibition catalog, and/or snag some Candela merch. 100% of the proceeds raised will go towards supporting participating artists.

Follow along over the next few weeks as we spotlight works currently on view at Candela Gallery. This summer group exhibition is our annual open call and is dedicated to featuring a wide range of photographic artworks, fine art photography, and artist books. We are proud of UnBound's mission to generate opportunities and exposure beyond the traditional group or juried show by providing a collection opportunity for artists. All funds raised throughout the show, help us reach our 2022 goal of 10k to support participating artists by acquiring work into the Candela Collection, which will one day be donated to an institution. Visit our shop to give, purchase the exhibition catalog, and/or snag some Candela merch. 100% of the proceeds raised will go towards supporting participating artists.