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ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Mejung Park

In Candela’s front gallery, Mejung Park is stealing hearts with piles of garbage. 

The alluring compositions are part of Mourning, a subset of Still Life for Things that Need a Goodbye. In her photographic series, Park creates delicate arrangements of discarded items from around her home and pairs them with paper florals she’s cut from a cherished book of botanical illustrations.

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EXHIBITION: States of Leisure

Candela Gallery is excited to present States of Leisure, a solo exhibition of new works by Brooklyn-based artist Dana Bell. Through her practice, Bell unifies traditional painting, darkroom techniques, and digitally fabricated objects as she explores the evolving nature of the snapshot—tracing its transformative state from a singular, analog moment to a continually shifting digital artifact.

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EXHIBITION: Solar Relics

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.

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EXHIBITION: XOXO

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.

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