NICK CANDELA

Education

2017         MFA Painting, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA 

2016        Museum Internship, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA

2015        Teaching Internship, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA

2010        MIS in Studio Art, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

2002        BA in Art Education, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

Selected Exhibitions

2022 Faces and Figures National Juried Exhibition, Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg, VA (Curated by

Ward Saunders)

2022 National Juried Exhibition, The Academy Center for the Arts, Lynchburg, VA (Curated by Janly Jaggard)

2021 Streaming, ArtSpace Gallery, Richmond, VA (curated by Mary Scurlock)

2020 Forty Under 40, Shenandoah Valley Art Center, Waynesboro, VA

2019 Small Group Exhibition, ArtSpace Gallery, Richmond, VA

2018             Within Reach, ArtSpace Gallery, Richmond, VA (curated by Karen Hansen)

2018             Mid-Atlantic New Painting, Ridderhof-Martin Gallery, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA

                     (curated by Kimberli Gant)

2017             Memento Mori, 1708 Gallery at Linden Row Inn, Richmond, VA (curated by Michael Pierce)

2017             VCU MIS Alumni Exhibition, VCUArts Depot, Richmond, VA

2017             MFA Thesis Exhibition, Gallery 5, Richmond, VA

2011-2014     Featured Gallery Artist, Ponshop Studio and Gallery, Fredericksburg, VA

2013             Abstraction and Reality, September National Juried Show, FCCA, Fredericksburg, VA

2012             Battleground, November Juried Show, Ponshop Studio and Gallery, Fredericksburg, VA

2010             MIS Thesis Exhibition, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia. ArtSpace Gallery, Richmond, VA

2010             Square City Exhibit, September Regional Show, Ponshop Studio and Gallery, Fredericksburg, VA

2009            Layers, October Regional Show, FCCA, Fredericksburg, VA

Collections

2018 I Hate Long Goodbyes, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA

2018 Booth is Trooty, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA

2018 Pins and Needles, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA

2018     Kangaroo Court, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA

2017    Sense of Security, Village Parlor Salon, Detroit, MI

Publications

2018 Whurk Magazine, Issue 66, Fredericksburg, VA, Cover and p. 2

2016        Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 34, Juror: Michael Lash, Chicago, IL, pp. 26-27

2017        CreativPaper Magazine, Volume 2, http://www.creativpaper.com/magazine/, pp. 60-65

Honors and Awards:

2022 Best in Show, Figures and Faces National Juried Exhibition, Fredericksburg, Center for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg, VA

(Curated by Ward Saunders)

2018        Juror’s Purchase Award, Mid-Atlantic New Painting, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA (Curated by Kimberli

Gant)

2013        Third Place, Abstraction and Reality, September National Juried Show, Fredericksburg Center for Creative Arts,

                Fredericksburg, VA

2009       Honorable Mention, Layers, October Regional Show, Fredericksburg Center for Creative Arts, Fredericksburg, VA

Related Experience

2017        Memento Mori, Artist Panel Discussion, Main Branch-Richmond Public Library, Richmond, VA