WELLS CHANDLER (American, b. 1985) lives and works in Bronx, NY. He explores ecology, community, gender and queer iconography through the mediums of crochet, embroidery, drawing and cake. He received his MFA from Yale University in 2011 where he was awarded the Ralph Mayer Prize for proficiency in materials and techniques. From 2016-17 he was a recipient of the Sharpe Walentas Studio Program. He has had recent solo exhibitions at Diablo Rosso (Panama City, PA), Galerie Eric Mouchet (Paris, FR), MOCA Tucson (Tucson, AZ), Mrs. (Maspeth, NY), and Union Gallery (London, ENG). In January, Chandler will have a solo exhibition at Soloway in Brooklyn, NY. Recent group exhibitions include The Pensacola Museum of Art (FL), Leslie Lohman Museum of Art (NY), Choi and Lager (Cologne, DE), MOCA Detroit (MI), and Marinaro (NY). His work has been reviewed by Roxane Gay, Art Forum, The New York Times, Hyperallergic, The Huffington Post, TimeOut, Modern Painters, Maake Magazine, Two Coats of Paint and AEQAI. Chandler is a Visiting Assistant Professor at SUNY Purchase. His work is included in numerous public and private collections.
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Gallery Exhibitions
- Intersect Palm Springs 2022
- Cindy Bernhard, Melissa Brown, Wells Chandler, Josh Dihle, Cody Hudson, Melissa Leandro, Soumya Netrabile
- February 10 – February 13, 2022
Selected Press
- , ‘Caroline Wells Chandler, Le Ravissement Des Corps Utopiques’, Mediapart, February 18 2020 (PDF)
- , ‘Caroline Wells Chandler Crochets Adroits’, Libération, February 10 2020 (PDF)
- , ‘Lillian Davies on Caroline Wells Chandler’, Artforum International, May/June 2020 (PDF)
- , ‘Review: Tutti Frutti–A Solo Show by Caroline Wells Chandler @ Mrs. Gallery’, Juxtapoz, May 28 2019 (PDF)
- , ‘Caroline Wells Chandler: Pied Piper of Weirdness’, Two Coats of Paint, May 27 2019 (PDF)
- , ‘How Knitting Became Entwined with Protest Art’, Artsy, August 13 2019 (PDF)
- , ‘Interview: Caroline Wells Chandler's Queertopia’, Juxtapoz, March 27 2018 (PDF)
- ‘Artist of the Week: Caroline Wells Chandler’, LVL3, October 31 2018 (PDF)
- , ‘Meet The 'Nasty Stitches' Making Embroidery And Knitting Political’, Huffington Post, June 21 2017 (PDF)
- , ‘Caroline Wells Chandler: Crotcheting Utopia’, AEQAI, February 10 2017 (PDF)
- , ‘Crocheting a a Queer Vision of Art History’, Hyperallergic, February 24 2016 (PDF)
- , ‘Caroline Wells Chandler and the in-between’, Two Coats of Paint, March 6 2016 (PDF)
- , ‘Q&A with Caroline Wells Chandler’, Maake Magazine, Issue 3, 2016 (PDF)