WELLS CHANDLER (American, b. 1985) lives and works in Bronx, NY. He received his MFA from Yale University in 2011 where he was awarded the Ralph Mayer Prize for proficiency in materials and techniques.  Chandler was a 2015 Queer Art Mentorship fellow paired with the inimitable Angela Dufresne. From 2016-17 he was a recipient of the Sharpe Walentas Studio Program. His work has been written about by Roxane Gay, Art Forum, The New York Times, The New Yorker, Hyperallergic, The Huffington Post, TimeOut, Modern Painters, Maake Magazine, Two Coats of Paint and AEQAI. Chandler is a curator and was a Soloway gallery member from 2021-2024.  Chandler regularly contributes art reviews, poetry, and essays to The Electric Pencil, an alternative art journal founded by The Wood Ox Mystery School. He was appointed the Spring 2023 Teiger Mentor of the Arts at Cornell and taught primarily at public institutions for over a decade. Chandler’s next solo show will be in September 2027 with Galerie Eric Mouchet (Paris, France) marking his third solo exhibition with the gallery in Paris. Chandler is represented by ANDREW RAFACZ (Chicago, IL) and Galerie Eric Mouchet (Paris, FR) + (Brussels, BE).