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Chad Alexander is a photographer from Northern Ireland. His practice is rooted in close observation of everyday life, exploring how conflict and class shape identity and place.
He has been commissioned by Open Eye Gallery and Future Arts Centres (2026), Belfast Photo Festival (2025) and Impressions Gallery (2025) to develop bodies of work that have since been widely exhibited across the UK and Ireland. Shortlisted for the Taylor Wessing Irish Photo Prize (2026), his work is also held in the collection of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.
Solo Exhibitions
2026 Dungannon Tropicana, The Metropolitan Arts Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2024 Belfast Photo Festival, Belfast Exposed Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Selected Exhibitions
2026 The Stoop, Naughton Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2026 Our Freedom: Then and Now, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, UK
2026 The Eras Edition, Peckham 24, Copeland Gallery, London, UK
2026 Taylor Wessing Irish Photo Prize, Photo Museum Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
2026 In Their Own Image, Belfast Exposed, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2026 Our Freedom: Then and Now, South Bank Centre, London, UK
2026 Experimental Film & Video, Czong, Institute for Contemporary Art, South Korea
2025 Line of Sight, Africa Foto Fair, La Maison de l'Art, Grand-Bassam, Côte d'Ivoire
2025 The Print Room, Galerie Studer, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
2025 Nationhood: Memory & Hope, Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow, UK
2025 Nationhood: Memory & Hope, Ffotogallery, Cardiff, UK
2025 Nationhood: Memory & Hope, Belfast Exposed, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2025 Bog Story, Belfast Photo Festival, Botanic Gardens, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2025 Nationhood: Memory & Hope, Impressions Gallery, Bradford, UK
2022 Opening The Gates, PhotoIreland Festival, Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland
2019 Agreement: The People’s Process, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2019 Royal Ulster Academy, Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2018 Invitation to Observe, Victoria Gallery & Museum, Liverpool, UK
2018 Artist in Residence Showcase, Ulster University, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2017 Junior Press, The Library Project, Dublin, Ireland
2017 Life’s Single Lesson, Imagine: Politics & Ideas Festival, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Public Collections
Arts Council of Northern Ireland
Photo Museum Ireland
Education
2017 BA First Class Hons Photography, Belfast School of Art, Northern Ireland