Contact
chadalexander.info@gmail.com
Chad Alexander is an artist from Northern Ireland. His work explores how conflict and class shape people, and the landscapes they inhabit. Grounded in close observation of everyday life, he is interested in the the relationship between place and identity. He has been commissioned by Open Eye Gallery/Future Arts Centres, Belfast Photo Festival, Belfast Exposed Gallery, and Impressions Gallery/Bradford City of Culture to develop new work, which has been widely exhibited across the UK and 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 Dungannon Tropicana, The Metropolitan Arts Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland
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, An Creagán Centre, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland
2025 Bog Story, Belfast Photo Festival, Botanic Gardens, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2025 Nationhood: Memory & Hope, Impressions Gallery, Bradford, UK
2024 Belfast Photo Festival, Belfast Exposed Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland
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
Selected Awards & Artist Commissions
2026 Taylor Wessing Irish Photo Prize, Shortlisted selection, Photo Museum Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
2025 International Development Award, Arts Council of Northern Ireland
2025 Our Freedom: Then and Now, Future Arts Centres / Open Eye Gallery, UK
2025 National Lottery Heritage Fund, Belfast Photo Festival, Northern Ireland
2025 Impressions Gallery & Bradford City of Culture, UK
2024 Artist Award, National Lottery, Arts Council of Northern Ireland
Public Collections
Arts Council of Northern Ireland
Photo Museum Ireland
Education
2018 Associate Fellowship, Higher Education Authority
2017 BA First Class Hons Photography, Belfast School of Art
2017 Diploma, International Academic Studies, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
Clients
Art Collector , BBC, Comic Relief, Financial Times, Guardian, Libération.