Contact
chadalexander.info@gmail.com
Chad Alexander is an artist from Northern Ireland. His work explores the impact of conflict and class on people, communities, and architecture. Rooted in close observation of everyday life, he is interested in the interplay between place and identity. Alongside his photographic practice, he creates experimental films and occasionally works on editorial commissions.
Selected Exhibitions
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 / 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
2020 ‘Son’, short film commissioned and broadcasted The BBC, UK
2018 Artist Residency & Studio Award, Ulster University, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Clients
Art Collector , BBC, Comic Relief, Financial Times, Guardian, Libération.
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
Selected Collections
Arts Council of Northern Ireland
Photo Museum Ireland
Features / Interviews / Artist Talks
2026 Artist Talk In Conversation with Lillian Wilkie,, Peckham 24 & Photoworks UK, London
2025 Artist Talk, Climate - Through The Lens, Brink! Festival, Belfast
2025 Publication Feature, Rotten Books, Fantasy Island - 50 Years of Irish Photography
2025 Artist Tour, Botanic Gardens, Belfast Photo Festival, Belfast
2025 Artist Talk, Island Photographers, United Arts Club, Dublin
2025 Group Artist Talk, with Curator Anne McNeil, Impressions Gallery, Bradford
2023 Materialising the Abstract, Essay by Kandace Siobhan Walker, Irish Photo Network
2023 Artist Talk, Belfast Exposed Gallery, Belfast
2022 Panel Chairperson, Think Tank Photography: An Empathetic Gesture, PhotoIreland
2018 Interview Feature, University of Liverpool, Interview by Dr Lauren Arrington
2017 British Journal of Photography, Interview Article by Sophie Wright