Chad Alexander

Chad Alexander is an artist born and based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. His practice is characterized by his home and his work revolves around class, conflict and the everyday. He is a part time lecturer in Photography and also works as an editorial photographer.

Education: 2017 BA (First Class) Hons Photography, Belfast School of Art.

Exhibitions: 2022 Opening The Gates, PhotoIreland Festival, Dublin. 2021 Hijack, Crack Bellmer, Berlin. 2021 Current, The Black Box, Belfast. 2021 NI Mental Health Arts Festival, Belfast. 2019 Agreement: The People’s Process, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast. 2019 Royal Ulster Academy, Ulster Museum, Belfast. 2019 Gathering, Pollen Gallery, Belfast. 2018 Invitation to Observe, Victoria Gallery & Museum, Liverpool. 2018 Take Me Somewhere Nice, Goose Lane Gallery, Belfast. 2018 Artists in Residence Showcase, Ulster University, Belfast. 2017 Junior Press, The Library Project, Dublin. 2017 Life’s Single Lesson, Imagine: Politics & Ideas Festival, Belfast. 2017 New Talent, Belfast Photo Festival, Belfast. 2016 Defence Residency, Royal Academy of Art, Antwerp. 2015 Open call, Belfast Photo Fringe Festival, Belfast. 2014 Royal Ulster Academy, Ulster Museum, Belfast.

Project Title: Entries

Around the edges of the city there are spaces one may not wish to pass through. Belfast's architecture of confinement generates a sense of foreboding and a psyche that is in itself inescapable. In these passageways and dead-ends terrible events have taken place. A peaceful agreement has arrived but the inherency of violence and repression endures. Areas that had been hit hardest have stagnated with lack of investment or interest, and now exist in the shadows. Scars remain, with new ones being made, inside and out.

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