Chad Alexander

About
Chad Alexander is an artist and photographer based in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
His work is characterized by his home and explores the conjunctions and friction
between place and identity. He is available for portrait, editorial and cultural
commissions.


Selected Exhibitions
2024 Inquiry, Belfast Exposed Gallery, Belfast (forthcoming)
2023 Buttermilk, Vault Project Space, Belfast
2023 Sun Slips Through, 2 Royal Avenue, Belfast
2023 Street View, Belfast Exposed Gallery, Belfast
2022 Opening The Gates, PhotoIreland Festival, Dublin Castle, Dublin
2021 Current, The Black Box, 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, Ulster University, Belfast Photo Festival, Belfast

Education
2017 BA Hons Photography, Belfast School of Art

Public Collections
Arts Council of Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland Assembly

Residencies / Awards / Events
2024 Artist Residency, NIMHAF, Phnom Penh, Cambodia (forthcoming)
2024 House Collective, Cow House Studios, Wexford, Ireland (forthcoming)
2024 Arts Council of Northern Ireland National Lottery Art Award
2023 Artist Residency, NIMHAF, Beirut, Lebanon
2023 Artist Talk, Belfast Exposed Gallery, Belfast
2022 Panel Chairperson, Think Tank Photography: An Empathetic Gesture, PhotoIreland, Dublin
2020 Freelands Foundation Emergency Fund Award
2018 Artist Residency, Belfast School of Art, Belfast
2016 Artist Residency, DeFence, Royal Academy of Art, Antwerp, Belgium

Features / Interviews
2023 Materialising the Abstract, Essay by Kandace Siobhan Walker, Irish Photo Network
2020 ‘Son’ short film commissioned and broadcasted by The BBC
2018 University of Liverpool, Interview by Dr Lauren Arrington
2018 Nava Collection / Selected by Jacqueline Bates
2018 Junior Press Magazine Feature
2017 British Journal of Photography / Interview Article by Sophie Wright
2017 Source Magazine / Graduate Selection by Ivy Lahon
2015 Family Project. Life Syracuse University