Chad Alexander

About
Chad Alexander (b.1990) is an artist based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. His practice is characterized by his home and his work explores the conjunctions and frictions between
place and identity, with a focus on conflict and the everyday. His work has been exhibited
at the Victoria Gallery & Museum, Liverpool, featured in the British Journal of Photography
and is held in the collection of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. Commissioned client
list includes The Guardian, Comic Relief and Art Collector.


Selected Exhibitions
2023 Buttermilk, Vault Project Space, Belfast
2023 Sun Slips Through, NIMHAF, 2 Royal Avenue, Belfast
2023 Street View, Belfast Exposed, 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 (First Class) Hons Photography, Belfast School of Art

Public Collections
Arts Council of Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland Assembly

Teaching
Casual Lecturer, Belfast School of Art

Residencies / Awards / Events
2023 Arts Council NI National Lottery Grant
2023 NIMHAF Artist Residency, 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 Grant
2018 Artist in Residence, Belfast School of Art, Belfast
2016 DeFence Residency, Royal Academy of Art, Antwerp

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