Photography Exhibitions & EVENTS
Here’s a list of exhibitions and events I’m aware of – in and bordering Wales – or featuring a photographer from Wales.
If you’re aware of any others planned or coming up, please leave a comment or direct the photographer or gallery curator my way via: offline.journal@gmail.com
Exhibitions
REMEMBERING THE COCKLE WOMEN
Various historical exhibits including photographs
and
TWENTIETH CENTURY SWANSEA
George Little and various other photographers
Closes end of March 2025.
Swansea Museum, Swansea SA1 1SN
www.swanseamuseum.co.uk
STREIC! 84-85 STRIKE!
Group exhibition
26 October 2024 - 27 April 2025 (Tickets - Pay what you can)
Museum Cardiff, Cardiff CF10 3NP
www.museum.wales/cardiff
YR EILIAD / THE MOMENT
Aled Rhys Hughes
30 November 2024 - 29 March 2025
Penrallt Gallery Bookshop, Machynlleth SY20 8AJ
www.penralltgallerybookshop.co.uk
THE CREATIVE BODY: Photographs 2014 – 2024
Siân Davey
16 January - 23 March 2025
Martin Parr Foundation, Bristol BS4 3AR
www.martinparrfoundation.org
BELONGERS
Audrey Albert
7 February - 10 May 2025
Ffotogallery, Cardiff CF24 4EH
www.ffotogallery.org
RAVE ON
Featuring photography by Mark McNulty
7 February - 19 March 2025 (atrium space and external walls)
Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool L3 1BP
openeye.org.uk
THE TWMPS THROUGH TWO SEASONS
Arthur Turner and John Briggs
9 February - 9 March 2025 (open Friday-Sunday 1-4pm)
Cwtsh Community & Arts Centre, Newport NP20 4HA
www.cwtsh.org
BLACK COAL IN THE VALLEYS
Roger Tiley
1 March - 12 April 2025
Clwb Ffoto, Newport Arcade, Newport NP20 1GD
@clwb_ffoto on Instagram
TRIUMPH & TRAGEDY: SWANSEA VE 80
Various photographs, oral histories, film and artefacts on VE Day
Opens 11 April 2025.
Swansea Museum, Swansea SA1 1SN
www.swanseamuseum.co.uk
WITNESSING WALES
Mohamed Hassan
22 March - 1 May 2025
Tenby Museum & Art Gallery, Tenby SA70 7BP
tenbymuseum.org.uk
PORT TALBOT UFO INVESTIGATION CLUB
Roo Lewis
29 March - 10 May 2025
Oriel Colwyn, Colwyn Bay LL29 7RU
orielcolwyn.org
Various work
Mohamed Hassan / Group Exhibition
19 April - 14 June 2025
G39 Gallery, Cardiff CF24 3DT
g39.org
FFOCWS
Various
30 May - 12 July 2025 (Opens 6pm 29 May)
Ffotogallery, Cardiff CF24 4EH
www.ffotogallery.org
OUTSIDERS
Marc Davenant
1 June - 31 August 2025
The Workers Gallery, Ynyshir CF39 0EN
www.workersgallery.co.uk
NATIONHOOD - MEMORY AND HOPE
Aïda Muluneh
26 July - 4 September 2025
Ffotogallery, Cardiff CF24 4EH
www.ffotogallery.org
After the End of History : British Working Class Photography 1989 – 2024
Various
3 October - 20 December 2025
Ffotogallery, Cardiff CF24 4EH
www.ffotogallery.org
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EVENTS
TALK PHOTO
Jenny Matthews as guest speaker
7.00pm (doors 6.30pm) Tuesday 18 March 2025
Oriel Colwyn, Colwyn Bay LL29 7RU
orielcolwyn.org/talk-photo
DAVID HURN
In conversation with Glenn Edwards
Newport Festival of Words 2025
1pm - 2.15pm, Saturday 22 March 2025
Newport Museum and Art Gallery, Newport NP20 1PA
www.newportwordfest.co.uk
TALK PHOTO
Nik Roche as guest speaker
7.00pm (doors 6.30pm) Saturday 29 March 2025
Oriel Colwyn, Colwyn Bay LL29 7RU
orielcolwyn.org/talk-photo
SIGNATURES #2
Conversations on Photobooks
12.00 - 4pm, Saturday 10 May 2025
The Turner House, Penarth, Cardiff CF64 3DH
www.turnerhouse.wales
THE NORTHERN EYE INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL 2025
Guest Speaker weekend & exhibitions (Tickets via website)
Saturday 4 - Sunday 5 October 2025
Theatr Colwyn, Colwyn Bay LL29 7RU
www.northerneyefestival.co.uk
BOP25 (BOOKS ON PHOTOGRAPHY 2025)
Photobook Festival
10am - 7pm Saturday 11, and 10am - 4pm Sunday 12 October 2025
Paintworks site, Bristol BS4 3EH
bopbristol.org
THE EYE INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL 2025
Guest Speaker weekend & exhibitions (Tickets via website)
Saturday 18 - Sunday 19 October 2025
Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Aberystwyth SY23 3DE
www.theeyefestival.com