Belfast Exposed

Exhibitions

5th Oct - 28th Oct

No Surrender: The Protestants

Belfast Exposed is thrilled to be exhibiting No Surrender: The Protestants, a body of archival work by internationally renown...

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5th Oct - 28th Oct

Not Surrendering

Belfast Exposed presents ‘Not Surrendering’ by Mariusz Śmiejek, an exhibition of images taken from Śmiejek’s forthcom...

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Community

21st May - 22nd May

Showing the faces of dementia with Alzheimer’s NI

Ahead of the Alzheimer’s Society Annual Conference 2019 (ASAC19), Belfast Exposed was commissioned by Alzheimer’s NI to w...

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4th May - 20th May

Coronation Generation 2023

Bringing together young people from across communities for Coronation GenerationIn April 2023, Belfast Exposed worked wit...

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“Oh Well, It Was Red Anyway”

Gallery 2

14th Oct 2016 to 3rd Dec 2016

About The Exhibition

Belfast Exposed are pleased to present new work by Ciarán Óg Arnold. Since publishing his critically acclaimed first book I went to the worst of bars hoping to get killed, but all i could do was to get drunk again with MACK, the artist has continued to pursue an interest in the expression of masculinity within the claustrophobia of contemporary small town Ireland.

The Artists

Ciarán Óg Arnold

Artist Biography

Ciarán Óg Arnold (b.1977) completed an MFA in photography at University of Ulster in 2012. He won the prestigious MACK First Book Award in 2015. His book received extensive press including features in The Guardian, The British Journal of Photography and The Royal Photographic Society. Arnold has recently exhibited at Seen 15 Gallery in London as part of Peckham 24, during Photo London. He has also exhibited at the Gallery of Photography, Dublin, and Les Rencontres d’Arles, France.