Belfast Exposed

Exhibitions

2nd May - 1st Jun

Can you hear me now?

Can you hear me now?! (2024) is a durational piece based on content shared on the artist’s social media, linked to the resu...

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2nd May - 29th Jun

Inquiry

This exhibition is an ongoing body of work by Chad Alexander. The series was created in Belfast and centres on people, predom...

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Community

25th Sep - 7th Oct

Young People Behind the Lens

Over the summer, a group of young people from Start 360 explored the cityscape of Belfast. They found new ways to see the...

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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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“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.