Our view is outward looking, with an exhibition programme featuring artists from Wales and the rest of the world.
Holly Davey: In Plain Sight (Miss Jenkins? - after Richard Wilson)
In the artist's research responding to the title of the 2024 Ffoto Cymru Festival ‘What You See Is What You Get’, the painting by Richard Wilson has become a metaphor for the question: Do we really get what we see? and how does an image speak to the truth?
Audrey Albert: Belongers
An IWM 14-18 NOW Legacy Fund commission in partnership with Ffotogallery.
Sunprinting : Traces of Heritage - Cyanotype workshops with Audrey Albert
Join us with artist Audrey Albert for Sunprinting : Traces of Heritage, a hands-on cyanotype workshop inspired by the themes of identity, heritage, and home. Taking place alongside the powerful exhibition Belongers, this creative session offers an opportunity to explore personal and cultural connections through the unique art of sunprinting.
Belongers : Chagossian Identity Explored – Artists in Conversation
Join us on for an inspiring afternoon of dialogue with the artist and contributors behind Belongers : Chagossian Identity Explored. Audrey Albert, Chrisyl Wong-Hang-Sun, Ellianne Baptiste, and Charlie Bird come together to discuss the themes and stories that shape this powerful exhibition.
Ffocws
Ffocws is part of Ffotogallery’s mission to support early-career visual artists in Wales, for those who have been through formal education, and those who have had other paths into photography.
Aïda Muluneh : Nationhood - Memory and Hope
The centrepiece of Nationhood: Memory and Hope is The Necessity of Seeing - A major new collection of constructed images by Ethiopian photographer Aïda Muluneh. Shot through her surrealist lens at iconic locations in Bradford, Belfast, Cardiff and Glasgow, Muluneh’s new work reveals the overlooked stories, forgotten histories and quiet moments that shape who we are.
After the End of History : British Working Class Photography 1989 – 2024
This Hayward Gallery touring exhibition, curated by Johny Pitts, emphasises the perspectives of practitioners who turn their gaze towards both their communities and outwards to the wider world, celebrating contemporary working class life, championing its diversity and beauty, whilst challenging perceptions of it.
Creative Clear Out
We’ve been having a clear out! Many frames available - some in their original packaging. Pay What You Can - Suggested donation of £1 per frame.
Tea & Cake Tuesday
Join us on the first Tuesday of every month in our beautiful gallery for a friendly chat over a hot cuppa and some cake.
Tea & Cake Tuesday: Belongers: First Look
Join us for a special Tea & Cake Tuesday at Ffotogallery, where we’ll explore Belongers, from photographer Audrey Albert.
Festive Evening at Ffotogallery
As Marian Delyth's exhibition Darnau | Fragments comes to a close and the gallery wraps up for 2024, we would be delighted to for you all to join us in celebrating the past year at Ffotogallery.
Marian Delyth Walk & Talk
We warmly invite you to join us on Saturday 23 November for a walk and talk around our current exhibition Darnau | Fragments with photographer Marian Delyth.
Feminist Library: Dr Natasha Hirst
Dr Natasha Hirst will lead a discussion on disability representation in photography and how images shape narratives about minoritised communities.
Feminist Library: Dr Alix Beeston
Featuring an informal talk and a creative writing workshop, this session will give participants an opportunity to explore and practise feminist ways of seeing, thinking, and writing about photographs.
Feminist Library: Foto Féminas
Foto Féminas artists Luiza Konz, Julieta Anaut and Lorena Marchetti will be discussing their practice and their experience in the Foto Féminas collective.
Darnau | Fragments
Darnau | Fragments is a major solo survey exhibition of the work of Marian Delyth, celebrating the launch of the 2024 Ffoto Cymru festival this October.
FFOTO CYMRU 24
The first Ffoto Cymru: Wales International Festival of Photography opens in venues across Wales in October 2024.
Sustainable Vision: Arts & Culture Confronting Climate Change
This is a pivotal moment for our sector to come together, share ideas, and forge partnerships that will shape a sustainable future for Wales.
Panel Discussion: Art as Activism in a Climate Emergency
In what is bound to be a fascinating evening, our panellists will be discussing how art practice can be employed as an effective agent for activism to address the current climate emergency.
The World Without Us
The World Without Us brings together a group of artists inspiring us to look more closely at our relationship with the natural environment and the climate crisis gripping our planet.
Alteration
Presented here are ongoing personal investigations by Nelly Ating, Ariella Aïsha Azoulay, Audrey Albert and Ffion Denman that consider the role galleries and institutions can play in the public dialogue and interpretation of history.
Unmasking the Past: Artists in Conversation
In conjunction with the exhibition Alteration, this symposium Unmasking the Past provides an extended analysis of the archival activation each artist employed in the production of their work by examining the themes of colonialism, identity, citizenship, and non-citizenship in contemporary times.
January Pick Me Up Photo Essay Project
January can be a long, dark month after the highs of the holidays so we’d like to invite you all to join in on a project designed to help improve our wellbeing and lift our spirits!
Ffocws Online Artist Talk #03
We warmly invite you to join us for a series of online talks with the ten artists selected for Ffocws 2023. For this final artist talk we will be joined by Jean Chan, Katie Nia, Mareah Ali and Shaun Lowde.
Ffocws Online Artist Talk #02
We warmly invite you to join us for a series of online talks with the ten artists selected for Ffocws 2023. For this second artist talk we will be joined by Robin Chaddah-Duke, Shannon Maggie and Viv Collis.
Ffocws Online Artist Talk #01
We warmly invite you to join us for a series of online talks with the ten artists selected for Ffocws 2023. For this first artist talk we will be joined by Alice Forde, Emma Spreadborough and Megan Morgan.
Ffocws 2023
Ffocws is part of Ffotogallery’s mission to support emerging and early career artists in Wales who challenge the process, medium and application of photography.
Pink Portraits Revisited
Dylan Lewis Thomas photographed the next generation of LGBTQ+ professionals working behind the camera in this series after being selected via an open call hosted collaboratively by Ffotogallery and Iris at the end of last year.
Photo Book Fair
Ffotogallery's bi-annual Photo Book Fair is taking place on Saturday 21 October!
Feeling at Home
Feeling at Home: photos by people with learning disabilities sharing their experiences of living in group homes.
L'homme en objet et en animal / Nimissa
This exhibition, a collaboration between Elysium and Ffotogallery, showcases recent work by Fatoumata Diabaté, a Malian photographer from Bamako.
Panel Discussion: Barriers Facing Young Disabled Artists
Join us on Thursday 7 September for a discussion about the barriers facing young disabled artists. BSL interpretation is provided for this event.
Life Drawing Session with Jack Moyse
The session is suitable for all ages and abilities, whether you want to try something new or are looking for an excuse to practise your drawing skills.
Open Install Day - You and I
For the first time at Ffotogallery, members of the public are invited to visit the gallery while the exhibition is being installed.
You and I
Swansea-based photographer and artist Jack Moyse was invited to rethink the entire gallery space - both physically and metaphorically - after winning the Interventions: Gallery Reset open call in partnership with Disability Arts Cymru.
Chris Fairweather Talk
On Thursday 13 July from 6.30pm we are pleased to host a second artist talk in conjunction with the Assignments 23 exhibition.
Our Lens, Our Story
In June 2023, a group of refugees and asylum seekers who attend Oasis Cardiff came together to participate in three photography workshops: creating photograms and cyanotypes, a documentary photography focussed photo walk and a portrait studio workshop.