Image: Aïda Muluneh, The Loud Silence (2025) - Courtesy of the artist

Aïda Muluneh : Nationhood - Memory and Hope

Saturday 26 July - Thursday 4 September 2025 (Wednesday - Saturday, 12pm - 5pm)

Preview: Saturday 26 July, times tbc, FREE - all welcome.

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.

Nationhood: Memory and Hope also showcases striking new portraits by seven rising stars in UK photography: Shaun Connell and Roz Doherty from Bradford; Chad Alexander from Belfast; Robin Chaddah-Duke and Grace Springer from Cardiff; and Miriam Ali and Haneen Hadiy from Glasgow. Nationhood: Memory and Hope opens at Impressions Gallery in January to celebrate the opening week of Bradford 2025 before travelling to Belfast Exposed, Ffotogallery and Street Level Photoworks in Glasgow – making this the first ever UK City of Culture project to take place in all four nations of the UK.

More information and exhibition updates coming soon.