Our view is outward looking, with an exhibition programme featuring artists from Wales and the rest of the world.
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.
GLAZ Festival: Ada Marino and Kaylee Francis
Ffotogallery are thrilled to announce we will be presenting the work of Ada Marino and Kaylee Francis at GLAZ Festival, Rennes, in France this November.
Siria Ferrer: Pink Portraits 2025
Joining up with our friends at Iris Prize, we’re thrilled to host a drinks reception to celebrate our projects over the last year for a pop-up exhibition of Siria Ferrer’s iconic commission.
Durre Shahwar: One of the Good Ones
In One of the Good Ones, she presents a series of images that respond to Ffotogallery’s archive and reflect on how place, documentation, and symbolism take on different meanings under the threat of erasure and the impact of seeking asylum.
Ffotogallery 1-2-1’s
Ffotogallery 1-2-1’s are informal advice sessions to help emerging artists and photographers outside of full time education with their practice and careers.
Sebastián Bruno: TA-RA
This project explores the place Bruno called home from 2013 to 2022, focusing on the everyday moments and intimate routines of the people of South Wales - details that especially stood out to him as a foreigner.
Ffocws
Launched in 2022, Ffocws is Ffotogallery’s annual development programme for graduates and emerging artists, consisting of mentoring and presentation of work.
Jerwood Photoworks Awards 5
The Jerwood/Photoworks Awards offer the awardees the opportunity to make ambitious new work and significantly develop their practice at a pivotal moment in their career.
Photo Book Fair 2026
Our annual Photo Book Fair is a celebration of the printed medium, and the ways in which artists and photographers communicate through print.
Feminist Library: Nelly Ating
Join us on Wednesday 10th December for our feminist Library session with Nelly Ating
Ffotogallery 1-2-1’s
Ffotogallery 1-2-1’s are informal advice sessions to help emerging artists and photographers outside of full time education with their practice and careers.
Roath Gallery Weekend
The associated galleries of EAST are delighted to announce the next edition of the Roath Gallery Weekend (RGW) - the winter edition.
Ffotogallery will be hosting a late night opening 5pm - 7pm on Friday 28 November with festive drinks and a last chance to see Rhys Slade-Jones: Cwm Here Now as well as our main gallery exhibition, After the End of History: British Working Class Photography 1989-2024.
The RGW, which runs 28 - 30 November, will see a varied, vibrant and seasonal programme - with late night openings and special events scheduled throughout the weekend. The galleries have coordinated events to complement their current exhibition, which range from sculpture, photography, painting and craft. The Friday will also see many venues staying open later than usual, perfect for an evening of gallery-hopping.
The Friday evening sees a a craft sale and warm chai to be had at PAM as well as the launch of Celf Gallery’s Winter exhibition - a mixed show of art of many mediums by the gallery's artists. On the Saturday, there is a day full of events for all ages and whatever your taste - start at PAM with a textile workshop before heading to g39 to join the last 'Neighbourhood Crowd' of the year. Immerse yourself in Ffotogallery’s photography exhibition and then on to meet some of the Albany Gallery artists who are on show as part of its annual Winter exhibition. At TEN, there is an afternoon in the company of the artist John Abell, the painter of their latest exhibition; at Oriel Makers the festive feel continues with the craft of excellent makers on display, and close the day in style at Cardiff M.A.D.E. as they celebrate the launch of their Winter Open exhibition. On Sunday, there will be live jazz music at Celf Gallery, and as the evening draws in, take part in a Christmas wreath making workshop at Cardiff M.A.D.E.
It is a pleasure to announce that the chosen charity of the weekend is the national charity PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide. The funds raised over the course of the weekend will helps PAPYRUS to run a confidential helpline service, HOPELINE247, which offers practical advice and support to young people who are struggling with life and anyone who is concerned about a young person who may be having thoughts of suicide. We look forward to actively supporting a charity with newfound significance to us as a collective of galleries.
This is the fourth collaborative event from the EAST galleries - following the success of the inaugural weekend held in May 2024. What a way to reflect the active, creative and inclusive identity of Roath and what a great excuse to spend a culture-filled weekend!
For the full programme of events follow @__________EAST on Instagram or pop in to any of the 8 participation galleries to pick up a hard-copy programme
Feminist Library: Chrisyl Wong-Hang-Sun
The Feminist Library is a space to listen, learn and discuss ideas.
We would like to thank the Paul Mellon Centre , whose generous funding has enabled us to continue these sessions.
These events are open to the public, free to attend and will be hosted monthly from July 2025 - January 2026
Chrisyl Wong-Hang-Sun is a PhD researcher in Social Anthropology at the University of Edinburgh (UoE), researching coconut plantations in the dependent islands of Mauritius, with support from an AHRC scholarship from the Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities. She is also a fellow of the Stuart Hall Foundation.
Her research interests include plantation labour, human/nonhuman relations, multispecies and poetic research methods, and the ethnography of the Republic of Mauritius and its dependent islands. As a budding writer, Chrisyl's work appears in the edited volume, 'Challenges and Prospects for the Chagos Archipelago’, The Dawntreader, and the Journal of Museum Ethnography.
About the session:
Chrisyl will present a talk on how she has used and will continue to use poetry and poetic research methods to supplement her ethnographic research and writing. Drawing on the work of feminist anthropologist Ruth Behar and Lila Abu-Lughod, intersectional feminist writer and poet Audre Lorde, and historian Saidiya Hartman, Chrisyl will examine knowledge cultivation through the interplay of research, imagination, and emotions. After the talk, Chrisyl will lead a workshop on ethnographic note -taking and sensual and embodied ethnography, encouraging guests to begin creative writing with these approaches.
This event is free to attend, please book here to reserve your place.
Mark Griffiths: Hollow Mountain
Hollow Mountain, by Mark Griffiths follows the lives of several people impacted by the expansion of the Craig Yr Hesg quarry, near the Glyncoch housing estate in Pontypridd.
Ffotogallery 1-2-1’s
Ffotogallery 1-2-1’s are informal advice sessions to help emerging artists and photographers outside of full time education with their practice and careers.
Photo Book Fair
Ffotogallery's photobook fair returns on Saturday 25th October! This year, we are thrilled to announce that Mohamed Hassan will be launching his book, 'Our hidden room'. There will also be a wonderful selection of stallholders present on the day to buy from first hand.
More announcements soon.
Feminist Library: Marianne Mulvey & Grace Gelder
The Feminist Library is back! Supported by the Paul Mellon Centre, this project invites leading academics, writers and artists to explore public understanding of and deeper engagement with photography and its value to society.
Libraries can be intimidating when we don't quite know what we are looking for; Marianne Mulvey and Grace Gelder invite you to cruise Ffotogallery's Feminist Photography Library as a way of finding kinship, community and sustenance for your own work.
Rhys Slade-Jones: Cwm Here Now
Cwm Here Now is a disruption and gathering of fragmented histories, both material and imagined. Rhys invites you to familiar terrains, to question familial bonds and to reframe, and readdress the histories and hypocrisies laid in The Valleys.
Ffotogallery 1-2-1's October // *BOOKING REQUIRED*
Looking for support or advice on your creative practice? Do you have a practical question we might be able to help with? Or do you need a bit of direction on what to do next? Book in a 1-2-1 with the Ffotogallery team.
Feminist Library: Guest speakers - Eleanor Whiteman & Klara Sroka
As a special event in our Feminist Library series, Eleanor Whiteman & Klara Sroka present ‘Know Your Place’.
At the beginning of the 19th century, Cyfarthfa Ironworks, owned by the Crawshay family was the largest in the world, and this year we are celebrating the bicentennial of the Crawshay’s home, Cyfarthfa Castle Museum and Art Gallery. ‘Know Your Place’, is a new art exhibition which has been developed to not only showcase this milestone, but to continue the vital discourse of nurturing contemporary Welsh Portraiture practice.
Ffotogallery 1-2-1's September // *BOOKING REQUIRED*
Looking for support or advice on your creative practice? Do you have a practical question we might be able to help with? Or do you need a bit of direction on what to do next? Book in a 1-2-1 with the Ffotogallery team.
Mark Griffiths: An Incremental Demise
An Incremental Demise examines the choices we face about land use today - presented through personal stories, scientific evidence, and a hopeful protest for our future.
Portraits in Motion: Art & Photography Fashion Show
Curated by Paskaline Jebet, this one-night event brings together photography, fashion, body-painting, and modelling in a dynamic, multidisciplinary response to Aïda Muluneh’s powerful series The Necessity of Seeing.
Feminist Library: Dr Durre Shahwar
The Feminist Library is back! Supported by the Paul Mellon Centre, this project invites leading academics, writers and artists to explore public understanding of and deeper engagement with photography and its value to society.
Dr Durre Shahwar will lead an informal talk and workshop exploring how textual and visual autofictional methods can establish a 'visual language' used to portray counter narratives and storytelling.
SGOR: MOSH
Through movement, sonic layering, and screen-based work, MOSH explores rupture, repetition, and the strange pleasure of disruption and breakdown—both bodily and virtual.
Ffotogallery 1-2-1's August // *BOOKING REQUIRED*
Looking for support or advice on your creative practice? Do you have a practical question we might be able to help with? Or do you need a bit of direction on what to do next? Book in a 1-2-1 with the Ffotogallery team.
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.
How You Dey?
How You Dey : Derived from the Nigerian Pidgin greeting meaning "How are you?". How You Dey is an immersive exhibition based on a series of creative well-being sessions led by artist Abike Ogunlokun, Nelly Ating, Paskaline Maiyo, and therapist Star Moyo for SSAP.
Feminist Library - Guest Speaker : Clare Bottomley
The Feminist Library is back!
Clare Bottomley will facilitate a round table discussion exploring how growing a feminist library is not only about the materials it contains, but also about how we engage with those materials—and with each other—within the space, challenging what is traditionally included or excluded, and asking why.
Ffotogallery 1-2-1's *BOOKING REQUIRED*
Looking for support or advice on your creative practice? Do you have a practical question we might be able to help with? Or do you need a bit of direction on what to do next? Book in a 1-2-1 with the Ffotogallery team.
ESSENCE / SUBSTANCE : A Workshop with Lucy Beckett
SOLD OUT
Join us for a hands-on experimental workshop with Ffocws 2024 artist Lucy Beckett, exploring the technique behind her body of work ESSENCE / SUBSTANCE.
Tea & Cake
Join us on the first Tuesday of every month in our beautiful gallery for a friendly chat over a hot cuppa and some cake. We will be open between 11am-1pm with staff on hand to greet you and tell you more about the exhibitions on show. Admission is free, so bring a friend and join us for this delightful morning of culture, community, and connection.
Ffocws Walk & Talk
Join the artists in this year's Ffocws exhibition for an informal walk and talk through their work at Ffotogallery.
Artist Talk : Holly Davey in conversation with Bronwen Colquhoun and Adam Webster
Join us for an artist talk with Holly Davey whose commissioned artwork, In Plain Sight (Miss Jenkins? - after Richard Wilson), is currently on display in the historic paintings gallery at National Museum Cardiff.
This artwork was commissioned by Ffotogallery as part of the inaugural Ffoto Cymru 2024 : Wales International Festival of Photography.
Ffotogallery 1-2-1s *BOOKING REQUIRED*
Looking for support or advice on your creative practice? Do you have a practical question we might be able to help with? Or do you need a bit of direction on what to do next? Book in a 1-2-1 with the Ffotogallery team.
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. We will be open between 11am-1pm with staff on hand to greet you and tell you more about the exhibitions on show. Admission is free, so bring a friend and join us for this delightful morning of culture, community, and connection.
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.
Roath Gallery Weekend
Late Night Opening & 10% discount in our shop
Roath Gallery Weekend returns from the 9th-11th May, bringing together celebrating the active, creative and inclusive identity of Roath over a culture-filled weekend!
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. We will be open between 11am-1pm with staff on hand to greet you and tell you more about the exhibitions on show. Admission is free, so bring a friend and join us for this delightful morning of culture, community, and connection.