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CLARE GALLAGHER IN CONVERSATION WITH MIRJAMI SCHUPPERT Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast
VERGES Exhibition at Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast

Verges will be exhibited for the first time at the Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast, open 3rd May-5th July 2018. This will also mark the launch of a publication of the series by TLP Editions/PhotoIreland Foundation. All welcome to the exhibition opening and drinks on Thursday 3rd May 6-9pm.
PHOTOGRAPHING THE HOME Workshop, Nordic Light, Kristiansund, Norway

Clare will lead a workshop for emerging photographers at Nordic Light Festival in Kristiansund, Norway. Taking place during the festival week 23rd-29th April 2018, the photographers were selected from the Nordic countries of Finland, Iceland, Sweden, Denmark and Norway. The workshop is supported by the Nordic Collaboration and will culminate in an exhibition at Nykyaika Photographic Centre, Finland.
CELEBRATING TEN YEARS OF PHOTOGRAPHY AT BELFAST SCHOOL OF ART, Belfast Exposed Gallery
Beyond View brings together twenty-six photographers, staff, students and graduates, to mark the ten-year anniversary of the Photography Department at Ulster University’s Belfast School of Art. The exhibition opens Thursday 8th March 6-9pm and is open until 21st April 2018.
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2nd NINGBO INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY WEEK, CHINA
VISUALISING THE HOME CONFERENCE Keynote Speaker
Clare will be a keynote speaker at the Visualising the Home conference at the University of Cumbria, taking place 13-14th July 2017.
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LANDSKRONA FOTO FESTIVAL, SWEDEN
New work in the upcoming Foto Festival 2017 in Landskrona, Sweden.
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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF PHOTOGRAPHY & THEORY, CYPRUS Speaker
The International Conference of Photography and Theory 2016 will be held in Nicosia, Cyprus, on the theme of Photography and the Everyday, 1st-4th December. Speakers include John Stezaker, Martha Langford, Brigitte Lardinois, Niclas Östlind and Nicky Bird. Clare will present The Elephant in the Room: Using Photography to Research the Domestic Everyday, an account of her fieldwork looking at the second shift.
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KAYLYNN DEVENEY & CLARE GALLAGHER IN CONVERSATION
Clare will join photographer and colleague KayLynn Deveney for a conversation and Q&A to mark the launch of KayLynn's new photobook All You Can Lose is Your Heart. Taking place at Belfast Exposed Gallery on Thursday 10th December 2015 6.30-8pm, the event is free and open to the public.
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BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY Article

The British Journal of Photography has included a piece written by Clare on the work of a Finnish duo, photographers Satu Haavisto and Aino Kannisto. Their work questions the representation of women and home through meticulously staged scenarios. On show at the Red Barn Gallery, Belfast 4th-28th June as part of Belfast Photo Festival 2015.
REMOTE PHOTO FESTIVAL, CO. DONEGAL Talk and Exhibition

The Feminist Lens - Clare, Emma Campbell and Laura O'Connor - will be at the first Remote Photo Festival in Letterkenny, Co. Donegal to talk about their research and art practice. The work will also be on show during the festival. From 3pm, Friday 8th May 2014, at the Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny.
BELFAST EXPOSED GALLERY Lunchtime Talk - The Feminist Lens

Clare Gallagher and fellow researchers from the Belfast School of Art, Emma Campbell and Laura O'Connor, will be giving at talk at 2pm on Friday 13th March 2014 at Belfast Exposed Gallery. All three examine different aspects of women's experience through lens-based art practice. Free event, all welcome.
12TH ALEPPO INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL, SYRIA

The indefatigable curator Issa Touma managed against all odds to hold the 12th Aleppo International Photography Festival in Syria this January 2014. With date and location kept secret to deter bombing, and despite having no materials or money and frequent power cuts, the festival went ahead with a projection show - Clare was honoured to be among the artists shown. Well done Issa!
BACKLIGHT PHOTO FESTIVAL, TAMPERE

September will be busy - Clare is heading to Finland for Backlight Photo Festival 2014. She will be reviewing portfolios, speaking at a seminar at the University of Tampere and curating an exhibition of new photographic work from the Belfast School of Art, University of Ulster. The exhibition opens on Friday 12th September at Gallery Mältinranta and closes on 30th September. [Image from Christine Redmond's series Sea Change]
CIRCULATION(S), PARIS Festival

Domestic Drift goes to Paris... Clare was nominated by Backlight Photo Festival, Finland to represent them at Circulation(s) Projection exhibition in Paris in February and March 2014. The work will also be shown in the Métro at Europe station, 7th-21st February.
BELFAST EXPOSED Photo Book Exhibition

Two book dummies of Domestic Drift are included in a new exhibition around the photo book at Belfast Exposed. The exhibition accompanies a series of events, including talks with Adam from Preston is my Paris and bookmaking workshops with Jan and Lewis, the University of Ulster's artists-in-residence. Open Tues-Sat, 11am-5pm, 4th-14th February.
GALERIA H20, BARCELONA Solo Exhibition

Clare is very happy to announce her solo exhibition of Domestic Drift (Deriva Doméstica) at the beautiful Galería H20 in Barcelona this summer, from 4th-31st July 2013 (catalogue). The opening is Thursday 4th July 8-10pm, all welcome. Domestic Drift is also a participating exhibition in Circuit 2013 Fotografia Documental Barcelona. A short piece by Barcelona Televisió can be viewed here.
BACKLIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL, FINLAND Artist-in-Residence

Backlight Photography Festival has invited Clare to spend August 2013 in Finland as artist-in-residence.
SCAN TARRAGONA Photo Festival

Domestic Drift will be exhibited at the SCAN Tarragona 2012 international photography festival in Catalonia, Spain. Opening on 25th October at the stunning Tabacalera, it will continue till the 24th December.
EUROPEAN MONTH OF PHOTOGRAPHY Irish Embassy, Berlin

Clare will be exhibiting at the Irish Embassy in Berlin as part of European Month of Photography in a showcase of Irish photography, on 24th October -2nd November.
MAGENTA FLASH FORWARD Emerging Photographers

Clare is thrilled to be selected as one of the Magenta Foundation's Flash Forward Emerging Photographers of 2012. Her work will be exhibited at the Flash Forward 2012 festival in Toronto, opening on the 14th November at Regent Park Arts and Cultural Centre.
POST SCRIPT Cork

Clare's work will be part of curator Peggy Sue Amison's group show in Cork city, Ireland, alongside work by Philip Toledano, Roger Ballen and Kai Olaf Hesse. It opens at the Camden Palace Hotel on Friday 19th October at 8pm and continues till 30th November.
SAMMLUNG SCHÜRMANN BERLIN

A print from Domestic Drift is now part of the Schürmann Collection in Germany.
ACTUAL COLORS MAY VARY Feature

Julia Schiller & Oliver Schneider feature Domestic Drift on online magazine Actual Colors May Vary.
THE GUARDIAN Interview

SAATCHI & GOOGLE PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE

Clare has been invited onto the panel of judges for the 2012 Google Photography Prize at the Saatchi Gallery.
DENMARK Feature

The Danish newspaper Information features Domestic Drift on its photoblog.
PLAT(T)FORM 2012 Fotomuseum Winterthur

Clare has been invited to participate in Plat(t)form 2012 at Fotomuseum Winterthur in Switzerland this January, with Susan Meiselas, Urs Stahel and Thomas Seelig.
OH COMELY Interview

Oh Comely magazine interviewed Clare about her new work Verges for their blog.
PRISM Magazine Feature

Domestic Drift features in Prism magazine issue 03, along with Alec Soth, Yoshi Kametani and David Patrick Welch.
PHOTOPARLEY Interview

FAMILIAR SPACES Burren College of Art Gallery, Ireland

Domestic Drift is part of a group show at the gallery of Burren College of Art, Ireland, alongside work by Miriam O'Connor, Laura Curran, Robert Ellis, Christine Redmond and Tim Doak. The exhibition runs 15th October-25th November.
DELHI PHOTO FESTIVAL, India

Domestic Drift will be exhibited in the outdoor spaces of the India Habitat Centre throughout Delhi Photo Festival, 15th-28th October. Clare is very happy to be representing Irish photography at India's first international photo festival.
ART BELOW London Underground

Art Below are turning Clare's work into a billboard poster for Regent's Park tube station. You can see it there from 10th - 31st October.
SAATCHI GALLERY & CHANNEL 4: NEW SENSATIONS, London

Clare is delighted to be a shortlisted artist for the Saatchi Gallery & Channel 4's New Sensations 2011. The exhibition will take place at Victoria House, Bloomsbury, London WC1, 11th-17th October, 11am - 6.30pm, with late opening until 9pm on Saturday 15th October.
POSI+TIVE Magazine

Italian magazine POSI+TIVE features Clare's work in October.
LENSCRATCH Feature

Aline Smithson features Clare's project Domestic Drift on her influential blog, LENSCRATCH.
APERTURE FOUNDATION New York

Clare is thrilled to be part of Aperture Foundation's What Matters Now? exhibition in New York. Curated by Joel Meyerowitz, Fred Ritchin and four others, the exhibition and accompanying events ask questions about the role of images. The exhibition is open 7th-17th September.
PERSPECTIVES MAGAZINE Interview

Perspectives Magazine interviewed Clare about photographing the everyday, combining teaching and working on her own projects, and her new work on weeds.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON Collection

This print from Domestic Drift is now in the permanent collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
OH COMELY Magazine

Clare's photographs provide the inspiration for four writers' stories about home in issue 7 of Oh Comely magazine.
ARTS COUNCIL OF NORTHERN IRELAND Award

The Arts Council of Northern Ireland has generously awarded Clare funding to pursue her project on weeds. New work to come soon!
HOTSHOE GALLERY, London

Hotshoe Gallery and Architecture for Humanity will be auctioning one of Clare's photographs as well as prints by photographers including Tom Hunter, Brian Griffin, Sunil Gupta and Bruno Quinquet to help aid post-tsunami reconstruction in Japan. The exhibition opens 2nd August at Hotshoe Gallery.
GIFT OF GIFT OF, Houston

Clare will be exhibiting at the Gift of Gift of show at Spacetaker in Houston, Texas on 20th August.
BELFAST PHOTO FESTIVAL

Clare's work will be on show at Fresh Claim Photography, 48 King Street, as part of Belfast Photo Festival 4th-14th August. The exhibition will open 5-7pm with drinks and a short talk by Paul Seawright.
SOURCE Photographic Review

Clare's photographs from the series Domestic Drift are featured in the Spring 2011 issue of SOURCE, accompanied by an essay by Leontia Flynn.
PHOTOIRELAND FESTIVAL, Dublin

Donovan Wylie will be opening the exhibition Close To Home, an exhibition of photographs by Clare Gallagher, Christine Redmond, Laura Curran, Robert Ellis and other graduates of the MFA Photography, Belfast. Part of PhotoIreland Festival in Dublin, the show will open at South Studio, Dublin on Friday 1st July at 6pm and continue till 6pm Thursday 7th.