Ffotogallery

Ffotogallery is the national development agency for photography in Wales.[1] It was established in 1978 and since June 2019 has been based in Cathays, Cardiff. It also commissions touring exhibitions nationally and internationally. Its current director is David Drake. From 2003 to 2019 Ffotogallery was based in Turner House Gallery in Penarth.

Ffotogallery
Formation1978
Legal statusCharity
PurposeNational development agency for photography in Wales
Location
  • The Old Sunday School, Fanny Street, Cathays, Cardiff, Wales CF24 4EH
Region
Wales
Official language
Welsh and English
Websitewww.ffotogallery.org

Background
Turner House Gallery in Penarth, Ffotogallery's home from 2003 to 2009.

Ffotogallery is a national organisation and has an exhibition programme featuring artists from Wales and the rest of the world. It features touring exhibitions, collaborations with other organisations and galleries, print and online publishing and an education and outreach programme. Ffotogallery also works with film and video, digital media and installation.

In 2003 it acquired Turner House Gallery in Penarth, near Cardiff, from the National Museum of Wales and used it for photography-based exhibitions.[2] In June 2019 it moved from Turner House to Cathays, Cardiff.[3]

Ffotogallery receives regular funding from the Arts Council of Wales, for example receiving £198,688 in 2015/16 and a similar amount in 2016/2017.[4]

Diffusion: Cardiff International Festival of Photography

Ffotogallery organises Diffusion: Cardiff International Festival of Photography.[5] The biannual festival was held in 2013,[6] focusing on Europe, in 2015 when the title was "Looking for America" and in 2017 when under the theme 'Revolution.' The fourth instalment took place in April 2019 with the theme Sound + Vision, exploring the relationship between sound, photography and lens-based media. [7]

Commissions

Major Ffotogallery commissions made in and about Wales over the last three decades include The Valleys Project, A470 and Barrage. These have featured alongside important new work made in single artist projects such as Keith Arnatt, Josef Koudelka, Peter Finnemore, Willie Doherty, Peter Fraser, Wendy McMurdo, John Davies, Catherine Yass and Bedwyr Williams. Many works commissioned by Ffotogallery are now held in national collections in Wales, or have been acquired for British Council and Arts Council collections.

Exhibitions

Some of the exhibitions Ffotogallery has hosted at Turner House include:[8]

  • January–February 2004: Urban Dreams, John Davies[9]
  • January–February 2008: Niagara, Alec Soth[10]
  • August–October 2009: Cockroach Diary and Other Stories, Anna Fox[11]
  • March–April 2010: Lost for Words, Peter Fraser[12]
  • June–August 2010: Villes/Cities, Raymond Depardon[13]
  • January–February 2012: Works ion Memory, Daniel Blaufuks[14]
  • July–September 2013: Early Photographic Works, Daniel Meadows[15]
  • November 2013–January 2014: Stasis, Trine Søndergaard[16]
  • March–May 2014: “Day Dreaming About The Good Times?”, Paul Reas[17]
  • February–March 2014 We make the path by walking Paul Gaffney and Clear of People Michal Iwanowski. [18]
  • July–August 2014 The Black Hole & Hiraeth. Janire Nájera and Gareth Phillips.[19] [20]
  • March–April 2017: Kanu's Gandhi[21]
  • June 2017: A Million Mutinies Later, Various
  • July-August 2017: The Queen, The Chairman and I[22]
  • October–December 2017: Land/Sea, Mike Perry[23]
  • January 2018: Still Lives: Consumed, Dawn Woolley[24]

References
  1. "organisation". Ffotogallery. Retrieved 2012-01-08.
  2. "No Paintings On Show At Penarth's Only Remaining Art Gallery". Penarth Daily News. 2 March 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  3. "Visit". Ffotogallery. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
  4. Cathy Owen (24 February 2016). "Which arts organisations are in the money following the latest Investment Review?". Wales Online. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  5. Sritharan, Brennavan (8 October 2015). "Looking for America – Diffusion: Cardiff International Festival of Photography returns". British Journal of Photography. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  6. "Diffusion". Diffusion: Cardiff International Festival of Photography. Ffotogallery. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  7. Heywood, Nicola. "Diffusion Photography Festival". BBC Radio Wales. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
  8. "exhibitions archive". Ffotogallery. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  9. "John Davies – Urban Dreams". Ffotogallery. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  10. "Alec Soth – Niagara". Ffotogallery. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  11. "Anna Fox – Cockroach Diary and Other Stories". Ffotogallery. Archived from the original on 24 April 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  12. "Peter Fraser – Lost For Words". Ffotogallery. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  13. "Raymond Depardon – Villes/Cities". Ffotogallery. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  14. "Daniel Blaufuks: Works on Memory". Ffotogallery. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  15. "Daniel Meadows: Early Photographic Works". Ffotogallery. Archived from the original on 24 April 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  16. "Trine Sondergaard, Stasis". Ffotogallery. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  17. "Paul Reas – "Day Dreaming About The Good Times?"". Ffotogallery. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  18. "Paul Gaffney and Michal Iwanowski, Ffotogallery, Cardiff". Aesthetica. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  19. Eicker, Eva. "Janire Najera: The Black Hole". Photomonitor. Retrieved 2014-11-01.
  20. McNay, Anna. "Gareth Phillips: Search for 'Hiraeth'". Photomonitor. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
  21. "Kanu's Gandhi | Ffotogallery". www.ffotogallery.org. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
  22. "Kurt Tong - The Queen, The Chairman and I | Ffotogallery". www.ffotogallery.org. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  23. Design, Dominique for Lorenz. "MIKE PERRY PHOTOGRAPHER - CONTEMPORARY UK PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTIST". www.m-perry.com. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
  24. "HOME". www.dawnwoolley.com. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
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