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Roo Lewis
Over a period of two years Roo Lewis photographed the Welsh town of Port Talbot which, according ...
29th March, 2025 - 10th May, 2025
Rolf Kraehenbuehl
How does the environment we shape mirror and affect us? How do we see, feel, and show places? How...
17th May, 2025 - 28th June, 2025
Various
(Between Then and Now – For Dan) Each year, Oriel Colwyn takes the opportunity to support and sh...
13th February, 2025 - 15th March, 2025
Terry Jones
And now for something completely different… A new exhibition of never seen before ‘gems’ from the...
10th December, 2024 - 1st February, 2025
Stephen Clarke
New York is one of the most important cities in the world. Sometimes mistakenly thought of as the...
20th September, 2024 - 5th November, 2024
The RPS Documentary Photography Award is an international event attracting exceptional documentar...
3rd August, 2024 - 30th August, 2024
Mark McNulty
**OFF SITE EXHIBITION** – PORTH EIRIAS Come and celebrate our community with us in our brand new...
15th June, 2024 - 30th November, 2024
Each year, Oriel Colwyn takes the opportunity to support and showcase the final show group exhibi...
3rd May, 2024 - 1st June, 2024
Towards the end of 2023, Oriel Colwyn and The Northern Eye Photography Festival worked with photo...
2nd April, 2024 - 7th June, 2024
Steve Starr
“I am sixty-five years old; I feel the seat belt pulling across my chest as I drive a white Skoda...
12th March, 2024 - 26th April, 2024
2nd February, 2024 - 1st March, 2024
A selection of works from the Northern Eye Festival speakers, exhibited in the main Oriel Colwyn ...
7th October, 2023 - 31st December, 2023
Amanda Jackson
We were pleased to welcome back to Colwyn Bay, photographer Amanda Jackson. Amanda exhibited her ...
David Hurn
David Hurn began as a self-taught photographer. Starting out in his early years as an assistant a...
17th June, 2023 - 17th September, 2023
11th May, 2023 - 31st May, 2023
Niall McDiarmid
** Offsite show ** - Venue Cymru, Llandudno (April 2023 Onwards) ‘This is Me’ is a collabor...
1st April, 2023 - 31st December, 2023
** Offsite show ** - Coed Pella, Colwyn Bay (14th February 2023 - 14th March 2023) - Colwyn Ba...
14th February, 2023 - 20th May, 2023
Glenn Edwards (+Vanley Burke)
This exhibition was a portrait of the African and Caribbean communities in the UK. Glenn Edwar...
13th February, 2023 - 22nd April, 2023
35 SUMMERS - celebrated approximately thirty five years of music photography by Mark McNulty. It ...
15th October, 2022 - 21st January, 2023
Malcolm Glover
In 1985 Malcolm Glover received funding from the Welsh Development Agency to photograph the Llŷn ...
2nd August, 2022 - 25th September, 2022
The Royal Photographic Society Documentary Photographer of the Year is an international competiti...
14th June, 2022 - 12th July, 2022
Craig Easton
Fisherwomen follows women in the fishing industry past and present, through a series of photograp...
5th March, 2022 - 14th May, 2022
Brian Griffin
An exhibition in TWO unique parts.. PART ONE: 1st October - 27th November 2021 PART TWO: 6th D...
1st October, 2021 - 29th January, 2022
Michael Bennett
Pier Closing Time showcased Michael Bennett’s 1979 photographic journey through North Wales. Mour...
24th June, 2021 - 7th September, 2021
In November 2020, moving from their usual Australian jungle setting, ITV filmed the ‘I’m a Celebr...
1st December, 2020 - 1st December, 2021
Jack Latham
Parliament of Owls - Jack Latham Nestled within the redwood forests of Monte Rio, northern Calif...
1st October, 2020 - 28th February, 2021
FdA Photography Exhibition 2020 - Llandrillo College At the start of each year, Oriel Colwyn tak...
27th February, 2020 - 21st March, 2020
An exhibition by Hazel Simcox, Roj Smith, Ethan Beswick, Philip Jones and Robert Law. Five photo...
11th January, 2020 - 22nd February, 2020
Ron McCormick
The British obsession with the seaside lives on in the valleys towns of South Wales. Whether it i...
7th October, 2019 - 31st December, 2019
Dan Wood
Built in 1928, ’Bwlch-y-Clawdd’ (Gap in the Hedge) is a mountain pass (450m) that connects the Rh...
In a new project to coincide with this year's Northern Eye Festival we asked photographer Niall M...
7th October, 2019 - 28th February, 2020
Inside the Outside
Inside the Outside is a collective of contemporary photographers founded in a Chelsea pub in 2016...
26th July, 2019 - 14th September, 2019
Tessa Bunney
For over 25 years, Tessa Bunney has photographed rural life, working closely with individuals and...
3rd May, 2019 - 29th June, 2019
David Woodfall
Rewilding in Britain and Ireland A unique 'one night only' collaboration combining the photogr...
20th April, 2019, 12am
John Hedley
John's unique work combines photography with more tradition intaglio printmaking methods. The m...
15th February, 2019 - 20th April, 2019
At the start of each year, Oriel Colwyn takes the opportunity to support and showcase the group e...
11th January, 2019 - 8th February, 2019
Oriel Colwyn in partnership with Conwy Youth Service, recently offered young people the opportuni...
1st January, 2019 - 31st March, 2019
Walter Waygood
THE FAMILY OF SANTA CLAUS IS A 35 YEAR DOCUMENTARY BY PHOTOGRAPHER WALTER WAYGOOD OF THIS ICONIC ...
23rd November, 2018 - 5th January, 2019
Tim Williams
"Trying to put together a group of images that represents a seamless back catalogue turns out to ...
5th October, 2018, 12am
Neil McDiarmid & Paul Sampson
Hidden Hospitality - A celebration of the people who welcome you to Llandudno Hidden Hospitali...
15th September, 2018 - 31st December, 2018
Jamie George Stevens
Eradication documents the disused Great Western Railway (GWR) line between Bala and Blaenau Ffest...
24th August, 2018 - 29th September, 2018
Simon Bray
Simon Bray is a freelance documentary photographer based in Manchester. He lost his father to pro...
6th July, 2018 - 18th August, 2018
Bill Jay
“Throughout my professional life as magazine editor, professor, and lecturer, I have been privile...
12th May, 2018 - 13th June, 2018
Pete Davis
A joint exhibition that uniquely combines Pete Davis’ classic black and white prints from his ear...
12th March, 2018 - 28th April, 2018
Antonia Dewhurst
'Haearn' (the Welsh word for Iron) forms part of a joint exhibition that uniquely combines Antoni...
FdA Photography - Llandrillo College
At the beginning of each year Oriel Colwyn is proud to support and showcase the group exhibition ...
19th January, 2018 - 23rd February, 2018
Amanda Jackson & Jonathan Goldberg
Off the Beaten Track: A Glimpse Inside Low-Impact Community Living Many of us will have imagined...
9th October, 2017 - 31st December, 2017
Jon Pountney
Jon Pountney is an artist living in Treforest, South Wales. His work touches on themes of history...
17th August, 2017 - 30th September, 2017
Garry Stuart
Whenever Garry got a chance he picked up his Nikon F, loaded it with Tri-X film and walked the st...
15th June, 2017 - 4th August, 2017
Colin McPherson
The Independent, a British newspaper, was established in 1986 as an independent national morning ...
26th March, 2017 - 31st May, 2017
Geoff Wedge
It is unknown for sure how the Welsh town of Rhyl inherited its name but one theory is that Y Rhy...
2nd February, 2017 - 17th March, 2017
FdA Photography - Llandrillo College Oriel Colwyn is pleased to support again this year the grou...
6th January, 2017 - 26th January, 2017
Marc Wilson
Marc Wilson's 'The Last Stand' exhibits jointly with Brian David Stevens 'They That Are Left' --...
18th October, 2016 - 31st December, 2016
Brian David Stevens
"...They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them, nor the yea...
Niall McDiarmid is a Scottish photographer based in London. His work is primarily about documenti...
1st September, 2016 - 14th October, 2016
‘What is Welsh?’ is a broad documentation of Wales and the Welsh. Studying diversity, subculture,...
16th June, 2016 - 20th August, 2016
The Wales photography Podcast and News website Ffoton Wales (www.ffoton.wales) kicked off 2016 wi...
3rd May, 2016 - 11th June, 2016
Made In Wales 2
We were pleased to welcome back to Oriel Colwyn 'A Fine Beginning' with their 'Made in Wales 2' e...
1st March, 2016 - 30th April, 2016
James
James is a local photographer who has been a wildlife enthusiast since he was young, traveling al...
17th February, 2016 - 26th February, 2016
During the month of January, to support the continued education of photography Oriel Colwyn are p...
5th January, 2016 - 5th February, 2016
Louis Quail
Interviews by Katy Regan In October 2014, British troops finally withdrew from Afghanistan. 453 ...
5th November, 2015 - 31st December, 2015
Chalkie Davies
Welsh-born Chalkie Davies joined the Rock and Roll Circus in 1973 after photographing David Bowie...
14th September, 2015 - 31st October, 2015
Simon Plummer
From Photoshop to the Wet Plate Collodion Process Simon Plummer initially spent two years studyi...
10th July, 2015 - 28th August, 2015
Margaret Salisbury
Tribal Life: Ethiopia is Margaret's personal portrayal of the people, everyday life and tradition...
13th May, 2015 - 30th June, 2015
Furthering our support to the continued education of photography ,Oriel Colwyn were e proud to pr...
24th April, 2015 - 9th May, 2015
14th April, 2015 - 20th April, 2015
1st April, 2015 - 12th April, 2015
Graham Hembrough
Graham was brought up in Paradwys, Bodorgan, Anglesey and schooled at Ysgol Gyfun Llangefni, Angl...
20th February, 2015 - 27th March, 2015
Oriel Colwyn welcomed Portrait Salon to Wales in January 2015. Portrait Salon was in it’s fourth...
9th January, 2015 - 9th February, 2015
Paul Sampson
A unique exhibition of theatre based photographs taken during Phase 1 of the Document Conwy Proje...
1st December, 2014 - 31st December, 2014
WE’RE BEING TAKEN OVER – BY TEENAGERS! If you come down to Oriel Colwyn on the evening of Tuesda...
11th November, 2014 - 18th November, 2014
A Fine Beginning
A Fine Beginning is a Welsh photography collective, established by James O Jenkins with the ambit...
6th September, 2014 - 8th November, 2014
Jonathan Patrick Smith
This exhibition forms part of a long-term project for Jonathan documenting life in Norway. Part ...
18th July, 2014 - 28th August, 2014
Alan Whitfield
Alan Whitfield grew up in an industrial Northern town, in the 80’s the industry left. His work l...
6th June, 2014 - 11th June, 2014
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