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Here is an update on exhibitions and related events coming up in the next few weeks.

For a comprehensive overview of exhibitions ongoing and announced for 2026 to date, check Offline's full EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS listings page. If you are aware of other photography shows or events in or relating to Wales, feel free to send me some info via the contact page.

Brian

SHEDS TALKS WEEKEND

To complement the new 'SHEDS AND OBJECTS OF EQUAL IMPORTANCE' exhibition, which opened on Friday evening at Turner House Gallery in Penarth, Offline Journal is teaming up with the exhibiting artists and the gallery to present two consecutive afternoons of talks in early February to explore the theme of the SHED structure in architecture, photography, and the visual arts.

'SHEDS' brings together the work of Jon Poutney and Lee John Phillips, two artists united by a fascination with the hidden stories within everyday spaces and objects. Across Wales, sheds take countless forms, garden sheds, garages, outhouses, potting sheds. Each a small, mysterious world in its own right.

For Phillips, the shed is both archive and muse: a place of objects meticulously preserved, each with a history and a story to tell. Poutney, meanwhile, captures the people, places, and moments that surround these structures, revealing the life and communities they inhabit.

Together, their work transforms the humble shed into a lens for curiosity, creativity, and storytelling, inviting viewers to discover the extraordinary in the ordinary and to see these familiar spaces with fresh eyes.
– Turner House website

Saturday 7 February will have Jon Pountney along with illustrator and designer Lee John Phillips talk on their work which features in their new joint SHEDS AND OBJECTS OF EQUAL IMPORTANCE exhibition that is open now until 22 February 2026. Pountney has a new SHEDS zine, published to accompany the exhibition, available at just £5 per copy and remaining copies can be purchased at the event (cash only).

The following afternoon of Sunday 8 February, the gallery will host the third of Offline Journal's SIGNATURES events, with architecture academic Paul Davies introducing us to Shed history in architecture; photographer Pete Davis giving a deep dive into his iconic 'GREAT LITTLE TIN SHEDS OF WALES' series of images, exhibitions and catalogs.

Next, photographer and academic Julie Cook will discuss her 'SOME LAS VEGAS STRIP CLUBS' photobook - a collaboration with parter Paul Davies (yes, it too has a Shed connection!). Shot over a period of five years, it's a fascinating and deep study of

As with previous SIGNATURES events, I'd encourage photographers to bring along any of their own photozines should they wish to seek feedback from, or show them off to, other attendees. Similarly, photographers can contribute a copy of their self-published photozines to the expanding 'Box of Zines' collection from across Wales - and well worth a look on the day!

A shedload of fantastic conversation and imagery over two days not to be missed!
The Sunday event is free to attend (we're issuing tickets purely to gauge numbers to expect) and can be booked via the button below below (tickets aren't required for the Saturday event).

SHEDS AND OBJECTS OF EQUAL IMPORTANCE - Day 1
Jon Pountney and Lee John Phillips
2 - 4pm, Saturday 7 February 2026
The Turner House, Penarth, Cardiff CF64 3DH
www.turnerhouse.wales

SHEDS AND OBJECTS OF EQUAL IMPORTANCE - Day 2
SIGNATURES #3 - Photobook Talks
Pete Davis, Paul Davies and Julie Cook
12.30 - 4pm, Sunday 8 February 2026
The Turner House, Penarth, Cardiff CF64 3DH
www.turnerhouse.wales

SHOW OPENINGS COMING UP...

Here are some events coming up to get you out of the house, mixing with others and offering some visual stimulation for your own photography!

AS IT STANDS

Newport-based CLWB FFOTO kick off 2026 with their first exhibition and related book launch 6.30pm, Wednesday 4 February.

On the gallery walls and within the pages of their second Open Call publication, AS IT STANDS features work by seven photographers selected from submissions: Sajad Ahmad, Anna Dabrowska, Cameron Jones-Manley, Sylwia Long, David Mayne, Sam Oemering, and Asia Walęcka.

Copies of the new 210 x 210mm hardcover book will be available to purchase on the opening night, and from the gallery afterwards.

AS IT STANDS
Various
6.30pm Wednesday 4 February 2026. Show runs 4 - 28 February 2026
Clwb Ffoto, Newport Arcade, Newport NP20 1GD
@clwb_ffoto on Instagram

TA-RA

Photographer Sebastián Bruno has the first showing of his TA-RA exhibition here in the UK in Ffotogallery, with a launch event on the evening of 12 February 2026.

Whilst resident in Wales from 2013 - 2022, Argentinian-born Bruno gained his BA and MA Degrees in Documentary Photography. His TA-RA body of work, made between 2013 and 2022 across South Wales, was also published as a 122-page hardcover photobook in 2023 by Spanish publisher Edciones Anómalas.

"The 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".
– Ffotogallery website

TA-RA
Sebastián Bruno
6 - 8pm, Thursday 12 February. (Show runs 12 February - 4 April 2026)
Ffotogallery, Cardiff CF24 4EH
www.ffotogallery.org

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