About Joe Laverty
Joe Laverty is an Irish photographic artist and filmmaker having completed an MFA in Photography at Ulster University, Belfast in 2022. His work explores place and our human interaction with it, specifically focusing on marginal or overlooked areas within both urban and rural contexts.
His recent practice investigates the intersection of extraction industries and historical narratives within the rural Irish landscape. His images convey a sense of stillness and the subtle tension between nature and industrial intervention where human impact and nature coexist in quiet conflict. Joe’s work has been exhibited in Dublin, London, Belfast, Galway, Navan and Tallinn whilst being published in Source Magazine, RIBA Journal, Architects Journal, Dezeen, Wallpaper, Irish Times, Huck and The Guardian. His recent work on Lough Neagh, Shallow Waters, was nominated for the 11th cycle of the Prix Pictet - ‘Storm’ and was funded by and shown at Belfast Photo Festival 2025.
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Selected Exhibitions / Publications / Funding:
2025: Reflecting the Real - Group Exhibition, Photomuseum Ireland, Dublin.
2025: Shallow Waters - Solo Exhibition - Belfast Photo Festival / Naughton Gallery QUB
2025: Shallow Waters - Funded by Belfast Photo Festival via the National Lottery Fund
2025: Shallow Waters - Nominated by Photo Museum Ireland for the 11th cycle of Prix Pictet - ‘Storm’
2025: Semblance - Featured in Issue 117 of Source magazine in its ‘Which Ireland?’ series.
2024: Portrait of Britain 7 winner. Portrait featured in book and in UK-wide digital outdoor exhibition.
2024: RHA 194th Annual Exhibition - Group Exhibition - Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
2024: Now and Then - 40 Years of Belfast Exposed - Group Exhibition, BX Gallery
2024: Semblance - Awarded funding by Arts Council of Northern Ireland.
2023: Re-Imagining a Line - Collaboration w/ Ruby Wallis & Aidan O’Neill - Printworks Gallery, Galway - ‘Architecture at the Edge’ Festival.
2023: In Common - Group exhibition, as part of London Festival of Architecture.
2022: There is a forest in my backyard but my house is built from trees grown far away - Group exhibition, Tallinn Architecture Biennale
2022: A Trace of Ownership - Group exhibition of Ulster University MFA work, Belfast Exposed Gallery / Belfast Photo Festival.
2022: There is a forest in my backyard but my house is built from trees grown far away - Group exhibition, Solstice Arts Centre, Navan
2021: Secure By Design - Part of Limin-alley outdoor group exhibition, Imagine Belfast Festival of Ideas
2020: ARCHITECTURAL OBSCURA - Anise Gallery, London - Group exhibition, as part of London Festival of Architecture.
2016-2017: The Space Between - Outdoor exhibition, Belfast, as part of ‘City as a Gallery’ - Curated by PLACE / Belfast City Council
2016: First Time - Solo exhibition, Black Box, Belfast