Image courtesy of Jesse Glazzard.
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GLUE 2026
To celebrate the opening of Jesse Glazzard: The Sound of Dirt and Beauty, Jesse Glazzard will be in conversation with artist Biogal and ICA Talks and Events Curator, Hannah Geddes, where they will explore the importance of artist community and why building a practice around friendship is what matters most.
Jesse Glazzard’s new exhibition for Glue 2026 reimagines the idea of the family through photography, intimacy and the living archive.
Discover the full GLUE 2026 programme
To celebrate the opening of Jesse Glazzard: The Sound of Dirt and Beauty, Jesse Glazzard will be in conversation with artist Biogal and ICA Talks and Events Curator, Hannah Geddes, where they will explore the importance of artist community and why building a practice around friendship is what matters most.
Jesse Glazzard’s new exhibition for Glue 2026 reimagines the idea of the family through photography, intimacy and the living archive.
Discover the full GLUE 2026 programme
Bios
Jesse Glazzard’s raw, authentic approach to photography is best defined as an intimate blend of portraiture and documentary. His work is driven by a continual dialogue with the archive, often utilising zines as a form of visual communication.
His portraits address narratives that are often overlooked, driven by an interest in preservation and historical continuity. Glazzard captures moments with measured sensitivity to both body and mind, approaching them as sites of continual transformation and movement. His practice engages with intimacy, vulnerability, and the subtle tensions present within human relationships, documenting spaces, friends, lovers, himself, and collaborators through a combination of staged portraiture and spontaneous image-making.
At its core, his work examines the human condition, with particular attention to marginalised communities and lived experience. He is the recipient of the 2025 Loewe and Studio Voltaire Award. Jesse Glazzard studied photography at the University of Salford and Central Saint Martins
Biogal is a T*S artist, showgirl, writer, archivist, & organiser
A PRE-OP HYPNOPOMPIC DREAM-SCENE
FOUND FLITTING BETWEEN
SPECTACLE & SURVIVAL
DECEPTION & DISCLOSURE
SEDUCTION & ULTIMATUM
GOGO BANSHEE AT THE WAKE OF THE WORLD
SHE PLEADS FOR A SUSPENSION OF DISBELIEF
AS A CHEAP TRICK TOWARD FAITH
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Sat, 12 Sep 2026
Nash and Brandon Rooms
02:15 pm
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Nash and Brandon Rooms
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BIOGAL. Image by Celia Croft.
BIOGAL. Image by Celia Croft.
Jesse Glazzard.
