Third Floor Gallery

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Third Floor Gallery was an independent charitable photography gallery in Cardiff Bay, Wales that operated from 2010{{cite web|url=http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/CharityFramework.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1139026&SubsidiaryNumber=0|title=Third Floor Gallery Trust register at the Charity Commission|accessdate=17 November 2010}}{{cite web|url= http://www.walesonline.co.uk/showbiz-and-lifestyle/arts-in-wales/2010/07/16/preview-carloyn-drake-paradise-rivers-third-floor-gallery-cardiff-91466-26862304/|author=Karen Price|title=Photographer giving rivers a modern twist|work=Wales Online|date=16 July 2010|accessdate=13 September 2010}} to 2016.{{citation needed|date=November 2017}} It predominantly featured documentary photography, often premiering new work with the direct involvement of the photographers.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/cardiff/gallery/2011/feb/11/third-floor-gallery-anniversary-gallery|title=Third Floor Gallery: A year in pictures|date=11 February 2011|accessdate=5 July 2014|location=London|work=The Guardian|first=Hannah|last=Waldram}}

Third Floor Gallery was set up and initially run by photographers Maciej Dakowicz and Joni Karanka, and later photographer Bartosz Nowickii, with help from volunteers.{{cite web|url=http://www.thirdfloorgallery.com/about.html|title=About The Gallery|accessdate=12 September 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126134714/http://thirdfloorgallery.com/about.html|archivedate=26 November 2010}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/cardiff/2010/feb/15/third-floor-gallery|title=New gallery opens in Cardiff|accessdate=4 October 2010|location=London|work=The Guardian|first=Hannah|last=Waldram|date=15 February 2010}}{{cite journal|year=2010|title=Third Way|periodical=British Journal of Photography|volume=157|issue=7778|pages=87|publisher=Incisive Financial Publishing Limited}} It continued to be self-run with volunteer staff and was self-financed through various grassroots sources. It was noted for its use of social networking for engaging with visitors and volunteers at a time when that was not common place for galleries.

Photographers that exhibited at Third Floor Gallery include Martin Parr, David Hurn, Tom Wood, Chris Steele-Perkins,{{cite web|url=http://www.thirdfloorgallery.com/exhibitions.html#exhibition5|author=Chris Steele-Perkins|title=For Love of the Game|publisher=Third Floor Gallery|accessdate=8 January 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111100550/http://www.thirdfloorgallery.com/exhibitions.html#exhibition5|archivedate=11 January 2012|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|author=Joni Karanka|url=http://artcardiff.com/website.cgi?place=events&id=1831|title=For Love of the Game|website=artcardiff.com|date=2 June 2010|accessdate=8 January 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707164320/http://artcardiff.com/website.cgi?place=events&id=1831|archivedate=7 July 2011|url-status=dead}} Larry Fink, Mark Cohen, John Bulmer, Rob Hornstra,{{cite web|url=http://www.thirdfloorgallery.com/exhibitions.html|title="Behind the Curtains" by Tomas Van Houtryve|publisher=Third Floor Gallery|accessdate=8 January 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111100550/http://www.thirdfloorgallery.com/exhibitions.html|archivedate=11 January 2012|url-status=dead}} Simon Roberts, Peter Dench, Ewen Spencer, Ken Grant and Vanessa Winship.Love in a cold climate. Sunday Times, 7 February 2010.

Description

In January 2010 founding trustees photographers Maciej Dakowicz and Joni Karanka invested £1000 each to cover a quarter of the lease and the service charges for a loft in Bute Street, Cardiff Bay. Third Floor Gallery opened on 12 February 2010 with an exhibition by Peter Dench. From the beginning volunteers helped sustain the gallery with donations of money, and with help hanging exhibitions and staffing. Within the first year of operation, Bartosz Nowicki joined as third trustee and they received charitable status.

The gallery continued to be self-run and self-financed. Rather than being grant funded, it was financed through a variety of grassroots sources: financial donations from visitors; some of those involved in running it auctioned off their own photographs;{{cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/showbiz-and-lifestyle/arts-in-wales/2010/02/17/new-gallery-opens-in-city-91466-25848054/|title=New gallery opens in city|accessdate=13 September 2010}} donations were solicited via requests through social networking services; and the photographer whose exhibition was showing donated an object from or related to that exhibition that was auctioned off.

It was noted for its use of social networking for engaging with visitors and volunteers at a time when that was not common place for galleries.

In March 2012 the gallery expanded to a second floor with an additional gallery, digital darkroom, and dedicated space for community usage.{{cite news|url=http://www.bjp-online.com/british-journal-of-photography/news/2120472/floor-gallery-unveils-expansion-plans|date=27 October 2011|accessdate=10 February 2013|last=Laurent|first=Olivier|publisher=British Journal of Photography|title=Third Floor Gallery unveils expansion plans|archivedate=1 July 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130701035801/http://www.bjp-online.com/british-journal-of-photography/news/2120472/floor-gallery-unveils-expansion-plans|url-status=dead}} It closed in 2016.

Awards

2011 Epic Award (Wales) from Voluntary Arts Network (VAN), for the best voluntary arts groups in the UK and Ireland{{cite web|url=http://epicawards.co.uk/|title=Welcome to the Epic Awards 2011|website=Epic Awards|accessdate=17 January 2012}}

Exhibitions

2010 – LoveUK by Peter Dench
2010 – Up West by David Solomons
2010 – Muse by Jocelyn Bain Hogg"Muse – Jocelyn Bain Hogg at Third Floor Gallery, Cardiff Bay." Western Mail, 23 April 2010.
2010 – ffotoCardiff group exhibition by Jocelyn Allen, Gawain Barnard, Craig Bernard, Rick Davis, Malika Delrieu, Paul Gaffney, Rob Gunn, Radoslaw Komenda, Kate Mercer, Bartosz Nowicki, Gareth Phillips, Chiara Tocci, James Thomson, Rob Watkins and Rajan Zaveri[http://www.thirdfloorgallery.com/portfolio-item/ffotocardiff/ Ffotocardiff], Third Floor Gallery. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
2010 – For Love of the Game by Chris Steele-PerkinsJoni Karanka, "[http://artcardiff.com/website.cgi?place=events&id=1831 For Love of the Game] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707164320/http://artcardiff.com/website.cgi?place=events&id=1831 |date=7 July 2011 }}", artcardiff.com, 2 June 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
2010 – Paradise Rivers by Carolyn Drake"Photographer giving rivers a modern twist." Western Mail, 16 July 2010.{{cite web | url = http://www.thirdfloorgallery.com/portfolio-item/paradise-rivers-by-carolyn-drake/ | accessdate = 10 September 2015 | publisher = Third Floor Gallery | title = "Paradise Rivers" by Carolyn Drake | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20151122214532/http://www.thirdfloorgallery.com/portfolio-item/paradise-rivers-by-carolyn-drake/ | archivedate = 22 November 2015 }}
2010 – strangelands by strange.rs street photography collective
2010 – Street Photography Now.{{cite news | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/photoblog/2010/10/street_photography_now.html | date = 4 October 2010 | accessdate = 6 April 2016 | first = Phil | last = Coomes | publisher = BBC News | title = Street Photography Now}} Photographs from the book Street Photography Now (2010) by Christophe Agou, Arif Aşçı, Narelle Autio, Polly Braden, Bang Byoung-Sang, Maciej Dakowicz, Carolyn Drake, Melanie Einzig, George Georgiou, David Gibson, Bruce Gilden, {{illm|Thierry Girard|qid=Q3524281}}, Andrew Z. Glickman, Siegfried Hansen, Markus Hartel, Nils Jorgensen, Richard Kalvar, Martin Kollar, Jens Olof Lasthein, Frederic Lezmi, Jesse Marlow, Jeff Mermelstein, Joel Meyerowitz, Mimi Mollica, Trent Parke, Martin Parr, Gus Powell, Mark Alor Powell, Bruno Quinquet, Paul Russell, Otto Snoek, Matt Stuart, Ying Tang, Alexey Titarenko, Nick Turpin, Munem Wasif, Alex Webb, Amani Willett, Michael Wolf, Artem Zhitenev and {{illm|Wolfgang Zurborn|qid=Q2591859}}."[http://www.in-public.com/news/2010/10/3rdfloor Street photography now at the Third Floor Gallery] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401214101/http://www.in-public.com/news/2010/10/3rdfloor |date=1 April 2016 }}", In-Public, 5 October 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
2010/11 – Passing Time by David Hurn{{cite web|access-date=2023-03-30|title=Passing Time by David Hurn at the Third Floor Gallery|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/wales/entries/a27e6b1b-5f6b-3f96-88fd-3ca9f6d56e17|date=18 November 2010|website=BBC}}
2011 – A Collection by Laura Pannack{{cite web|url=http://www.visitcardiff.com/events/calendar-highlights/search-products/a-collection-laura-pannack-p150301 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130412031826/http://www.visitcardiff.com/events/calendar-highlights/search-products/a-collection-laura-pannack-p150301 |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 April 2013 |accessdate=2 April 2013 |publisher=Visit Cardiff |title=A Collection – Laura Pannack }}
2011 – Views from Sochi by Rob Hornstra{{cite web | url = http://www.thirdfloorgallery.com/portfolio-item/views-from-sochi-by-rob-hornstra/ | accessdate = 27 July 2015 | publisher = Third Floor Gallery | title = "Views from Sochi" by Rob Hornstra}}
2011 – Mi Vida Loca by Joseph Rodriguez
2011 – The North by John Bulmer"[http://www.culture24.org.uk/art/photography%20%26%20film/art355710 The North: John Bulmer's shots capture a moment in time at Third Floor Gallery Cardiff]", Culture24, 6 May 2011. Retrieved 11 February 2013.{{cite web | url = http://www.thirdfloorgallery.com/portfolio-item/the-north-by-john-bulmer/ | accessdate = 27 July 2015 | publisher = Third Floor Gallery | title = "The North" by John Bulmer | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160131202336/http://www.thirdfloorgallery.com/portfolio-item/the-north-by-john-bulmer/ | archivedate = 31 January 2016 }}
2011 – The Gathering Clouds by Ben Roberts
2011 – Arab Revolutions
2011 – Of Duties by Stuart Griffiths, Jay Romano and Tim and Matt Bowditch
2011 – Selected Works by Sergey Chilikov
2011/12 – Behind the Curtains by Tomas van Houtryve{{cite web|url=http://www.thirdfloorgallery.com/exhibition.php?id=18|author=Tomas Van Houtryve|title=Behind the Curtains|publisher=Third Floor Gallery|accessdate=21 March 2014|archivedate=21 March 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321081632/http://www.thirdfloorgallery.com/exhibition.php?id=18|url-status=dead}}
2012 – Larry Fink: Somewhere There's Music by Larry Fink
2012 – Touching Strangers by Richard Renaldi
2012 – V.D. by Vincent Delbrouck
2012 – Family by Chris Verene
2012 – The Last Resort by Martin Parr and Tom Wood
2012 – Caravan by Rikard Laving
2012 – Teenagers by Ewen Spencer{{cite web | url = http://www.thirdfloorgallery.com/portfolio-item/teenagers-by-ewen-spencer/ | accessdate = 27 July 2015 | publisher = Third Floor Gallery | title = "Teenagers" by Ewen Spencer | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160131202336/http://www.thirdfloorgallery.com/portfolio-item/teenagers-by-ewen-spencer/ | archivedate = 31 January 2016 }}
2012 – We English by Simon Roberts{{cite web | url = http://www.thirdfloorgallery.com/portfolio-item/we-english-by-simon-roberts/ | accessdate = 27 July 2015 | publisher = Third Floor Gallery | title = "We English" by Simon Roberts | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160131202336/http://www.thirdfloorgallery.com/portfolio-item/we-english-by-simon-roberts/ | archivedate = 31 January 2016 }}
2012 – Encuentro by Maurice Gunning
2012 – Burn My Eye by the Burn My Eye street photography collective, Zisis Kardianos, Charlie Kirk, Andrew Kochanowski, Alexandros Konstantinakis Karmis, Frédéric Le Mauff, TC Lin, JB Maher, Jason Penner, Justin Sainsbury, Jack Simon and Justin Vogel.
2012 – Cardiff After Dark by Maciej Dakowicz{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-19936135|date=13 October 2012|accessdate=16 October 2012|author=BBC News South East Wales|title=Cardiff After Dark nightlife photos to go on show}}
2012/13 – Winter in America by Justin Maxton and Erin Trieb
2012/13 Grim Street by Mark Cohen{{cite news | url = https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/07/mark-cohens-bright-flash-small-city/ | date = 7 December 2012 | accessdate = 2 February 2017 | first = James | last = Estrin | newspaper = The New York Times | title = Bright Flash, Small City}}
2013 – After the Fall by Hin Chua
2013 – Life After Zog and Other Stories by Chiara Tocci
2013 – Urban Quilombo by Sebastian Liste
2013 – Georgia by Vanessa Winship
2013 – Muse By Jocelyn Bain Hogg
2013 – Pictures From the Real World by David Moore
2013 – Y Tir Newydd / The New Land by Gareth Phillips"[http://www.thirdfloorgallery.com/portfolio-item/y-tir-newydd-the-new-land-by-gareth-phillips/ 22 September 2013 – 20 October 2013, 3rd floor]", Third Floor Gallery. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
2013 – Distant Horizons by Transit Collective, Alexa Brunet, Alexandra Frankewitz, Bastien Defives, David Richard, Nanda Gonzague, Yohanne Lamoulere, Helene Jayet. Part of Diffusion Festival 2013.
2013/14 – Close to You by Jacob Aue Sobol."[http://www.thirdfloorgallery.com/portfolio-item/close-to-you-by-jacob-aue-sobol/ 14 December 2013 – 26 January 2014, 3rd floor]", Third Floor Gallery. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
2014 – Shift: Ukraine in crisis. Photographs by Alexander Chekmenev, Maxim Dondyuk, Corentin Fohlen, Louisa Gouliamaki, Brendan Hoffman, Tom Jamieson, Marco Kesseler, Anastasia Taylor-Lind, Donald Weber and Emine Ziyatdinova."[http://www.thirdfloorgallery.com/portfolio-item/shift-ukraine-in-crisis/ Saturday May 3 – Sunday June 29, 2014] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150310042919/http://www.thirdfloorgallery.com/portfolio-item/shift-ukraine-in-crisis/ |date=10 March 2015 }}", Third Floor Gallery. Retrieved 6 July 2014."[http://viiphoto.com/event/shift-ukraine-crisis/ Exhibitions: Shift: Ukraine in Crisis]", VII Photo Agency. 29 September 2014.
2014 – Flock by Ken Grant"[http://www.thirdfloorgallery.com/flock-by-ken-grant/ “FLOCK” by Ken Grant]", Third Floor Gallery. Retrieved 4 July 2014. {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20140707065444/http://www.thirdfloorgallery.com/flock-by-ken-grant/ |date=7 July 2014 }}
2014 – Tableaux Vivant by Alexandra Boulat"[http://www.thirdfloorgallery.com/tableaux-vivant-alexandra-boulat/ Tableaux Vivant – Alexandra Boulat]", Third Floor Gallery. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
2014 – Swell by Mateusz Sarello"[http://www.thirdfloorgallery.com/swell-mateusz-sarello/ Swell – Mateusz Sarello]", Third Floor Gallery. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
2015 – Welsh Farming Community by Peter Jones{{cite web | url = http://www.thirdfloorgallery.com/exhibition-opening-peter-jones-welsh-farming-community/ | accessdate = 27 July 2015 | publisher = Third Floor Gallery | title = Exhibition Opening: Peter Jones – Welsh Farming Community | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150915052847/http://www.thirdfloorgallery.com/exhibition-opening-peter-jones-welsh-farming-community/ | archivedate = 15 September 2015 }}
2015 – Detroit-Unbroken Down by Dave Jordano. Part of Diffusion: Cardiff International Festival of Photography.{{cite web | url = http://diffusionfestival.org/venue/third-floor-gallery | accessdate = 10 October 2015 | website = Diffusion: Cardiff International Festival of Photography | publisher = Ffotogallery | title = Third Floor Gallery}}
2015/16 – The Apollo Archive
2016 – Europa

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20160307123149/http://www.thirdfloorgallery.com/ Third Floor Gallery web site] – as archived at the Internet Archive, 7 March 2016
[http://vimeo.com/user4377715 Third Floor Gallery on Vimeo]
[http://www.professionalphotographer.co.uk/Magazine/Subscription-Offer/Professional-Photographer-Podcast-9-Get-exhibited Professional Photographer magazine audio discussion about Third Floor Gallery opening]

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