Exhibition: UNCUT Comes To Plus X
UNCUT Comes to Plus X for Pride A celebration of Queer Joy & Identity We're bringing UNCUT to Plus X…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgYF8_h7LBc
ABOUT US
We're based in Brighton & Hove, but the work travels further than that. Through free exhibitions, workshops and cultural events across Sussex and the South East, and online, we bring people together – building real connections and making space for creative collaboration. Proud Studios CIC is a non-profit founded by award-winning photographer Chris Jepson, who has spent 30+ years documenting LGBTQIA+ lives, communities and culture.
OUR MISSION
We make creative projects with LGBTQ+ people and marginalised communities – work that's honest, visible and made together. Photography and art can do something that statistics and reports can't: they put a face and a story to lived experience. That's what drives everything we do. We want people to see themselves reflected, and to feel like this space is for them.
New Exhibition
UNCUT come to Plus X.
For this Pride showing at Plus X, the exhibition has been redesigned from the ground up. It now features 36 portraits, the fullest presentation of the series to date, hung across a space that couldn’t be further from a barbershop and that’s exactly the point. Taking these images out of their original setting and into Plus X’s innovation hub puts queer joy in front of a completely new audience, in a building built for people who do things differently.
>> More info here.
New Exhibition
Proud Brighton – We Are Community.
Proud Brighton – We Are Community, is a portrait photography exhibition celebrating 35 years of Pride in Brighton & Hove, at Jubilee Library, Brighton, from 27 July to 15 August 2026.
Commissioned by Brighton Pride CIC, the project is part of United in Pride, a joint initiative bringing together Brighton & Hove Pride, Trans Pride Brighton and Brighton Bear Weekend. The exhibition features portraits of people drawn from all three communities, each accompanied by a single sentence about what Pride means to them, reflecting Pride as it is actually lived across the city.
>> More info here.
New Exhibition
Beyond The Binary – at The Ledward Centre.
‘Beyond The Binary – A Celebration Of Trans Joy’ is a project by Proud Studios CIC and Brighton-based award-winning photographer and queer artist Chris Jepson.
Featuring trans groups including Trans Pride Brighton, The Clare Project, Trans Can Sport, TReNBI FC, Misfits and Transkaters, as well as numerous trans individuals, ‘Beyond the Binary’ captures authentic joy, promoting community spirit and empowering the trans community through visibility.
>> More info here.
Queer Joy Tshirt
Time to get angry and this is the perfect tee to do it in… Queer Joy Is Resistance will be your new go-to favourite. We’ve spent a decade obsessing over the ideal weight, the perfect fit. Combined with this cool print, our t-shirt is perfect for your wardrobe.
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Two New Exhibitions At Google UK
Kicking off Pride In London week, I was delighted to be asked to show ‘Beyond The Binary – a celebration of trans joy’ at Google’s two London HQs. A collab with the Trans at Google employee resource group, there are 14 x A2 prints with accompanying text on display at Google UK Kings Cross and Google UK St Giles High St as the ERG Summer Series exhibition for the whole of July.
If you work there or are visiting someone at Google, please do stop by and read the stories of these amazing people.
