Ceara Conway

Ceara Conway (born 1977) is an Irish artist and singer based in Galway, Ireland.

Ceara Conway is from the Connemara Gaeltacht region in County Galway, in the west of Ireland. Conway has a BA in Glass and Architectural Glass from Edinburgh College of Art and studied Community Arts Education at NCAD and Glass & Photography at Alfred University, New York.

After graduating, Ceara Conway has pursued a career as a visual and performance artist. Her work encompasses a variety of media including sculpture, photography, performance and song. She has completed a number of commissions, residencies and public artworks.

Select works

• " Hope/Dochas" Vocal Performance Commission, Oireachtas na Gaeilge & Waterways Ireland,Supported by the DEIS Award, Arts Council, 2019
• Performance Commission, Galway University Hospital and Galway 2020, June, 2019
• ''SINOU'', Commissioned by Ormston House Cultural Centre, Limerick, 2019
• ''Thin Places'', Commissioned by Kings College, London, 2017
• "Dubh", EVA International, Irelands Biennial. Curated by Christine Eyenne, 2016
• "Making Visible" , Funded by CREATE and supported by the Arts Council, 2015
• "Say Goodbye", Commissioned by Verbal Arts Centre, Ulster Museum and curated by Declan Sheehan, 2016
• Public art installation - Five Continents One People, Creagh Primary School, Galway, 2010
• Public art installation - 15 miles, St Brendan’s Nursing Home in Loughrea, County Galway, 2013-2015
• Live performance response to The Amulet, LAB Gallery, 2015.
• Performance - Iascealaíocht, Connemara, Curated by Gregory McCartney, 2018.
• Vicissitudes, Exile Ritual and Lament and A Vessel for Souls, Derry City of Culture and Kings College London, 2013.

Residencies

• Artist -in-residence, Galway University Hospital,Ireland,June 2019
• Dance Limerick , Studio Award, 2016-2019
• Artist-in-residence, Ormston House, Limerick City, Ireland, 2015 - 2018.
• Artist in residence, Limerick City Arts Office,Johns Square Artists Residency ( 3 years)
• Taibh Chearsabhagh Museum, North Uist, Outer Hebrides
• Artist-in-residence, Otis College of Art, Los Angeles with artist Suzanne Lacy