Ceara Conway


Ceara Conway (born 1977) is Independent Irish Contemporary visual artist, vocalist and performance artist from the Connemara Gaeltacht region in County Galway, in the west of Ireland.[1] Conway has a BA in Glass and Architectural Glass from Edinburgh College of Art and studied Community & Public Arts Education at the National College of Art and Design and Glass & Photography at Alfred University, New York.[2][3]

Ceara Conway
Born1977
NationalityIrish
EducationEdinburgh College of Art & NCAD
OccupationVisual artist, Singer
Websitehttps://www.cearaconway.com/

She is known for her experiential performance works that utilise live singing, appropriated texts, testimonies and visual art to explore social and cultural experiences of power and loss in response to issues such as cultural colonialism, migration and feminist concerns. Her powerful singing performances encompass world folk traditions including her native Irish singing style of sean-nós, Portuguese Fado, Arabic, Georgian and Latin Chant.

Select works
  • Pocahontas Opera House, West Virginia, USA, Singer in Residence, 2021
  • The Feminist Supermarket, Vocal Commission, Ormston House Cultural Centre, 2021
  • Weathering with Dancer/Choreographer Mary Wycherley and Composer Jurgen Simpson, commissioned by the Arts Council, 2021
  • Viriditas: Commissioned by Galway European Capital of Culture 2020, Saolta Arts, Galway University Hospitals as part of the Deepest Shade of Green programme
  • Hope/Dochas: Vocal Performance Commission, Oireachtas na Gaeilge & Waterways Ireland, supported by the DEIS Award, Arts Council, 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[4]
  • 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[5]
  • Public art installation - 15 miles, St Brendan’s Nursing Home in Loughrea, County Galway, 2013-2015[6]
  • Live performance response to The Amulet, LAB Gallery, 2015.[7]
  • Performance - Iascealaíocht, Connemara, Curated by Gregory McCartney, 2018.[8]
  • Vicissitudes, Exile Ritual and Lament and A Vessel for Souls, Derry City of Culture and Kings College London, 2013.[9]

Select performances
  • National Gallery of Ireland, 21st Anniversary ( solo performance)
  • Irish Embassy in Paris with the National Gallery of Ireland
  • Dublin Castle, State visit with the President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker
  • The Barbican, London with Poetry Ireland
  • Edinburgh Fringe Festival with Linda Buckley, Doireann Ni Ghriofa & LAU
  • Mountains to Sea Festival with Louis De Paor, Caoimhin O Raghallaigh, Doireann Ni Ghriofa and Nick Roth

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.[10]
  • 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, USA with artist Suzanne Lacy, 2011 [11]

References
  1. "Ceara Conway". Atlas Arts. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
  2. "Edinburgh College of Art - Glass Students". www.scotlandsglass.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
  3. "Mary Conroy & Ceara Conway". Ormston House. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
  4. Create. "Making Visible". Create – national development agency for collaborative arts in social and community contexts. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
  5. "Public Art Ireland Directory".
  6. "Arts and Health".
  7. "The Amulet | Dublin City Council". www.dublincity.ie. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
  8. "Ceara Conway - Making Visible Performance". The Journal of Music: News, Reviews & Opinion | Music Jobs & Opportunities. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
  9. "Ceara Conway - Making Visible Performance". The Journal of Music: News, Reviews & Opinion | Music Jobs & Opportunities. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
  10. "Mary Conroy & Ceara Conway". Ormston House. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
  11. "Journal of Music".
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