{{Short description|Irish artist, singer and social practitioner}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{notability|1=Biographies|date=May 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Ceara Conway | birth_date = 1977 | education = Edinburgh College of Art & NCAD | occupation = Visual artist, Singer | website = https://www.cearaconway.ie }} '''Ceara Conway''' (born 1977) is an independent Irish contemporary visual artist and vocalist from the Connemara Gaeltacht region in County Galway, in the west of Ireland.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ceara Conway|url=https://atlasarts.org.uk/artists/ceara-conway/|access-date=2019-03-01|website=Atlas Arts|language=en}}</ref>
== Biography == 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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Edinburgh College of Art - Glass Students|url=http://www.scotlandsglass.co.uk/cms/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=155:eca-glass-students&catid=14:scottish-glass-organisations-a-education&Itemid=18|access-date=2019-03-01|website=www.scotlandsglass.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Mary Conroy & Ceara Conway|url=http://ormstonhouse.com/programme/ceara-conway-mary-conroy/|access-date=2019-03-01|website=Ormston House|language=en-GB}}</ref>
=== Work === She has been commissioned by art organisations and public institutions such as CREATE, Galway European Capital of Culture, Saolta Arts & Galway University Hospitals, Galway Public Arts Office, Ormston House,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mary Conroy & Ceara Conway|url=https://ormstonhouse.com/programme/ceara-conway-mary-conroy/|access-date=2021-04-08|website=Ormston House|language=en-GB}}</ref> Waterways Ireland,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Waterways Ireland {{!}} News Centre {{!}} Press Releases {{!}} Press Release Article|url=https://www.waterwaysireland.org/news-centre/press-releases/139/from-kilkeel-to-carna--launch-of-new-artworks|access-date=2021-04-08|website=www.waterwaysireland.org}}</ref> Difference Exchange (UK),<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ceara Conway|url=https://atlasarts.org.uk/artists/ceara-conway/|access-date=2021-04-08|website=Atlas Arts|language=en}}</ref> King's College (UK) and Atlas Arts (UK).
Along with her commissioned work, she performs nationally and internationally for prolific events, festivals & visiting heads of state. She has performed with musicians such as Nick Roth, Caoimhin O Raghallaigh,<ref>{{Cite journal|date=2018-03-20|title=Booked! 5 to catch at the Mountains To Sea festival|url=https://www.rte.ie/culture/2018/0315/947732-booked-5-to-catch-at-the-mountains-to-sea-festival/|language=en}}</ref> Noirin Ni Rian,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ceara Conway - Making Visible Performance|url=https://journalofmusic.com/listing/04-01-14/ceara-conway-making-visible-performance|access-date=2021-04-08|website=The Journal of Music|language=en}}</ref> Linda Buckley<ref>{{Cite web|title=Unbound|url=https://www.list.co.uk/event/1041674-unbound/|access-date=2021-04-08|website=Edinburgh Festival|language=en-GB}}</ref> and LAU.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Unbound|url=https://www.list.co.uk/event/1041674-unbound/|access-date=2021-04-08|website=Edinburgh Festival|language=en-GB}}
</ref> She is currently working on an album with producer and musician Sean Mac Erlaine.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Seán Mac Erlaine|url=https://www.islandermusic.net/sean|access-date=2021-04-08|website=islander|language=en-US}}</ref>
=== Selected works ===
*Making Visible, Funded by CREATE and supported by the Arts Council, 2015<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.create-ireland.ie/evaluations-and-case-studies/making-visible-ceara-conway-2013|title=Making Visible|last=Create|website=Create – national development agency for collaborative arts in social and community contexts|language=en-gb|access-date=2019-06-06}}</ref> *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<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://publicart.ie/main/directory/directory/view/five-continents-one-people/3cd58112425d81012d2ab4addfc97c82/|title=Public Art Ireland Directory}}</ref> * Public art installation - ''15 miles,'' St Brendan’s Nursing Home in Loughrea, County Galway, 2013-2015<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.artsandhealth.ie/case-studies/15-miles/|title=Arts and Health}}</ref> * Live performance response to ''The Amulet'', LAB Gallery, 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dublincity.ie/main-menu-services-culture-arts-office-lab-previous-exhibitions/amulet|title=The Amulet {{!}} Dublin City Council|website=www.dublincity.ie|access-date=2019-03-01}}</ref> * Performance - ''Iascealaíocht,'' Connemara, Curated by Gregory McCartney, 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://journalofmusic.com/listing/04-01-14/ceara-conway-making-visible-performance|title=Ceara Conway - Making Visible Performance|website=The Journal of Music: News, Reviews & Opinion {{!}} Music Jobs & Opportunities|language=en|access-date=2019-03-01}}</ref> * ''Vicissitudes, Exile Ritual and Lament'' and ''A Vessel for Souls,'' Derry City of Culture and King's College London, 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://journalofmusic.com/listing/04-01-14/ceara-conway-making-visible-performance|title=Ceara Conway - Making Visible Performance|website=The Journal of Music: News, Reviews & Opinion {{!}} Music Jobs & Opportunities|language=en|access-date=2019-03-01}}</ref>
== References == <references />
== External links == * [https://www.cearaconway.ie/ Official site]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Conway, Ceara}} Category:Alumni of the Edinburgh College of Art Category:Irish artists Category:1977 births Category:Living people Category:Irish contemporary artists