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Academic

2009 - 2011 MFA (painting) NCAD

2005 - 2009 BFA (Hons), Painting, NCAD, 100 Thomas Street, The Liberties D8

Exhibitions - Solo

2019 Now Islands, The Royal Hibernian Academy Ashford Gallery, Ely Place, Dublin 2

2017 Subliminal, The Easter Snow Gallery, SEAC, Naul, Co. Dublin

2014 Learning to Fly, Áras Inis Gluaire, Belmullet, Co. Mayo

2014 Learning to Fly, Eight Gallery, Dawson St., Dublin 2

2014 This, Somewhere Else, The National Centre for Arts and Health

Selected Group Exhibitions

2024

To Never Look Away, Curator Claire Halpin, TØN Gallery, Temple Bar, Dublin

The Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, RHA, Ely Place, Dublin

Crosscurrents, The Municipal Lexicon Gallery, Dún Laoghaire, Dublin

Embassy of Ireland/Saint Brigid’s Well, Nanchizi Art Museum, Beijing, China

Interdependence, Curator Cian MacLoughlin, ArtNetDlr, Walters, Dún Laoghaire

Duende, Curator Sean Molloy, ArtNetDlr @Walters, Dún Laoghaire, Dublin

2023

Climate & Health, Royal College of Physicians, Dublin

Into The Weave, Lavit Gallery, Cork

Twenty One, Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Wicklow

Dunamaise Arts Open, Portlaoise

Samhain, The Copper House, Dublin

Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, Ely Place, Dublin

Ancestral Houses and Meditations, touring with Embassy of Ireland to China

1515, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin

Saint Brigid’s Well, Hamilton Gallery Sligo

2022

Breaking Borders, Luan Gallery, Athlone, County Westmeath

Invited artist for The Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, Ely Place, Dublin

Winter Exhibition, The House, Howth, County Dublin

Saint Brigid’s Well, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo

2021

Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, Ely Place, Dublin

Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition, Alpha House, Belfast

The Society of Women Artists Annual Exhibition, The Mall, London

Meditations in Time of Civil War, WB Yeats exhibition, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo

2020

Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, Ely Place, Dublin

Covid Stories, Lismore Castle Arts, County Waterford

Embassy of Ireland Exhibition celebrating Eva Gore Booth, MoLI, Dublin

Among School Children, Hamilton Gallery, County Sligo

2019

RuaRed Winter Open, RuaRed Arts, Tallaght, Dublin

RHA Annual Exhibition, RHA, Ely Place, Dublin 2

2018

Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, RHA, Ely Place, Dublin

The Winter Exhibition, Rua Red, Tallaght, County Dublin

2017

The Hennessy Portrait Prize Exhibition, The National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin

Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition, Ulster Museum, Belfast

Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, RHA, Ely Place, Dublin

2016

Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition, Ulster Museum, Belfast

Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, RHA, Ely Place, Dublin

Window to Eden, St. Monica's Community Council, Edenmore, Dublin 5

2015

185th Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, RHA, Ely Place, Dublin

Imirt le do Thoil, Ennistymon Courthouse Gallery, Co.Clare

Cover to Canvas, The Honourable Society of The Kings Inn's Law Library, Dublin The Hong Kong Convention Centre, China

Illuminations, NUI Maynooth, Co. Kildare

2014

184th Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, RHA, Ely Place, Dublin

VUE, Royal Hibernian Academy, Ely Place, Dublin

Imirt le do Thoil, Yeats Society Gallery, Sligo

2013

Copy.right: the art of appropriation, 33 Contemporary Gallery, Chicago.

Art in the Eastside Outdoor Art Billboard, 356 Woodstock Rd., Belfast

Rua Red Winter Exhibition, South Dublin Arts Centre, Tallaght, Dublin

Queen's University University of the Air: A Thousand Words, Ulster Hall, Belfast

Future Perfect, The Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery, Dublin 1

Austerity/Binge with 5 On a Day Out (5OADO), Talbot Gallery, Dublin 1

Awards / Residencies / Commissions

The Arts Council Agility Award 2024

Wicklow Arts Award - Artist Award Scheme 2023

Invited Artist, 192nd RHA Annual 2022

The Royal Hibernian Academy Friends Award, RHA Annual 2022

Arts Council Agility Award 2022 & Arts Council Professional Development Award 2020

The Hennessy Portrait Prize Highly Commended Award, National Gallery of Ireland

2017 The RHA Studio Award, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin 2, 2015

Cover to Canvas commission, The Honourable Society of Kings Inns', 2015

Professional Development and Arts Practice Support Grant, DLRCOCO, 2011, ’12, ’15 Residency,

Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Co Monaghan, 2013, ’17, ’19, ’20, ’21, ’23

Residency and exhibition, De-Appendix, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, 2013

Project Grant, Dublin City Council, 2009

European League of Institutes of the Arts Award, Residency & Commission, Brussels, 2008

Public Collections

Deloitte, Business to Arts, The State art Collection, Killeen Group Holdings, Central Bank & Financial Services Authority Ireland, Activate Capital Ireland,

Scor Global, Kildare County Council, Hotel Bloom Brussels, Green8 Japan.

Artist Collectives

At Home Studios Artists Collective, VAI Head Office Dublin

Visual Artist Ireland Member

ArtNetDLR Collective

Links

The Artist's Well interview Jan 21st 2023 Alan Keane interview with Myra Jago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0lUvjEa9cQ

DLR Arts / Claire Halpin interview with Myra Jago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6VLemFhkSs

Transition, oil on canvas triptych, 120x300x4cm Myra Jago 2019