Myra Jago is an Irish visual artist working in oil paint and sculpture, holding a Master of Fine Art 2011 and Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Fine Art Painting 2009 from The National College of Art & Design Dublin.
Her work explores identity, empathy and human connection through Earth and skin-tone paintings, tonal fabrics and sculptural forms.
In 2025, Jago was awarded The Hunt Museum Artwork of Distinction Award, The Royal Birmingham Society of Artists High Commendation Award, and The Cairde Festival SG Artshop Award 2025. She is supported by The Arts Council of Ireland Awards 2024, 2022, 2020, Wicklow Arts Award 2023, The Royal Hibernian Academy Friends Award 2022 and The National Gallery of Ireland/Hennessy Portrait Highly Commended Award 2017.
She was invited to make new work for TO NEVER LOOK AWAY at TØN, Temple Bar Dublin (2024), INTO THE WEAVE (2023) at Lavit Gallery Cork, BREAKING BORDERS (2022) at Luan Gallery, Athlone, Nanchizi Art Museum, Beijing (2023) and The Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition (2022). Jago presented her fourth solo exhibition Now Islands at The Royal Hibernian Academy Ashford Gallery, Dublin in 2019.
Public collections include The Central Bank of Ireland, The Irish State Art Collection, Green8Tokyo, The Northern Ireland Civil Service Collection Belfast, Business to Arts, Deloitte, Activate Capital, Killeen Holdings, Scor Global and many private collections at home and abroad.
