Myra Jago is an Irish visual artist working in oil paint and sculpture. She holds a Masters of Fine Art (2011) and Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Fine Art Painting (2005) from The National College of Art & Design Dublin. Her work explores identity, empathy and human connection through skin-tone paintings, tonal fabrics and sculptural forms.
Her work can be found in public collections at 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 in many private collections at home and abroad.
Awards include The Royal Birmingham Society of Artists High Commendation Award 2025, Cairde Festival SG Artshop Award 2025, Arts Council Awards 2024, 2022, 2020, Wicklow Arts Award 2023, RHA Friends Award 2022, The National Gallery of Ireland/Hennessy Portrait Highly Commended Award 2017 and The RHA Studio Award 2015.
She has been 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. She has participated in the past twelve RHA Annuals.
