I have made clothes for myself and others since the age of twelve and trained as a window dresser after my Leaving Cert when I was seventeen, where my love of fabric deepened. Marriage, children, mortgages and freelance work filled the in-between years until a portfolio course at BIFE paved the way to study at The National College of Art & Design in 2005, culminating in a BA (Hons) and MFA (painting) in 2011.
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 received The Royal Hibernian Academy Friends Award 2022 and The National Gallery of Ireland/Hennessy Portrait Highly Commended Award 2017. She is supported by The Arts Council of Ireland Awards 2024, 2022, 2020 and Wicklow Arts Award 2023.
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 Ireland, Killeen Holdings, Scor Global and many private collections at home and abroad.
