Myra Jago
Oil Painter
Contemporary Artist
CV
www.myrajago.com
info@myrajago.com
Education
2011 Master of Fine Arts Painting, The National College of Art & Design, Dublin, Ireland
2009 BFA (Hons), The National College of Art & Design, Dublin, Ireland _____________________________________________________
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One Person Exhibitions
2019 Now Islands, Ashford Gallery, RHA, Dublin
2017 Subliminal, Easter Snow Gallery, TSEAC, Naul, Co. Dublin
2014 Learning to Fly, Eight Gallery, Dawson St., Dublin
Learning to Fly, Áras Inis Gluaire, Belmullet, Co. Mayo, Ireland
This, Somewhere Else, DeAppendix Medical Practice, Blackrock, Dublin
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Group Exhibitions (selected)
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2023 Ancestral Houses, hosted by The Embassy of Ireland in China; touring exhibition to Beijing, Chengdu, Chongqing and Hong Kong June-Dec 2023
Twenty One: Selected Works, Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, County Wicklow
RHA 200th Anniversary Exhibition, RHA, Ely Place, Dublin
Samhain, The Copperhouse, Dublin
Into The Weave, Lavit Gallery, Cork (August) 2023
Saint Brigid’s Well, Hamilton Gallery​, Sligo
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2022 Invited artist, Royal Hibernian Academy Annual, RHA, Ely Place, Dublin
Breaking Borders, Luan Gallery, Athlone, Co. Westmeath
Saint Brigid’s Well Exhibition, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo
The Gallery, Green Acres Wexford Festival Exhibition
Art at The House, Howth County Dublin
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2021 Royal Hibernian Academy 191st Annual Exhibition, RHA, Ely Place, Dublin
Invited artist, Artform Annual 44 Exhibition, the Quay, Waterford
Royal Ulster Academy 140th Annual Exhibition, Alpha House, Belfast
The Society of Women Artists Annual Exhibition, The Mall, London
Meditations in the Time of Civil War, (W.B.Yeats), Hamilton Gallery, Sligo
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2020 Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, RHA, Ely Place, Dublin
Covid Stories, Lismore Castle Arts, County Waterford
Celebrating Eva Gore Booth, Museum of Literature of Ireland (MoLI), Dublin
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2019 Rua Red Winter Open, Rua Red Gallery, Tallaght, Dublin
Utopia / Dystopia, Lexicon Municipal Gallery, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, RHA, Ely Place, Dublin
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2018 Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, RHA, Ely Place, Dublin
Rua Red Winter Open, Rua Red Gallery, Tallaght, Dublin
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2017 The Hennessy Portrait Award 2017, The National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin
Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition, Ulster Museum, Belfast, Ireland
Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, RHA, Ely Place, Dublin
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2016 Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition, Ulster Museum, Belfast
Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, RHA, Ely Place, Dublin
The Interaction Project, Eblana House, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
Window to Eden, St. Monica's Community Council, Edenmore, Dublin 5
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2015 Cover to Canvas, Honourable Society of The Kings Inn Law Library, Dublin
Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, RHA, Ely Place, Dublin
Imirt le do Thoil, Ennistymon Courthouse Gallery, Co.Clare, Ireland
AAF, Hong Kong Convention Centre, China
Illuminations, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Co. Kildare
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2014 Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, RHA, Ely Place, Dublin
VUE, Royal Hibernian Academy, Ely Place, Dublin
Imirt le do Thoil, Yeats Society Gallery, Sligo
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2013 Copy.right?, 33 Contemporary Gallery, Chicago, USA
Rua Red Winter Exhibition, South Dublin Arts Centre, Tallaght, Dublin
University of the Air: A Thousand Words, Ulster Hall, Belfast
Art in the Eastside, Outdoor Art Billboard, 356 Woodstock Rd., Belfast
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2012 Future Perfect, The Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery, Dublin
Austerity/Binge with 5 On a Day Out (5OADO), Talbot Gallery, Dublin
Art and Style, Brown Thomas Store, Grafton St., Dublin
Art’n Bloom! On The Cover, Brussels, Belgium
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2011 ArtNow, Dublin Contemporary Circle Event, KT Contemporary, Dublin
MA Show, NCAD, Thomas St., The Liberties, Dublin
Awards
2022 RHA Friends Award, RHA Annual
2022 Arts Council of Ireland Agility Award
2021 Arts Council of Ireland Professional Development Support Grant
2017 Highly Commended Award, Hennessy Portrait Prize, National Gallery of Ireland
2015 RHA School Studio Award, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
Professional Development Grant, Dún Laoghaire CoCo, 2011, 2012, 2015
2009 Project Grant, Dublin City Council, for Absolut Fringe Festival Installation
2008 The European League of Institutes of the Arts Bloom! Award, Residency & Commission
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Public Collections
Northern Ireland Civil Service Collection, Stormont, N.I.
Green8 Tokyo
Business to Arts
Killeen Motor Holdings
The Deloitte Art Collection
Activate Capital Ireland
Central Bank and FSAI Collection
The Irish State Art Collection
Scor Global Ireland
Kildare County Council Collection
Hotel Bloom Belgium
Green8 Tokyo
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Collectives
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AtHome Studios Artists Collective
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Visual Artists Ireland member
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Signal Arts Society Committee , Bray County Wicklow
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ArtNetDLR Committee , Dún Laoghaire
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Publications | Articles
• A Moment in Time, by Jennette Donnelly on This, Somewhere Else, Myra Jago's solo exhibition at AMNCH, VAI News Sheet, Sept-Oct 2014, p 25.
• ‘Learning to Fly’ short story by Brendan McLoughlin in response to the solo exhibition: Learning to Fly, 2014.
‘• Back the Way I Came’ short story by Brendan McLoughlin in response to a billboard painting reproduction of All this has happened before and it will All happen again, 2013.
• Future Perfect, The Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery, Dublin
• Sarah Reilly: Who knew ’50 Shades of Grey’ had anything to do with laundry colour-catchers? http://thecity.ie/2012/12/07/who-knew-50-shades-of-grey-had-anything-to-do-with-laundry-colour-catchers/
• Art & Style Brown Thomas issuu: http://issuu.com/brownthomasmenswear/docs/art___style/1
• Vernon Steel: Le Cool online arts and culture magazine review of Austerity/Binge at Talbot Gallery: http://dublin.lecool.com/dublin/en/issue/1098/event/29964
• Monika Heck: How young Irish artists are fighting the recession (posted Feb 21, 2012) https://monicaheck.wordpress.com/2012/02/21/how-young-irish-artists-are-fighting-the-recession/
• 5OADO and other stories..., Exhibition Catalogues 2012 and 2008
• Absolut Fringe Catalogue, 2009
• Oh Francis Oh Fringe, Wake Up! You've Been Colonised Season 1: Issue 3.1 http://www.ohfrancis.com
• Evening Herald, Katie Byrne: This is Fringe, Sept 3rd, 2009
• Art of Nurture Exhibition Catalogue, Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin, 2007