B. 1999, Galway, Ireland | Lives and works in Dublin, Ireland
Email : laurenconway1999@gmail.com
Education
2021 IADT, Dun Laoghaire, BA Art, Ireland
2020 University of the Arts Helsinki, Finland
Email : laurenconway1999@gmail.com
(Upcoming) 2025 Solo Show, Draw a Card, Corner Gallery, RHA, Dublin
(Upcoming) 2025 Kylemore Winter Art Residency w/Notre Dame, New York Academy of Art, RHA
(Upcoming) 2025 Group Show, MY IMAGINATION Mirrors a still sky, Curated by Lee Welch, Paul Hallahan, The Coach House, Dublin
(Upcoming) 2025 Oh the places you’ll go, GOMA, Waterford
(Upcoming) 2025 Guest Lecturer, Mentored Drawing, RHA Schools
(Recent) 2024 Studio Voltaire Live/Work residency, London, UK
(Upcoming) 2025 Kylemore Winter Art Residency w/Notre Dame, New York Academy of Art, RHA
(Upcoming) 2025 Group Show, MY IMAGINATION Mirrors a still sky, Curated by Lee Welch, Paul Hallahan, The Coach House, Dublin
(Upcoming) 2025 Oh the places you’ll go, GOMA, Waterford
(Upcoming) 2025 Guest Lecturer, Mentored Drawing, RHA Schools
(Recent) 2024 Studio Voltaire Live/Work residency, London, UK
2021 IADT, Dun Laoghaire, BA Art, Ireland
2020 University of the Arts Helsinki, Finland
Solo Exhibitions
2020 Testing, Taideyliopiston Kuvataideatemia, Helsinki, FI
Two Person
2024 Things Changed, Lauren Conway, with special guest, Damon Conway, window feature, Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020 cruxx.project, Rathmichael Woods, Dublin IE
2020 Under the seams runs the pain, Ex Club x Ex Lab, Online Programme, Helsinki FI
2020 CIACLA Contemporary Irish Arts Center Los Angeles, Online Program, Santa Monica, CA USA
2019 How’s Your Da?, MLV Studios, Dublin IE
2018 Perceived Dimensions, IMMA, Dublin IE
Awards
2024 Agility Award, Arts Council of Ireland, IE
2022 Bursary Award, Arts Council of Ireland, IE
2022 Longlisted, Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize, UK
2021 RHA Graduate Studio Award, IE
2021 Agility Award, Arts Council of Ireland, IE
2021 Shortlisted RDS Visual Art Awards, IE
2021 The Dock/IADT Student Award, IE
2021 Emerging Artist Bursary Dun Laoghaire County Council, IE
2020 Shortlisted, Science Gallery Dublin Rapid Residency, IE
Collections
Colaiste Einde, Galway
Private Collections
Experience
(Upcoming) 2025 Guest Lecturer, Mentored Drawing, RHA Schools
2022 DLR Lexicon, Library Interventions, Q4 Local Radicals, Featured Artist
2022 DLR Lexicon, Creator and Facilitator, Buildings Through Drawings, Childrens Workshop
2022 The Douglas Hyde, Creator and Facilitator, TY Festival. Drawing workshop
2022 PS2 Belfast, Creator and Facilitator, Open Communal Shared drawing March, Online Event
2021 Gallery Assistant, Green on Red Gallery, Dublin
2019 Workshop Assistant Baboro, Ballybane Library, Galway
2017/18 Class rep, 1st Year Art IADT, Dublin
2017 Exam Diarist, Irish Times, Dublin
Residencies/Project Groups
2022/23 RHA Graduate Studio Award, IE
2020/21 National Forum of Teaching and Learning Student Associate
2020/21 Member, Douglas Hyde Student Forum iii
2020 Far from the Tree workshop w/Fergus Feehily, Uni Arts Helsinki
2018 Young Art writers programme, the RHA in collaboration with Temple Bar Gallery and Studios
Selected Talks/Presentations
2024 In Conversation, Lauren Conway, Jacqui McIntosh, Studio Voltaire
2024 In Conversation, Lauren Conway, Alice Rekab, Kevin Kavanagh
2022/23 RHA Open Studios, Multiple Dates
2022 NCAD Clancy Quay, Studio Presentation to recent graduates
2021 Tour and Artist talk on exhibition Karen, Ormond Art Studios to IADT BA Students
2020 Interview trí Gaeilge, Radio Rí Rá w/Louise Bryne
2018 Reading, Dublin Art Book fair (Nov 2018) RHA young Art writers Zine launch, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios
2018/17 Open Day Presentation, School of Visual Art IADT. Presentation of recent work and research notebooks
Press
2021 RDS Visual Art Awards - meet the next generation of Irish art, RTE News, 23 Nov 2021
2021 ENVISIONING: RDS VISUAL ART AWARDS 2021, Totally Dublin, Nov 15, 2021
2021 The RDS Arts Awards can launch careers, but what about the art of rejection? Gemma Tipton, The Irish Times, Nov 6 2021
2020 Unable to Exhibit Indoors, Artists Mock-Up Gentrified Ring Forts and More in the Mountains, Claudia Dalby, The Dublin InQuirer, 21 April 2020
Writing
2021 Clement Weather Conditions, response to the work of Eimear Walshe, Bloomers Magazine Issue 7: Ring Out Wild Bells
2018 RHA Young Art Writers zine response to the work of Karen Conway Placating Sychophantic Art Consumerism
2018 Heed to the Mound, response to the work of Emma Brennan Bloomers issue 2: The Living Mountain
Performances
2020 Rollerblading, Ingrid K Bjørnalli, Kallio Free Art Space, Helsinki FI
2020 The Monkey Went, Samuel Thompson Plant, Kallio Free Art Space, Helsinki FI
2020 What’s the Time Mr Wolf?, Samuel Thompson Plant, Helsinki FI
2022 A Great Public Meeting, The Dock, Carrick-On-Shannon, Leitrim IR, Curated by Ruth Carroll
2021 Karen, Ormond Art Studios, Dublin IR
2021 Karen, Ormond Art Studios, Dublin IR
Two Person
2024 Things Changed, Lauren Conway, with special guest, Damon Conway, window feature, Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 LOCKJAW, Ranelagh Arts Centre, Curated by Shaista Sosrowardoyo
2023 193rd RHA Annual Exhibition, RHA Gallery, Dublin IE
2023 Tooth, DIVA Dun Laoghaire, Dublin IE
2023 Remembering the Future, Visual Carlow, Curated by Benjamin Stafford, Carlow IE
2022 192nd RHA Annual Exhibition, RHA Gallery, Dublin IE
2021 Return to Disintegration - Periodical Review 11, Pallas Projects and Studios, Selected by Sheena Barrett, Alice Butler, Mark Cullen, Gavin Murphy, Dublin IE
2021 RDS Visual Arts Awards, RHA Gallery, curated by Vera Klute, Dublin IE
2021 191st RHA Annual Exhibition, RHA Gallery, Dublin IE
2021 Rendering New Realities - Access and Alterity, The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin IE
2021 A Great Public Meeting, IADT On Show, IADT, Dublin IE
2021 High Heart: In the Making, Pallas Projects, Dublin IE
2023 193rd RHA Annual Exhibition, RHA Gallery, Dublin IE
2023 Tooth, DIVA Dun Laoghaire, Dublin IE
2023 Remembering the Future, Visual Carlow, Curated by Benjamin Stafford, Carlow IE
2022 192nd RHA Annual Exhibition, RHA Gallery, Dublin IE
2021 Return to Disintegration - Periodical Review 11, Pallas Projects and Studios, Selected by Sheena Barrett, Alice Butler, Mark Cullen, Gavin Murphy, Dublin IE
2021 RDS Visual Arts Awards, RHA Gallery, curated by Vera Klute, Dublin IE
2021 191st RHA Annual Exhibition, RHA Gallery, Dublin IE
2021 Rendering New Realities - Access and Alterity, The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin IE
2021 A Great Public Meeting, IADT On Show, IADT, Dublin IE
2021 High Heart: In the Making, Pallas Projects, Dublin IE
2020 Under the seams runs the pain, Ex Club x Ex Lab, Online Programme, Helsinki FI
2020 CIACLA Contemporary Irish Arts Center Los Angeles, Online Program, Santa Monica, CA USA
2019 How’s Your Da?, MLV Studios, Dublin IE
2018 Perceived Dimensions, IMMA, Dublin IE
Awards
2024 Agility Award, Arts Council of Ireland, IE
2022 Bursary Award, Arts Council of Ireland, IE
2022 Longlisted, Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize, UK
2021 RHA Graduate Studio Award, IE
2021 Agility Award, Arts Council of Ireland, IE
2021 Shortlisted RDS Visual Art Awards, IE
2021 The Dock/IADT Student Award, IE
2021 Emerging Artist Bursary Dun Laoghaire County Council, IE
2020 Shortlisted, Science Gallery Dublin Rapid Residency, IE
Collections
Colaiste Einde, Galway
Private Collections
Experience
(Upcoming) 2025 Guest Lecturer, Mentored Drawing, RHA Schools
2022 DLR Lexicon, Library Interventions, Q4 Local Radicals, Featured Artist
2022 DLR Lexicon, Creator and Facilitator, Buildings Through Drawings, Childrens Workshop
2022 The Douglas Hyde, Creator and Facilitator, TY Festival. Drawing workshop
2022 PS2 Belfast, Creator and Facilitator, Open Communal Shared drawing March, Online Event
2021 Gallery Assistant, Green on Red Gallery, Dublin
2019 Workshop Assistant Baboro, Ballybane Library, Galway
2017/18 Class rep, 1st Year Art IADT, Dublin
2017 Exam Diarist, Irish Times, Dublin
Residencies/Project Groups
2022/23 RHA Graduate Studio Award, IE
2020/21 National Forum of Teaching and Learning Student Associate
2020/21 Member, Douglas Hyde Student Forum iii
2020 Far from the Tree workshop w/Fergus Feehily, Uni Arts Helsinki
2018 Young Art writers programme, the RHA in collaboration with Temple Bar Gallery and Studios
Selected Talks/Presentations
2024 In Conversation, Lauren Conway, Jacqui McIntosh, Studio Voltaire
2024 In Conversation, Lauren Conway, Alice Rekab, Kevin Kavanagh
2022/23 RHA Open Studios, Multiple Dates
2022 NCAD Clancy Quay, Studio Presentation to recent graduates
2021 Tour and Artist talk on exhibition Karen, Ormond Art Studios to IADT BA Students
2020 Interview trí Gaeilge, Radio Rí Rá w/Louise Bryne
2018 Reading, Dublin Art Book fair (Nov 2018) RHA young Art writers Zine launch, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios
2018/17 Open Day Presentation, School of Visual Art IADT. Presentation of recent work and research notebooks
Press
2021 RDS Visual Art Awards - meet the next generation of Irish art, RTE News, 23 Nov 2021
2021 ENVISIONING: RDS VISUAL ART AWARDS 2021, Totally Dublin, Nov 15, 2021
2021 The RDS Arts Awards can launch careers, but what about the art of rejection? Gemma Tipton, The Irish Times, Nov 6 2021
2020 Unable to Exhibit Indoors, Artists Mock-Up Gentrified Ring Forts and More in the Mountains, Claudia Dalby, The Dublin InQuirer, 21 April 2020
Writing
2021 Clement Weather Conditions, response to the work of Eimear Walshe, Bloomers Magazine Issue 7: Ring Out Wild Bells
2018 RHA Young Art Writers zine response to the work of Karen Conway Placating Sychophantic Art Consumerism
2018 Heed to the Mound, response to the work of Emma Brennan Bloomers issue 2: The Living Mountain
Performances
2020 Rollerblading, Ingrid K Bjørnalli, Kallio Free Art Space, Helsinki FI
2020 The Monkey Went, Samuel Thompson Plant, Kallio Free Art Space, Helsinki FI
2020 What’s the Time Mr Wolf?, Samuel Thompson Plant, Helsinki FI