Ceara Conway is a multidisciplinary artist working through newly composed contemporary and traditional song, live performance, and visual media. She creates immersive, multimedia works for galleries, site‑specific locations, music venues, and theatres, nationally and internationally.

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Since 2011, a central and distinctive thread of her practice has been the recontextualisation of traditional laments from around the world—including Irish caoineadh—into what she describes as an “affective” neo‑lament practice.

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Drawing upon traditional folk practices as a framework, she is interested in the potency of lament and song and utilises these forms within her contemporary performance works and compositions to engage audiences on specific issues that shape our lives today- such as migration, extinction, the colonisation of language, death and dying, and the environmental crisis.

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Along with her original works, she has collaborated and performed with artists and musicians such as Iarla Ó Lionáird, Nick Roth, Aideen Barry, Alice Maher, Caoimhín O Raghallaigh,  Niamh McCann, Nóirín Ni Rian, Linda Buckley, Brighde Chaimbeul, Kevin Murphy, Seán Mac Erlaine, Matthew Nolan, and the Irish Memory Orchestra.  

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In 2025, she received an Annie Award nomination for Best Music (TV/Media) for her work on Cartoon Saloon's Oscar-shortlisted film ÉIRU, collaborating with composer Leo Pearson as lyricist and vocalist for Amhrán Éiru.

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Upcoming presentations.

​Detroit Stockholm: Artists Residency: 7th Sept​

Nuns Island, Galway Arts Centre: 29th Oct

Fylkingen with Matthew Nolan and Lisa Dowdall & Interface Sweden.18th Nov

Galway Museum Lates -  live performance accompanied by Ristead Mac Aodha: Nov

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Select past exhibitions and performances include

This Too Shall Pass, Galway International Arts Festival & Interface Arts ( 2025),  A Language To Shout In, Palas Studios, Dublin ( 2024), The Sky Is Falling, Ormston House. Limerick.

Still We Gather, Galway Arts Centre (2025),  Museum of Fine Art, Florida (2024) , Stable Gallery , Washington  (2024),  Irish Museum of Modern Art ( 2022) the Katzen Arts Centre, Washington ( 2020)  Barbican, London ( 2018)   Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and  the National Gallery of Ireland. In 2020, Conway,  premiered her vocal commission Viriditas with Galway ECOC and Saolta Arts.

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Her work has been covered by various publications and media outlets including RTE Lyric FM and RTÉ Radio 1.   She is a recipient of funding awards from the Arts Council of Ireland and Galway/City and County Arts Office.​

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For commission/performance inquiries email: conwayceara@gmail.com