CONTACT
ingridlyons17@gmail.com
PUBLISHED SHORT STORIES, ESSAYS, ART ADJACENT FICTION AND CREATIVE NON-FICTION
2023 Upcoming, The Cave, commissioned art-adjacent fiction as part of the Freelands Artist Programme with artist Susan Hughes. In association with g39 in Cardiff, PS2 in Belfast, Site Gallery in Sheffield, and Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh.
2023 Upcoming, essay titled Colonial Ghosts, The Posthumanist Magazine, London/Berlin.
2023 February, essay titled El Duende Mirror Lamp Press, Issue No.6, Dublin.
2021 Memories of Trees short story to accompany artwork by Katherine Sankey in zine published by Five Lamps Arts Festival, Dublin and featured in Dublin Art Book Fair 2021.
2021 Magda’s Boat on the Marshes, short story to accompany paintings by David Eager Maher in his book Pinking, published by Galerie Drei Ringe, Leipzig.
2019 The Man Who Was Stuck short story to accompany paintings by artist, Kathy Tynan in her book Proud and Strong All Day Long published by Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin.
2017The Plain of Jars, published as part of temporary online art-writing platform, Response to Request edited by writer Rebecca O’ Dwyer, (concluded in July 2017).
2016 Tuam na Farraige, Creative Non Fiction to accompany an exhibition of paintings by Sinéad Kennedy at the Douglas Hyde gallery, Trinity College, Dublin.
THEATRE / PERFORMANCE /PRESENTATION / EXHIBITION
2023 October: An Afternoon of Tales & Fiddle at Kidogo with Writer Ingrid Lyons. Theatre/musical performance at Kidogo Arthouse, Fremantle, Perth W/A.
2023 October: Crooked Ridge Curvy Glen: performance/lecture/ response to artwork by Susan Hughes, Sinéad Kennedy, Ilona McGuire and Kathy Tynan. Curated by Francis Wasser, Temple Bar gallery and Studios and online with The Virtual Lectures.
2023 March: Collaborative performance with artist Ella Bertilsson for Basic Talks, at The Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin.
2023 April: Short film, ‘Running to the Marshes’ Included as part of group exhibition titled Let’s Go Inside with Sinéad Kennedy, Aoibhinn O’Dea, Isadora Epstein and Áine Byrne, Gallery 126, Galway.
2022 August: Collaborative performance with folk musician Mick Brown. Fiddle music and storytelling at the Folk Village Museum, Glencolmcille, Co. Donegal.
2021 September: It’ll all come out in the wash, collaborative performance with Lisa O’Neill comprising music, song, storytelling, drawing and dance, Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire.
2022 Black Irish Contemporary Cultural Production and Social Processes. Presentation of paper titled, ‘Moving from Ally to Accomplice’ – A comparative analysis of Alice Rekab’s ‘Family Lines’ and Stanley Février’s ‘Museum of the Invisible’ in positing pragmatism through exhibition making. The Douglas Hyde Gallery and Trinity College Dublin.
SELECTED ART WRITING AND CONTEXTUAL ESSAYS
2023 September - December, Contextual essay for exhibition of new work by Diaa Lagan and Basil Al-Rawi, The LAB Gallery, Dublin.
2023 March, Paul Kelly Solo exhibition,Winds of Change contextual essay for publication with Five Lamps Arts Festival, Dublin
2023 March, Harry Walsh Foreman, solo exhibition Mortal Engines contextual essay for publication with Five Lamps Arts Festival, Dublin
2023 May - July, Margaret Fitzgibbon Solo Exhibition, You Begin contextual essay for publication with Mermaid Arts Centre, Wicklow
2023 June, Ara Devine, Solo exhibition, The Irish Question by Ara Devine, contextual essay for publication with Regional Culture Center, Donegal
2022 Solo exhibition, Still Livin’ by Larry Mac Aree, contextual essay titled Your Picture is Still on My Wall commissioned by University of Atypical, Belfast.
2022 Solo exhibition, Luminous Gatherings by William O’Neill, contextual essay commissioned by Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin.
2021 Solo exhibition, Alter/Altar by artist Aisling Conroy, contextual essay commissioned by Oliver Cornett Gallery, Dublin.
2021 Solo exhibition, Aduantas by Tara Kearns, contextual essay commissioned by Five Lamps Arts Festival, Dublin.
2019 Solo exhibition, The Gap Between Noise by Elaine Grainger, contextual essay commissioned by The Complex, Dublin.
2018 Solo exhibition, Midnight Swim by Lesley-Ann O’Connell, contextual essay commissioned by Kevin Kavanagh gallery, Dublin.
2017 Solo exhibition, As it goes by Joe Scullion contextual essay commissioned by Kevin Kavanagh gallery, Dublin.
2016 Solo exhibition, Obscura, by Paul Nugent, contextual essay commissioned by Kevin Kavanagh gallery, Dublin.
2016 Solo exhibition PaperTrees by David Eager Maher, contextual essay commissioned by Pallas gallery and Studios, Dublin.
SELECTED ART CRITICISM
2023 Exhibition Review, Niamh O'Malley: Gather, Sligo, traveling exhibition as part of Ireland at Venice.Visual Artists' News Sheet,May/June 2023.
2022 Summary of residency at Est-Nord-Est Résidence d'artistes, Quebec and profile piece about artists; Laure Bourgault, Lucie Rocher, Nicolas Desverronnières and Jonathan Mayers. Visual Artists’ News Sheet. September/October 2022.
2021 William O’Neill Artists’ Profile essay for Mirror Lamp Press, Issue No.1.
2021 Rory Tangney exhibition review for the Visual Artists’ News Sheet.
2021 Liliane Puthod Artists’ Profile for the Visual Artists’ News Sheet.
2021 Book Review of PVA Journal; Everything is Somewhere Else for the Visual Artists’ News Sheet.
2019 Unapologetic Protagonist, article on the work of artist Amanda Doran, Irish Arts Review, September issue.
2018 Seasons End: More Than Suitcases, review of artist Tamara Henderson’s exhibition at the Douglas Hyde Gallery, Circa Magazine.
2017 Pauline Kael - The Hopeful Cynic, Critical Bastards Magazine, issue 14.
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2024 Irish Cultural Centre (Centre Culturel Irlandais), Paris. Residency to support development of theatre piece.
2023 Culture Ireland: Award to support performances in Perth, Western Australia.
2023 September: Fremantle Arts Centre, Asylum Ghosts. Oral history/historical musicology/social history research residency at former asylum.
2022 Creative Ireland: Donegal Culture & Creativity Grant Scheme. To write a new fiction and collaborate with musician, Mick Brown for event at The Folk Village Museum, Glencolmcille, Co.Donegal.
2022 Author in residence for Spring – Summer residency at ENE with visual artists: Laure Bourgault, Lucie Rocher, Nicolas Desverronnières and Jonathan Mayers. Est-Nord-Est Résidence d'artistes, Quebec.
2021 Foggy Notions (Leagues O’Toole) concert promotors and culture agency week-long immersive residency with Lisa O’Neill at the Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire.
2021 Donegal County Council ‘Artists Bursaries Scheme’. Awarded for traditional music and folklore research project with musician, Mick Brown.
2021 The Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon, ‘Agility Award’ to support research project for theatre production.
2020 The Arts Council/ An Chomhairle Ealaíon ‘Professional Development Award’ to support the development of a series of short stories in the genre of fiction.