Frances Ryan is a Dublin-based contemporary artist. Graduating as a mature student in Fine Art from IADT in 1997, she has since exhibited in Ireland and the UK, with her most recent solo exhibition "A Meditation on Birds" taking place at the Ballinglen Arts Foundation in 2024.

Her art is held in public collections including the Office of Public Works (OPW) State Art Collection, the AIB Art Collection, the Ballinglen Foundation Archive, The Department of Finance (Northern Ireland) and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.

Currently working from MART Studios in Dublin, her evocotavie, nature-inspired works blend painting, collage, photography and printmaking.

Ryan's practice explores themes of ephemerality, fragility and resiliance in relation to the natural world and marvels at how daily encounters with her immediate environment can provide the impetus to create work where memory and emotion converge. Further details here.

‘Secret Garden (Kylemore Abbey)’ 20 x 25 cms (2026)

2026

Invited Artist ‘A Day in May’ John Martin Gallery London & Spirit Studios Suffolk in association with Auto Amor - Group Show (July)

Jacksons Art Prize Shortlist (AAF Hampstead & Bankside Gallery London - May)

Landscape and Memory I will be hosting a three-day workshop at Artform Co. Waterford from 15-17 April 2026.

The Space Between Group Exhibition by MFA Winter Residency artists hosted by the University of Notre Dame at Kylemore Abbey. Notre Dame Kylemore, Co. Galway, Ireland (February 2026)

2025

Small is Beautiful | 43rd Edition Flowers Gallery London (Nov-Jan)

Hunt Museum Inaugural Open Exhibition Limerick Ireland (5 Dec - 28 Feb ‘26)

Artform at The Dunmore Rathmines Dublin (Nov-Jan)

Lido Open 2025 Group Show Margate UK(Sept-Oct)

195th RHA Annual Exhibition Dublin (May-August)

Cairde Visual Sligo Ireland (July)

’Ordinary Beauty’The Point Contemporary Norfolk UK (April-June)

‘If Heaven Falls’Lido Stores Gallery Margate, UK (February)

‘I Won’t Stay in a World Without Love’ Beep Painting Biennial, Aberystwyth School of Art, Wales, UK (January)

3-DayWorkshop ARTFORM, Co. Waterford (March)

Spring Show Art East, Ipswich, UK (May)

‘Sun Showers (Walled Garden)’ 20 x 25 cms (2026)

Botanical paintings by artist Frances Ryan who lives in Dublin, Ireland

Abstract painting with dark and vibrant colors including black, blue, green, gold, purple, and pink, creating a textured and layered composition.

A mixed media artwork featuring a person's hand holding a fish with a red eye, set against a dark, starry background with gold splatters and abstract elements.