Myra Jago’s practice is rooted in oil painting and sculpture, exploring the beauty of being human in

a beautiful world. She places our relationships with each and the Earth into fabrics and clay, depicting them in oil paintings and sculptural forms.

Her painted subjects act as metaphors for the porosity and malleability of being human; on the

canvas, they are doubled, creating symmetries to invite reflection. Earth Paintings (2022-24) use

atlases and maps to focus on the planet itself, evoking care and responsibility through amorous titles

such as I Love You to the Moon and Back and Hung Up On You.

Work has since progressed to the human level. Aware of how the natural diversity of skin tone has

historically been misused as a tool of separation and exclusion, Jago approaches this theme with

aesthetic subtlety, reframing it through celebration and harmony. This journey planetary

surface to human surface sustains her exploration of empathy, connection, and the shared

materiality of life.

Her painting practice involves fabric design, outsourced printing, arranging the scene to be photographed, digitally editing and ultimately painting in oils on ultra smooth canvases or wood panels.

Myra Jago is an Irish visual artist working in oil paint and sculpture. In 2025, she received three awards:  Hunt Museum Inaugural Open Award for a work of distinction 2025, The Royal Birmingham Society of Artists High Commendation Award 2025, Cairde Festival SG Artshop Award 2025.  She has received support from The Arts Council Awards 2024, 2022, 2020, Wicklow Arts Award 2023, RHA Friends Award 2022, The National Gallery of Ireland/Hennessy Portrait Highly Commended Award 2017 and The RHA Studio Award 2015.

Her work can be found in public collections at The Central Bank of Ireland, The Irish State Art Collection, Green8Tokyo, The Northern Ireland Civil Service Collection Belfast, Business to Arts, Deloitte, Activate Capital, Killeen Holdings, Scor Global and in many private collections at home and abroad.

She was invited to make new work for TO NEVER LOOK AWAY at TØN, Temple Bar Dublin (2024), INTO THE WEAVE (2023) at Lavit Gallery Cork, BREAKING BORDERS (2022) at Luan Gallery, Athlone, Nanchizi Art Museum, Beijing (2023) and The Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition (2022). Jago presented her fourth solo exhibition Now Islands at The Royal Hibernian Academy Ashford Gallery, Dublin in 2019 and has participated in the past twelve RHA Annual Exhibitions.

Myra Jago holds a Masters of Fine Art (2011) and Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Fine Art Painting (2005) from The National College of Art & Design Dublin.