Ciaran Byrne
Making art with intention
A Wexford-based visual artist working alongside individuals in a supported creative space. Ciaran meets each person where they are, and makes together what words alone cannot hold.
This is not therapy, and it isn't a replacement for it. You are here to make art. You don't need to talk about personal matters, your history, or anything beyond the work in front of you. What you choose to share, or not share, is entirely up to you.
Ciaran is a visual artist and creative facilitator, not a therapist or counsellor. These sessions are not a form of therapy. Nothing more is expected of you than showing up and being willing to make something.
His practice is grounded in the belief that art can serve as a powerful voice, especially in moments where words feel inaccessible.
There is no single way to work with an artist. You can choose one, two, or all three, and they can shift as you do.
Play
Try different materials, follow wherever your mind takes you, and let go of any expectation of a result. No goal here, and that's precisely what makes it so freeing.
Learn
Focus on learning to draw, to paint, or to work with a specific material or technique. Ciaran is an excellent tutor and brings genuine pleasure to teaching, in a supported, unhurried space.
Create
Produce something real: a painting, an object, a series of pieces. If what you have in mind takes time, it can unfold across multiple sessions. No rush.
These are not fixed categories. Most people find themselves moving between all three across their sessions, and that is entirely the point.
Beginning
There is no assumed direction. Early sessions are about listening: to what you are drawn to, what feels possible, what kind of making interests you. Ciaran works with you to find a form that fits the moment.
Making
Each session is a chance to explore, experiment, or simply make something. The dynamic between you and Ciaran shifts week to week, always guided by what feels useful in that moment.
Reflection
Over time the work accumulates into something you can hold and look at. What you make across sessions becomes its own record of where you have been, and sometimes a way of seeing where you might go next.
Outcome
By the end of a series of sessions, you will have created something that belongs to you entirely. The outcome is as individual as the person who made it.
No two people need the same thing, and no two sessions are identical. Ciaran's role shifts depending on where you are and what the work calls for.
I am a Wexford-based Visual Artist that uses my creative practice as a means of emotional exploration and expression.
Ciaran holds a BA (Hons) in Art and Design from SETU, where his studies focused on dialectical and community-based art. His thesis examined these themes through the work of Brian Maguire, particularly Maguire's long engagement with prisons, psychiatric hospitals, and other institutional spaces where art is rarely expected to be.
He is deeply interested in creating spaces where individuals can make work, explore materials, and give form to things that might otherwise remain unspoken.
Working as Creative Facilitator, Ciaran brings a practiced artistic sensibility and a deep ease with people who have never thought of themselves as creative. His role is to follow the energy of each individual session and find the form that serves it.
- 2022 Kunst und Krieg Konference โ Bauhaus Reuse, Berlin
- 2019 Operation System Terror โ Kraftwerk Mitte, Dresden
- 2014 13 Degrees โ Void Gallery, Derry
- 2014 13 Degrees โ WAC, Wexford
- 2013 An Oasis of Horror in a Desert of Boredom โ Visual, Carlow
Talk to us about whether working with Ciaran is right for where you are right now. No obligation, just a first conversation.