Solo Exhibitions
2024 - (forthcoming) untitled, Butler Gallery, Kilkenny.
2022 - nightcall, Ashford Gallery, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin.
2021 – of late… mother’s tankstation gallery, Dublin.
2019 – Here and Away, LAB Gallery, Dublin.
2016 – 9:42am – 11:56pm, St Carthage Hall, Lismore Castle Arts, Waterford.
Selected two person & group exhibitions
2025 - (forthcoming) untitled (two - person show with Daniel Coleman) Lavit Gallery, Cork.
2024 - Silent Disco ‘24, Greystone Industries, Suffolk, UK.
2024 - PeripheriesPAIR, Periphery Space, Gorey.
2024 - Push and Pull, Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda, Louth.
2024 - Blue: The pursuit of the heavenly colour, Purdy Hicks Gallery, London, UK.
2024 - Hennessy Craig/Homan Potterton show, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin.
2023 - Shifting in Silence, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin.
2023 - Connections, Boyle Arts Festival, King House, Roscommon.
2022 - Doorways & Windows, Stonebridge Gallery as part of WexArt Festival, Wexford.
2022 - MATAIRLANDIA - Selasar Sunaryo, Bandung, Java, Indonesia.
2022 – GENERATION22, Butler Gallery, Kilkenny.
2022 – MATAIRLANDIA – (Ireland’s Eye) - World Trade Centre, Jakarta, Indonesia.
2022 – Hennessy Craig exhibition - Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin.
2022 – With Other Matter - Roscommon Arts Centre, Roscommon.
2021 - Ochre (two - person show with Emma Roche) Wexford Arts Centre, Wexford.
2021 – PheripheriesMEET - Periphery space, Gorey.
2021 – HOME, The Louis Glucksman Gallery, Cork.
2020 – A View from Lismore - Lismore Castle Main Gallery (from Lismore collection), Waterford.
2020 – The Sky is Blue, ARTWORKS - VISUAL, Carlow.
2020 – Home from Home - The Louis Glucksman, Cork (online initiative during Covid-19).
2019 – Everything is in Everything - Sirius Arts Centre, Cork.
2019 – DisPatch Enniscorthy - 11 Castle Street Enniscorthy, Wexford.
2019 – Meatspace - Royal Irish Academy, Dublin.
2018/2020/2021/2022/2023 – RHA Annual - Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin.
2018 – PeripheriesOPEN - Periphery Space, Gorey.
2017 – The Turf Depot - Oonagh Young Gallery, Dublin.
2015 – Origins - St Carthage Hall, Lismore, Waterford.
Education
2017/2019 – MA Art Research and Collaboration, Institute of Art Design and Technology.
2012/2015 – BA Visual Arts Practice, Institute of Art Design and Technology.
Texts/Interviews/Reviews
2024 - (Review) - Award Culture, Small Night, James Merrigan, 23 February.
2023 - (Review) - Silent Matter, Irish Arts Review, Aidan Dunne, Winter Editon, November - February.
2023 - (Review) - 10 paintings you wish you’d bought at the 193rd RHA annual, Cristín Leach, RTE, 23 June.
2023 - (Review) - A journey started alone and completed together, Tripe + Drisheen, JJ O’Donoghue, 15 March.
2023 - (Review) - Cork Art Project with Womans Shelter, Irish Examiner, Marc O’Sullivan, 20 March.
2022 - (Review) - Generation Painting, Small Night, ART & TEXT, James Merrigan, 6 May.
2022 - (Review) - With Other Matter Part 1 , Visual Arts Newssheet, Mary Flanagan, 4 May.
2021 – (Review) – What lies beneath – Beauty halls and the power of temptation, Niall MacMonagle, 8 August.
2021 – (Review) – Ciara Roche at mother’s tankstation, Small Night, We are fetishists, James Merrigan, 3 July.
2021 – (Interview) – Light and Shadow, Joanne Laws interviews Ciara Roche, Visual Arts Newssheet, July – August.
2021 – (Text) Pigments and Proper Names, exhibition text for Ochre, Maeve Connolly, June.
2021 – (Text) of late… exhibition text, David Godbold, May.
2021 – (Interview) Spotlight interview, Arts Council of Ireland, published on Arts Council website March.
2020 – (Interview) with Public Art on DisPatch, video published on Vimeo for PublicArt.ie March.
2019 – (Review) of Here and Away in The Sunday Times Culture Magazine, Moran Been –Noon, 20 October.
2015 – (Review) Discontent and material gain at student shows, Visual Art round- up, Aidan Dunne, The Irish Times, 12 June.
Talks
2024 - Painters as Artists, panel discussion with Dr Angela Griffith, Diana Copperwhile, Hannah Ní Mhaonaigh & Claire Halpin, Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda, 29 May.
2024 - Artist talk with painting students, National College of Art & Design, Dublin, 10 April.
2024 - Artist Profile: Ciara Roche, Glucksman Gallery, published 17 February.
2023 - BASIC TALK, Hugh Lane Gallery, 15 September.
2022 - Artist Lecture as part of This Must be the Place series with RHA, 6 October.
2021 – Recorded artist talk for OCHRE with Maeve Connolly & Emma Roche – July.
2021 – Artist talk, online & recorded with The Glucksman, April.
2019 – Painting the Place, Ciara Roche in conversation with Curator Julia Moustacchi, The LAB Gallery, 31 October.
Teaching
2024/2023 - Tutor RHA School.
2023 - Guest Mentor, Critical Correspondence Course, RHA, 29 November.
2024/2023 - Mentor, Waterford Artists Group Mentoring Scheme, Big Look, October/November.
2022/2023/2024 - Art on the Farm, Summer Art Programme for high school students, Cow House Studios, June - July.
2021 – Painting Masterclass – RHA 23-24 October.
2020/2021/2022/2023 - Teaching Gap Year Students, Cow House Studios.
2021 – Creative Schools 2nd year students, Meanscoil Gharman, November – December.
2021/2023 – Creative Schools 4th/5th year students, Meanscoil Gharman, April – May.
2021 – Workshop, Saturday Masterclass, Glucksman, 17 April.
Community & Collaboration:
2023 - 2026 - on the steering committee for Creative Places, Enniscorthy.
2022 - Glucksman Commission to collaborate with Good Shepard Cork for the creation of an artwork based on their experience for the UCC Collection, Unvieled in Glucksman Gallery 10 March 2023.
2022/2023 – Re-imagining Enniscorthy, (Assistant artist to Elaine Harrington) in her Public Art Commission to deliver environmental workshops/public planting and community hubs in Enniscorthy.
2019 – DisPatch Enniscorthy, (Becks Butler, Astrid Newman and Ciara Roche) Worked with 10 different community groups in Enniscorthy over 6 months to design postcards. Pop-up post office held in 11 Castle Street, Enniscorthy where there were free postcards to send and a café environment with free tea and coffee in conjunction with the Strawberry Fair in Enniscorthy.
2019 – Meatspace, (Becks Butler, Astrid Newman & Ciara Roche) presentation of work and performances in Royal Irish Academy, April.
Awards:
2023 - Agility Award - Arts Council of Ireland.
2022 - Next Generation Award - Arts Council of Ireland.
2022 - K&M Evans Painting Prize from 192nd RHA Annual.
2020/2021 – Arts Council Bursary Award.
2020 – Creative Ireland Bursary – joint award with Emma Roche, Wexford County Council.
2020 – Éigse Graduate Award – Carlow Arts Festival.
2020/2022 – ArtLinks Bursary.
2019 – Per Cent Per Art Commission, Wexford County Council, M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy PPP Scheme, Awarded to DisPatch (Becks Butler, Astrid Newman and Ciara Roche).
2017 – Tyrone Guthrie Bursary award with Wexford County Council.
Collections:
University College Cork Collection.
Maybourne Beverly Hills Hotel Collection, LA, USA.
Chateau La Coste Collection, France.
Wexford Arts Centre permanent collection.
Institute of Art Design and Technology Art Collection.
Lismore Castle Collection.
Private collections throughout Ireland.
Private collections throughout Europe, America and China.