Frances Ryan is an Irish artist currently based in Ireland (Dublin). She trained at IADT Dublin graduating in Fine Art in 1997. Her solo exhibition ‘A Meditation on Birds’ was held at the Ballinglen Arts Foundation (Mayo) in 2024 and supported by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. Recent group exhibitions include the BEEP Painting Biennial (Wales) 2024 and ‘When Heaven Falls’ at The Lido Stores Gallery, Margate 2025. A regular exhibitor at the Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition (Dublin) she has also shown at the Royal Academy in London and the Royal West of England Academy (Bristol). Awards include Arts Council NI SIAP Award 2024, 2019 & 2016. Her work is held private and public collections including the Office of Public Works (OPW), Arts Council of Northern Ireland, AIB Bank, Four Seasons Dublin, Ballinglen Arts Foundation Archive, and Mayo County Council.