CARA FARNAN
hand dyed and painted textile, digitally printed textile, text, performance
Cara is particularly curious about complex ways the body is involved in and influenced by
intimate conversations, collaborations, and exchanges, both with other people and our
environments. While often overlooked, these exchanges have a big impact on who we are as
people and have wide reaching influence on our work, our professional lives, our political views
and how we interact with the world at large. Small scale collaboration, often within her own
close relationships, often forms the foundation of her research. Through performance, writing,
drawing, sound and textiles; she makes the exchanges and processes by which we interact with
those we love, tangible.
Cara has a BA in Fine Art Print from NCAD Dublin and completed a MA in Fine Art at the
HKU, Utrecht in 2021. She has an ongoing interest in creative education and public engagement
within the arts and has worked in both STEM & Art education, teaching classes and workshops,
in schools, community centres, summer camps, galleries and online. Recent projects include
andyoureallymove, a participatory performance at Academie Gallerie, Utrecht, 2021,
collaborative exhibition Water Bodies at Catalyst Arts Belfast, 2020 and solo exhibition
Sometimes the river flows backwards, Backwater Artists Studios, Cork, 2020.