Cycling that Butterfly, Vis-aVis, The Niland Gallery, Galway Arts Festival 2011.
Ann Maria Healy is a visual artist based in Galway, Ireland. Graduating from Galway & Mayo Institute of Technology in 2009 with a first class honours in fine art, sculpture, her practice includes live performance, installation and photography. Her work explores the bodies’ relationship to space and time, in particular focusing on cycles, how they affect and shape our lives. She has shown both nationally and internationally, recent work includes Labour- a touring exhibition of Irish performance art, London, Dublin, Derry.
Since graduating, Healy has been awarded a mentored residency at Galway Arts Centre, where she has subsequently exhibited several times. She has undertaken a residency at The Firkin Crane, working in collaboration with international dancers and had her first solo show at Basement Project Space, Cork. She has also sat on the board of 126 Artist Run Gallery, Engage Studio’s and Tulca Festival of Visual Art