Conor Coady is an Irish visual and performance artist originally from Co. Kilkenny and Co.Carlow, living and practising in Ireland. He studied Sculpture and Combined Media at Limerick School of Art & Design, has since been practising through performance and collaboration. He was the Emerging Artist Residency Award winner at Burren College of Art, and soon after shortlisted for the RDS Awards Exhibition 2018, Dublin, curated by Amanda Coogan. Coady has proactively exhibited in group shows including at Draiocht Gallery, Blanchardstown, Dublin, King Johns Castle, Limerick, MART Gallery, Rathmines, Dublin, KFest Music and Arts Festival, Kilorgln, Kerry, Dali&Gala Warehouse, Cork City as well as participating in performance art installations in EVA International 2016 and 2018. He is a member of EVIL Limerick Performance collective, and has performed at EVIL A Night of Live Art No.2, 2018.
As of October 2018 Coady has begun an ongoing artistic collaboration with visual artist Grace McEvoy entitled Echtrae which incorporates lens based media with aspects of performance art with resulting installations and group shows exhibited in 2019.
Coady was one of the first two receipients of the Eleanor Lawlor Performance Art Residency Award at MART Gallery studios, Harolds Cross 2021 with a resulting Livestock perfomance at the opening of Eleanor Lawlors Retrospective Exhibition May 14th 2022 at MART Gallery in Rathmines, Dublin.