Sally O’Dowd is an award winning visual artist who makes performance, drawing, film and experimental drawing sessions that explore identity and women’s roles in contemporary Irish society. Her socially engaged, site-responsive practice uses drawing as process and live documentation.

Recent projects include Border Biennale 2025, Beuys 50 Years Later (Ulster Museum), Array Collective’s Lay of the Land, and documenting the Good Friday Agreement 25th Anniversary and Breastival Festival of Breastfeeding.

She leads experimental drawing workshops for institutions including the Ulster Museum, Conversations Festival for National Trust Mountstewart, and NI Mental Health Arts Festival.

Her artwork can be found in the Historic Royal Palaces, the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, and the Northern Ireland Civil Service collections.

A former creative co-director of Townhall Cavan Arts Space, and founding member of Vault Artist Studios, Belfast, Sally is actively involved in curating exhibitions and public programmes.

Supported by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and Cavan County Council Arts Office.