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the National College of Art and Design, Dublin,
Ireland in 1999 with a BA in Fine Art Painting.
In 2000 she completed a post-graduate diploma
at the Cyprus College of Art, Lemba, Cyprus.
It was then that she met her husband, a Cypriot
from Paphos and they went to live in Ireland for
the following three years.
In Ireland, Miriam worked in a well-known stu-
dio called The Phoenix Studio, with twenty other
artists from around the world. She exhibited in
galleries in Ireland and in London, England. She
also worked as a tutor for the National Gallery of
Ireland, where she taught painting and drawing.
She also became involved in many community
arts projects, teaching art in inner city communi-
ties, nursing homes for the elderly and a clinic
for recovering drug addicts.
In 2003 she returned to Cyprus with her hus-
band and began working at a Paphos studio. She
has exhibited in Larnaca, Limassol, Nicosia and
Paphos. Recently she also participated in group
exhibitions in Ireland, New York and London.
She has had three solo exhibitions, one in May
2008 at The Lemon Street gallery and one in 2008
and 2010 at The Apocalypse gallery, Nicosia.
Miriam’s paintings can be found in public and
private collections in Ireland, Australia, USA,
Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Luxembourg,
Belgium, UK and Cyprus.
In autumn 2009, her work was purchased by the
Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre and is now part of
the Cyprus State Collection.
For more information, see website: miriammc-
connonart.com
Mammys stamp collection
Fish market
Stacks of cups
