Sara Dowling is an arts manager and programming curator, based in Ireland. She has worked in a variety of administrative, curatorial and management roles for local and international arts organisations and galleries including: Limerick City Gallery of Art, Esker Arts in Tullamore Offaly, EVA International - Ireland's Biennial of Contemporary Art, Creative Europe's Magic Carpets project led by Kaunas Biennial Lithuania, the Douglas Hyde Gallery Student Forum, and Athena Standards Residency.
She also maintains an active freelance curatorial practise - often in collaboration, with projects including: co-founding of PeakShow Exhibitions - an independent platform project for emerging artists in Limerick (co-curated with Ellen Egan), the online launch of the women's collective Mná na nEalaín, and other recent curated exhibitions for Limerick Printmakers & MART Gallery Dublin, LSAD's Photography & Moving Image Dept, Black Church Print Studio & Print Network Ireland at The Library Project, Temple Bar.
Sara holds an MA in Curatorial Practise, has completed the Creative Europe Wom@rts Training Program, Arts Council EDI and Arts & Disabilities Training, and online certificates in Curatorial Enterprise, Arts Cultural Strategy, and Women in Arts Visibility & Social Justice from recognised international institutions. She has received Arts Council Agility Awards, and the Belfast Exposed Future Curators Award.
Sara is now undertaking a mentored residency at Limerick City Gallery of Art, as well as managing some Visual Arts Projects with the University of Limerick. Her new work examines the role played and impact made by several prolific women artists in Ireland.