Conan McIvor is a Director and Undisciplinary Artist who tells stories across and in-between Cinema, Theatre & Visual Art. He creates theatre productions, fiction, documentary and experimental films, video installations, immersive environments, and projection design for live performance.
Conan’s work has been exhibited in galleries, festivals, national theatres, and cinemas; broadcast on national television; and is held in the Arts Council Northern Ireland collection. He studied Interactive Multimedia Design at Ulster University before receiving an MA in Film and Visual Studies from Queen’s University Belfast, during which he was awarded NI Screen’s Bill Miskelly Award.
Conan received his certificate in Storytelling for the Metaverse from the Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design, and Technology. He has also received an Arts Council Ireland Theatre Bursary to expand his practice as a Theatre Director & Designer. His sell-out production of Waiting For The Offo at The New Theatre Dublin marked his 50th design credit and 1st directing credit for the stage.
In 2022, Conan was nominated for “Best Video Design” at The Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards, received the Visual Artists Ireland Experience Award with Vivienne Dick, received D-Light Studios Dublin Creative Residency Award, and was the British Council Filmmaker-in-Residence at Centre Culturel Irlandais Paris. Most recently, he was an AUGE NEXT Artist-in-Residence at the Athens Digital Arts Festival Summer 2024.
​Conan is currently an M.F.A. Theatre Directing student at The Lir, National Academy of Dramatic Art at Trinity College Dublin.
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