Robyn Daly

Robyn Daly is an Irish-South African performative visual artist living and working in Ireland. A former photojournalist and editor turned commercial product photographer, she switched to fine-art photography in 2025. She has been on the judging panel of several photographic competitions
in Africa, including the Fuji Wildlife Awards, and has co-authored several books on travel and photography. She moved to Ireland in 2020 and settled in Ballymahon
in a semi-derelict 1920s house that has provided the canvas for many of her works.

She holds a Masters Degree in English Literature from Rhodes University with a specialisation in women’s studies and 19th century fairy stories, influences that have carried through to her photographic work in Ireland, with a growing interest in Irish folklore, often referenced in the liminality of her images. In addition she draws inspiration from a wide range of artists, including Degas, Picasso, Jenny Saville and Tracey Emin, evidenced in the painterly quality of many of her works, and the works of notable women photographers such as Lee Miller, Cindy Sherman and Francesca Woodman.

A highlight of her career has been the recent acquisition of one of her works (The Chemistry of Me) for the Female Artists ...

MA Rhodes University

2026
• RHA Open Exhibition 2026 – Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Dublin, Ireland
• RBSA Summer Open – Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Birmingham, UK
• Art Riddler 2026 – Dublin, Ireland
• Women In Art Fair – London
• Summer Open – Courthouse Gallery, Clare Ireland
• Cairde Arts 2026 – Sligo, Ireland
• Waiting To Exhale – The House of Smalls, Edinburgh, Scotland UK
• Unapologetic – Bath Artists Studios, Roper Gallery, UK
• Future Days – Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Scotland
• A New Feeling – Four Corners Gallery, London

Online exhibitions:
2026
• Annual Invitational 2026, Decagon Gallery, New York
• Woman 2026 – Biafarin Gallery
• The Inner Lens – Artdoc Photography

2025
• Forgotten Architecture – Decagon Gallery, New York