Miriam Mc Connon was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1977. Since her graduation from the National College of Art and Design, Ireland in 199 and following a post-graduate diploma at the Cyprus College of Art, Mc Connon has presented 12 solo exhibitions in Ireland and Cyprus and more than 25 group exhibitions Nationally and internationally including the Beijing Biennale (2012/ 2015) and the International Drawing Biennale in Czech Republic, Poland and Germany. Her work can be found in the Cypriot and Irish State collections. She currently lives and works in Cyprus.

Mc Connon work examines the personal narratives behind domestic objects and in her more current practice she speaks more specifically about the human narrative of displacement at a domestic level and in particular the struggle to establish a new home following conflict. Mc Connon works in the mediums of painting, drawing and installation.