Cian Hayes is an Irish photographer and curator living in Seattle. He grew up in Clonakilty, a small seaside town in the southwest of Ireland, and moved to Seattle in 2008. He graduated from Photographic Center Northwest’s Certificate Program in 2017, and in 2023 he co-founded Solas Gallery.
His photographic practice ranges from process based – exploring the craft and material of photography, and experimental ways of making images – to autobiographical, using photography as a tool for understanding personal and cultural relationships.
Contact: cian.m.hayes@gmail.com
Instagram: @cian.m.hayes
Press & Publications
Shots Fired - The Stranger - Feature on Solas Gallery
Latitude 47 vol 3 - Interview and feature on thesis work
Group Exhibitions
2024
Future Forward 2024 - Mini Mart City Park, Seattle, Washington
Redeconstructions / An Tobar - Solas Gallery, Seattle, Washington
PCNW 26th Juried Photography Exhibition: Being Present - Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, Washington
Iconoclast, a one of one photography group show, curated by Twyla Sampaco - Steve Gilbert Photo Studio, Seattle, Washington
2017
Notions of Home - Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, Washington
PCNW 2017 Thesis Exhibition - Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, Washington
2016
Heavy Metal II - LightBox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, Oregon