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

Seattle's Photographic Center Northwest is Producing Some Promising Photographers - Humble Arts Foundation

Group Exhibitions

2024

Future Forward 2024 - Mini Mart City Park, Seattle, Washington

Redeconstructions / An Tobar - Solas Gallery, 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