Completed a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) in Fine Art at the National College of Art and Design, Dublin, in 2012. During this time Manson took part in workshops in the Netherlands, with the European League of the Institutes of the Arts and was selected to represent Ireland in the Prix Europa, Languages through Lenses video competition on multilingualism. Her short film was awarded 4th place out of fifteen shortlisted entries selected from 27 European Union Member States with her entry 'Choose Wisely'.
Manson's work is in collections such as; AXA Insurance and The Royal College of Surgeons and is housed in numerous private collections.
Sarah Eva's works were selected for the 121st RHA Annual Exhibition in 2011. In November of the same year, she was invited to exhibit in The Cockleshell Gallery, Waterford. There she showed an installation of 52 palimpsest etchings along with a short video piece. Her work was also selected for the travelling Irish Wave exhibition curated by Fionn Gunn, this exhibition travelled to Beijing and Shanghai in 2012.
Manson spent 6years working in the Copper House Gallery, Dublin, where she specialised in exhibition design, planning and production, advanced transparency and negative scanning along with large format scanning as an archival and conservation resource.
Manson is also the curator of Ballyrogan Expression; an artist’s collective and travelling group show.
Originally from Wicklow, Sarah attended the incredible portfolio course in Bray Institute of further education for 1 year because her first submission to NCAD was unsuccessful. She did, however, receive the highest merit from DIT but her stubborn heart was set on NCAD. Sarah was accepted into NCAD the following year after completing a fantastic portfolio to the highest standard spending eight hours a day 7 days a week for 7 months. Determination is an integral part of her personality. When Sarah was in first year her mother, Attracta, was in her final year. They spent many long hours together perfecting their crafts and debating concepts as peers would. Sarah continues to hold a grudge against her mother for getting accepted into NCAD the first time she tried but ultimately is so completely proud of her for following her dreams.
In her final year, she got part of her degree show printed in The Copper House Gallery and worked closely with Maureen and Mark to produce beautiful archival pigment prints mounted to Dibond with a matte laminate and split battens. This brief interaction led to Leszek and Maureen inviting Sarah to undergo an internship. 7 years later Sarah had worked her way up in the business under the expert guidance of Maureen, Lesek and Mark to management alongside Mark and Jacek. They were a small team that worked hard and to perfection, they became a family and remain close today.
2017 marked a monumental milestone Sarah became a mother to a wonderful baby girl named Böjin. It was then that another huge decision was made to uproot after 10 years in Dublin to relocate with her growing family to her home in Ballyrogan. She now rents an apartment in Ballyrogan with her partner Orgil (Mongolian), her two girls Böjin (2.5yrs) and Arietta (1.5yrs), her two dogs Maybee (rescue Westie cross) and Cooper (rescue Basset Hound cross). Her mom, Attracta, and dad, Andrew, live on-site in the main house. There are also seven other families living in cottages in Ballyrogan.
Being a family of artists, both parents are amazing painters, spurred her enthusiasm to utilise her knowledge to promote this niche through Ballyrogan Expression. Frequently opening up campaigns to invite artists that have lived or worked on their artistic practices in Ballyrogan to come together to exhibit. Many high profile artists have been through these doors since Andrew bought the site in the 1980s as a ruin. It was built from the ground up by artists and poets and many creative people living on site. The apartment in which Sarah resides was once a hay barn, then a dance studio, a self-catering holiday home, an arts and craft boutique and now a family home.
