After graduating from the sculpture department at the Bath Academy of Art, Kieran Lyons undertook his Masters Degree in America, graduating in Sculpture from Yale University. From there, Kieran travelled to New Zealand with a fellowship at the University of Auckland and started to produce large scale installation works with a fictional company called E-Z-GRO. Returning to London in 1977, Kieran joined the video/performance collective at 2B Butler’s Wharf producing video performances, and presenting them in London, Belfast, Newcastle and Dublin.

In 1989 Kieran became a full-time member of staff at the School of Art Media and Design, working on the Interactive Art which developed into what is now the Fine Art Contemporary Media Programmes. In this period Kieran produced major drawing works that have been shown throughout Britain and Europe, with the 56 Group Wales. More recently specialising in interactive/dynamic installations and digitally projected works that have been seen at Ffotogallery Cardiff, Oriel Mostyn Llandudno and the Glyn Vivian Swansea as well as here at the University of Wales Newport.