Catherine Delaney (born 1965) is an Irish artist, working in the disciplines of sculpture, installation art and photography. She was elected as a member of Ireland's academy or affiliation of artists, Aosdána and her work is held in multiple public collections.^[1]

Catherine Delaney was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1965, one of five siblings. Her father was the artist Edward Delaney^[2] and her mother was Nancy (née O'Brien).^[3] Her father moved away in 1980, settling in the west of Ireland, and later starting a second family.^[3] She pursued third level studies in Ireland's National College of Art and Design (NCAD), graduating in 1984.^[1] She further studied sculpture in New Jersey, at the Johnson Atelier, and then from 1986 to 1988 on a scholarship at an arts academy in Munich, working on sculpture and photographic arts.^[4]

Dublin's Project Arts Centre hosted Delaney's first solo show, Rib by Rib, in 1994.^[4] She also exhibited sculpture at the Grant Fine Arts gallery in County Down, where her father had previously had a sculpture show.^[5] One major transient installation was Enclose, a roughly bridge-shaped structure at the Grennan Mill in County Kilkenny, supported by the local authority and Ireland's Arts Council after plans for a similar installation at the Ireland-Northern Ireland were placed on indefinite hold; the macquette of the sculpture was bought by Ireland's Office of Public Works.^[6] Another was Inside-Outside in Baltinglass.^[7] A large-scale permanent installation is the poured-metal Fill in Ballymun.^[4]

Delaney was elected to Ireland's academy or affiliation of artists, Aosdána, in 2008.^[1] She has received support from the Arts Council, both before election to Aosdána,^[8] and since election, including payment of the "cnuas".^[9]