[2] Buckley was born in County Galway, Ireland and lived in a small town.

After graduating from NCAD in Dublin in 2000, she received her MA from Chelsea College of Art and Design in London in 2007.

"[7] Fata Morgana was a "dazzling and disorientating large-scale",[8] walk-in, kaleidoscope installation Buckley made for Cell Project Space in 2012.

[10][6] Buckley exhibited at Mother's Tankstation in Dublin in 2010,[3] and was part of Into Boundless Space I Leap, an exhibition based on the work of Scottish scientist James Clerk Maxwell at the University of Cambridge in 2016.

[12] She collaborated with many artists in exhibitions and performances including Kim Coleman at Block 336 (2016),[13] Paul Purgas at the Whitechapel Gallery (2015),[14] Dan Coopey at Turner Contemporary (2013), and with Dave MacLean and Haroon Mirza at Rokeby (2009).