Niamh McCann is an Irish visual artist. Her "work includes sculpture, installation, video and painting."

Early life and education

McCann is from

Rathfarnham Rathfarnham () is a Southside suburb of Dublin, Ireland. It is south of Terenure, east of Templeogue, and is in the postal districts of Dublin 14 and 16. It is within the administrative areas of both Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council a ...

and continues to live and work in

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. She studied at National College of Art and Design, Dublin, the Crawford College of Art, Cork, and Chelsea College of Art and Design, London.

Career

McCann was a director of

Visual Artists Ireland Visual Artists Ireland (VAI, Irish: ''Ealaíontóirí Radharcacha Éire'') is an advocacy, support, publishing, and information organisation representing professional visual artists on the island of Ireland. History Founded in 1980 as the Sc ...

in 2013. She was awarded a Visual Arts Bursary from the Arts Council in 2018. She was commissioned to produce work for the

Museum of Country Life A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these i ...

's 'On Sight' annual exhibition in 2019. She is on residency in

Temple Bar Gallery and Studios Temple Bar Gallery + Studios (TBG+S) is a contemporary gallery and visual artist studio space located in the centre of Dublin in Temple Bar. History Founded in 1983 "by artists for artists", Temple Bar Gallery + Studios’ mission is to: creat ...

from 2022 to 2025. In 2022, McCann received the

Solas Nua Solas Nua (; "new light" in Irish) is a Washington, D.C.-based Irish contemporary arts organization. Founded in 2005, its first event was a production of the play ''Disco Pigs'' by Enda Walsh. While it is best known for its theater offerings, Sol ...

"Norman Houston Commissioning Award". McCann has works in the collection of the

Irish Museum of Modern Art The Irish Museum of Modern Art ( ga, Áras Nua-Ealaíne na hÉireann) also known as IMMA, is Ireland's leading national institution for the collection and presentation of modern and contemporary art. Located in Kilmainham, Dublin, the Museum pr ...

, the

Hugh Lane Sir Hugh Percy Lane (9 November 1875 – 7 May 1915) was an Irish art dealer, collector and gallery director. He is best known for establishing Dublin's Municipal Gallery of Modern Art (the first known public gallery of modern art in the w ...

, and the Arts Council of Ireland.

Solo exhibitions and works

*'someone decides, hawk or dove' - STABLE Arts,

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; The MAC Belfast - 2023/24 *'Sentinals lew through the ages in the shape of birds - Carey's Lane,

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- 2023 *Hairline Crack dialogue - Irish Cultural Centre, Paris - 2023 * 'Tableaux Vivants' (curator) -

Hugh Lane Gallery The Hugh Lane Gallery, officially Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane and originally the Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, is an art museum operated by Dublin City Council and its subsidiary, the Hugh Lane Gallery Trust. It is in Charlemont House ( ...

, Dublin - 2020 * (untitled) (w/ Damien Flood) - Courthouse Gallery,

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, County Clare - 2021 * 'Mother's Lament' -

, County Mayo - 2019 * 'Furtive Tears' -

- 2018/19 * 'La Perruque (Protest Song)' - The MAC Belfast - 2016 * 'Just Left of Copernicus' - Visual Carlow - 2015 * Changing States (with others), Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels * 'Insertions', Green on Red Gallery, Dublin - 2012 * 'GRADUATES' - 2012 * 'Niamh McCann', The Void,

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- 2011 * 'TiltShift' - Hugh Lane - 2010 * 'HIAP Project Space' - Finland - 2009 * 'Purlieu' Green on Red Gallery, Dublin - 2009 * 'Flock Of Ospreys Looking For The Old Blind Sea Captain' (mural) -

Dylan Thomas Theatre The Dylan Thomas Theatre is a theatre in the Maritime Quarter, in the centre of the city of Swansea in Wales. The theatre officially opened under its present name in 1983, but was home to the Swansea Little Theatre from 1979. Swansea Little Thea ...

Swansea Swansea (; cy, Abertawe ) is a coastal city and the second-largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Swansea ( cy, links=no, Dinas a Sir Abertawe). The city is the twenty-fifth largest in ...

- 2007 *'<<Pallas Heights, Dublin - 2005 * 'Total Eclipse of …' - Planet 22,

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- 2001

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mccann, Niamh (Irish artist) 21st-century Irish sculptors Irish women sculptors Living people 1971 births Date of birth missing (living people) Irish contemporary artists 21st-century Irish women artists 21st-century women sculptors