Niamh McCann is an Irish visual artist.[1][2][3][4][5] Her "work includes sculpture, installation, video and painting."[6]
Niamh McCann | |
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| Born | 1971 (age 52–53) Dublin, Ireland |
Early life and education edit
McCann is from Rathfarnham and continues to live and work in Dublin, Ireland. She studied at National College of Art and Design, Dublin, the Crawford College of Art, Cork, and Chelsea College of Art and Design, London.[6]
Career edit
McCann was a director of Visual Artists Ireland in 2013.[7] She was awarded a Visual Arts Bursary from the Arts Council in 2018.[8] She was commissioned to produce work for the Museum of Country Life's 'On Sight' annual exhibition in 2019.[9] She is on residency in Temple Bar Gallery and Studios from 2022 to 2025.[10] In 2022, McCann received the Solas Nua "Norman Houston Commissioning Award".[11][12]
McCann has works in the collection of the Irish Museum of Modern Art,[13] the Hugh Lane,[14] and the Arts Council of Ireland.[15]
Solo exhibitions and works edit
- 'someone decides, hawk or dove' - STABLE Arts, Washington, D.C.; The MAC Belfast - 2023/24[16][17][1][18]
- 'Sentinals [flew through the ages in the shape of birds]' - Carey's Lane, Cork - 2023[19]
- Hairline Crack [a dialogue]' - Irish Cultural Centre, Paris - 2023[1][18]
- 'Tableaux Vivants' (curator) - Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin - 2020[20]
- (untitled) (w/ Damien Flood) - Courthouse Gallery, Ennis, County Clare - 2021[21]
- 'Mother's Lament' - Museum of Country Life, County Mayo - 2019[9]
- 'Furtive Tears' - Hugh Lane Gallery - 2018/19[8][22][23]
- 'La Perruque (Protest Song)' - The MAC Belfast - 2016[24][10][25]
- 'Just Left of Copernicus' - Visual Carlow - 2015[10][26]
- Changing States (with others), Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels[27][28][10]
- 'Insertions', Green on Red Gallery, Dublin - 2012[29][30]
- 'GRADUATES' - 2012[31]
- 'Niamh McCann', The Void, Derry - 2011[29][32]
- 'TiltShift' - Hugh Lane - 2010[29][26]
- 'HIAP Project Space' - Finland - 2009[33][29]
- 'Purlieu' Green on Red Gallery, Dublin - 2009[29]
- 'Flock Of Ospreys Looking For The Old Blind Sea Captain' (mural) - Dylan Thomas Theatre, Swansea - 2007[34]
- '<<<EME', Pallas Heights, Dublin - 2005[35][29][36]
- 'Total Eclipse of …' - Planet 22, Geneva - 2001[29][36]
References edit
- ^ a b c "Perspective - Irish artist Niamh McCann on her exhibition 'Hairline Crack'". France24.com. 3 February 2023.
- ^ "Work begins on the first city sculpture in Cork's Urban Sculpture Trail". Yay Cork. 13 June 2023.
- ^ Kelleher, Olivia (14 February 2023). "Cork to get new 'island city' urban sculpture trail". Irish Examiner.
- ^ "Solstice director shortlisted for Venice Art Biennale 2022". MeathChronicle.ie. 11 August 2020.
- ^ "Green On Red Gallery | Artists, Art for Sale, and Contact Info | Artsy". www.artsy.net.
- ^ a b "How artist Niamh McCann furnishes her D8 home". The Irish Times. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
- ^ "Visual Artists' News Sheet". No. July August. Visual Artists Ireland. 2013 – via Issuu.com.
- ^ a b "Niamh McCann". ArtsCouncil.ie. 19 March 2021.
- ^ a b "On Sight 2019 | Country Life". Museum.ie.
- ^ a b c d "Niamh McCann | Studio Artist". TempleBarGallery.com.
- ^ "Visual Artist Niamh McCann selected for Norman Houston Commissioning Award | Solas Nua". SolasNua.org.
- ^ "Dublin Visual Artist Niamh McCann selected for Solas Nua's Norman Houston Multi-disciplinary Commissioning Award". VisualArtists.ie. 8 March 2022.
- ^ "Tree - Niamh McCann". IMMA. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
- ^ "Works – Niamh McCann – People – eMuseum". onlinecollection.hughlane.ie. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
- ^ "Arts Council Collection | About". artscouncil.emuseum.com. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
- ^ "Myth, Poetry, Wit: Niamh McCann at Stable Arts". Bmore Art. 25 September 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ^ "The MAC Belfast: Metropolitan Arts Centre". The MAC Belfast.
- ^ a b "Irish artist Niamh McCann on her exhibition 'Hairline Crack'". Yahoo News. 3 February 2023.
- ^ Lee, Maeve (29 June 2023). "Gull power: First installation on Cork's new sculpture trail unveiled". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
- ^ "Tableaux Vivants: Niamh McCann makes connections at the Hugh Lane". RTÉ News. 2 March 2022.
- ^ "Damien Flood and Niamh McCann at Courthouse Gallery & Studios, Co. Clare". VisualArtists.ie. 5 November 2021.
- ^ Fox, Brendan (22 November 2018). "Review: Furtive Tears by Niamh McCann at The Hugh Lane Gallery". Art in the Contemporary World.
- ^ "Furtive Tears | Niamh McCann at Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane". VisualArtists.ie. 28 September 2018.
- ^ "The MAC Belfast: Metropolitan Arts Centre". The MAC Belfast.
- ^ "Meet the Artist: Niamh McCann". The MAC Belfast. 17 February 2016 – via YouTube.
- ^ a b Anderson, Darran. "Niamh McCann: 'I consider making a form of thinking'". www.studiointernational.com.
- ^ "Changing States" (PDF). CultureIreland.ie (Press release). Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. February 2013.
- ^ "Ancient Ground: Changing States: Contemporary Irish Art , Bozar - Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels". Bozar.be. 28 February 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Niamh McCann Artist Talk". Ulster.ac.uk. 25 October 2016.
- ^ "Niamh McCann: Insertions". GREEN ON RED GALLERY. 16 August 2012.
- ^ "'GRADUATES' by Niamh McCann at The Niland Gallery". 27 June 2012.
- ^ "Niamh McCann". DerryVoid.com.
- ^ "Niamh McCann Artist Talk Thursday 11th Feb 1pm. Conor Lecture Theatre. Belfast School of Art. All Welcome!". MFA Belfast. 7 February 2016.
- ^ "Art Across The City" (pdf). PublicArtOnline.org.uk. Swansea.
- ^ "National Irish Visual Arts Library:". NIVAL.ie.
- ^ a b "Pallas Projects - Niamh McCann — EME". PallasProjects.org.
