Niamh McCann (Irish artist) explained

Niamh McCann
Birth Place:	Dublin, Ireland

Niamh McCann is an Irish visual artist.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]} Her "work includes sculpture, installation, video and painting."^[6]

Early life and education

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.

Career

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

• 'someone decides, hawk or dove' - STABLE Arts, Washington, D.C.; The MAC Belfast - 2023/24^{[16] [17]}
• 'Sentinals [flew through the ages in the shape of birds]' - Carey's Lane, Cork - 2023^[18]
• Hairline Crack [a dialogue]' - Irish Cultural Centre, Paris - 2023^[19]
• '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
• 'Furtive Tears' - Hugh Lane Gallery - 2018/19^{[22] [23]}
• 'La Perruque (Protest Song)' - The MAC Belfast - 2016^{[24] [25]}
• 'Just Left of Copernicus' - Visual Carlow - 2015^[26]
• Changing States (with others), Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels^{[27] [28]}
• 'Insertions', Green on Red Gallery, Dublin - 2012^{[29] [30]}
• 'GRADUATES' - 2012^[31]
• 'Niamh McCann', The Void, Derry - 2011^[32]
• 'TiltShift' - Hugh Lane - 2010
• 'HIAP Project Space' - Finland - 2009^[33]
• 'Purlieu' Green on Red Gallery, Dublin - 2009
• 'Flock Of Ospreys Looking For The Old Blind Sea Captain' (mural) - Dylan Thomas Theatre, Swansea - 2007^[34]
• '<<Pallas Heights, Dublin - 2005^{[35] [36]}
• 'Total Eclipse of …' - Planet 22, Geneva - 2001

Notes and References

1. Web site: February 3, 2023 . Perspective - Irish artist Niamh McCann on her exhibition 'Hairline Crack' . France24.com.
2. Web site: June 13, 2023 . Work begins on the first city sculpture in Cork's Urban Sculpture Trail . Yay Cork.
3. Web site: Kelleher . Olivia . February 14, 2023 . Cork to get new 'island city' urban sculpture trail . Irish Examiner.
4. Web site: August 11, 2020 . Solstice director shortlisted for Venice Art Biennale 2022 . MeathChronicle.ie.
5. Web site: Green On Red Gallery | Artists, Art for Sale, and Contact Info | Artsy . www.artsy.net.
6. Web site: How artist Niamh McCann furnishes her D8 home . 2023-08-04 . The Irish Times . en.
7. News: 2013 . Visual Artists' News Sheet . . . July August.
8. Web site: March 19, 2021 . Niamh McCann . ArtsCouncil.ie.
9. Web site: On Sight 2019 | Country Life . Museum.ie.
10. Web site: Niamh McCann Studio Artist . TempleBarGallery.com.
11. Web site: Visual Artist Niamh McCann selected for Norman Houston Commissioning Award | Solas Nua . SolasNua.org.
12. Web site: March 8, 2022 . Dublin Visual Artist Niamh McCann selected for Solas Nua's Norman Houston Multi-disciplinary Commissioning Award . VisualArtists.ie.
13. Web site: Tree - Niamh McCann . 2023-08-04 . IMMA . en-IE.
14. Web site: Works – Niamh McCann – People – eMuseum . 2023-08-04 . onlinecollection.hughlane.ie.
15. Web site: Arts Council Collection About . 2023-08-04 . artscouncil.emuseum.com.
16. Web site: 2023-09-25 . Myth, Poetry, Wit: Niamh McCann at Stable Arts . 2023-12-14 . Bmore Art . en.
17. Web site: The MAC Belfast: Metropolitan Arts Centre . The MAC Belfast.
18. Web site: Lee . Maeve . 2023-06-29 . Gull power: First installation on Cork's new sculpture trail unveiled . 2023-08-04 . Irish Examiner . en.
19. Web site: February 3, 2023 . Irish artist Niamh McCann on her exhibition 'Hairline Crack' . Yahoo News.
20. News: March 2, 2022 . Tableaux Vivants: Niamh McCann makes connections at the Hugh Lane . RTÉ News.
21. Web site: November 5, 2021 . Damien Flood and Niamh McCann at Courthouse Gallery & Studios, Co. Clare . VisualArtists.ie.
22. Web site: Fox . Brendan . November 22, 2018 . Review: Furtive Tears by Niamh McCann at The Hugh Lane Gallery . Art in the Contemporary World.
23. Web site: September 28, 2018 . Furtive Tears | Niamh McCann at Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane . VisualArtists.ie.
24. Web site: The MAC Belfast: Metropolitan Arts Centre . The MAC Belfast.
25. Web site: 17 Feb 2016 . Meet the Artist: Niamh McCann . . YouTube.
26. Web site: Anderson . Darran . Niamh McCann: 'I consider making a form of thinking' . www.studiointernational.com.
27. Changing States . February 2013 . . CultureIreland.ie.
28. Web site: February 28, 2013 . Ancient Ground: Changing States: Contemporary Irish Art, Bozar - Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels . Bozar.be.
29. Web site: October 25, 2016 . Niamh McCann Artist Talk . Ulster.ac.uk.
30. Web site: August 16, 2012 . Niamh McCann: Insertions . GREEN ON RED GALLERY.
31. Web site: June 27, 2012 . 'GRADUATES' by Niamh McCann at The Niland Gallery .
32. Web site: Niamh McCann . DerryVoid.com.
33. Web site: February 7, 2016 . Niamh McCann Artist Talk Thursday 11th Feb 1pm. Conor Lecture Theatre. Belfast School of Art. All Welcome! . MFA Belfast.
34. Web site: Art Across The City . PublicArtOnline.org.uk . pdf . Swansea.
35. Web site: National Irish Visual Arts Library: . NIVAL.ie.
36. Web site: Pallas Projects - Niamh McCann — EME . PallasProjects.org.