Niamh McCann (Irish artist)

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Niamh McCann
Born1971 (age 5253)
Dublin, Ireland

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

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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. [6]

Career

A portion of 'Flock Of Ospreys Looking For The Old Blind Sea Captain', a mural on the exterior of Swansea's Dylan Thomas Theatre, created by McCann in 2007 Mural, Dylan Thomas Theatre, Swansea, Wales.JPG
A portion of 'Flock Of Ospreys Looking For The Old Blind Sea Captain', a mural on the exterior of Swansea's Dylan Thomas Theatre, created by McCann in 2007

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

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