Dazzle - Wall Drawing/Painting - Acrylic paint - Dimensions variable - 2002
 
Niemh McCann
*1971

Education

1994-95 Chelsea College of Art&Design, London MA Fine Art, Combined Media
1991-94 Crawford College of Art&Design, Cork BA Fine Art, (Hons)
1989-90 National College of Art, Dublin Foundation - Art & Design

Solo Projects

2001 Total Eclipse of the Heart…. Planet 22, Geneva, Switzerland

Selected Group Exhibitions - Includes Upcoming

2003 In Situ Beaconsfield Gallery, Chicago, USA
Come In Vienna International Appartment, Austria
Hand Luggage K3, Zurich, Switzerland
2002 Darklight Dublin, Ireland
Appropriation Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast
Un-recognised/ Inaperçu Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
EV+A, 2002 Limerick City Gallery of Art, Ireland
2001 Incorporate Arts & Business, London
Not Yet Newsworthy Trapex Studio, London
Introduction Orsman Road, London
EV+A, 2001 Limerick City Gallery of Art, Ireland
2000 Digital Art Festival Ennis, Ireland
Dopplarity London Underground Billboards/
Hiscox Gallery, London
Perspective 2000 Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast
Straylight/Darklight Irish Film Centre, Dublin
1999 Group Show Not Cutt Studio, London
1998 Billboard Project Sheffield City Centre
Mulheim MedienMiele Kulturbetrieb, Mulheim, Germany
Festival d'Art Contemporains Château le Flechere, Vanzy, France
Whitechapel Open Not Cutt Studio, London
1997 Cut or Not Cut? Not Cutt Studio, London
1996 Virginia Cubitt Gallery, London
1995 Between the Sheets The Picture House Gallery, Leicester
Outpost (Fringe Biennale) Venice
1994-95 Artists' Book Fair Derby/London
The Art Hive Cork, Ireland
1993 Small Sculpture/Print Show The Art Hive, Cork, Ireland
1992 Live Arts Exhibition The Crawford, Cork, Ireland



Awards
2002 EV+A, 2002 exhibition award winner - selector Apinan Poshyananda
2001 Cultural Relations Committee of Ireland - Exhibition Award
2000 Perspective 2000 - Absolut Vodka Award winner - selector Lynne Cooke
2000 New Partners Arts & Business – Main Hall Projects, Dopplarity

Residencies and Workshops
Jakarta, Indonesia
2001 Braziers International Workshop, Oxford

Collections
The London Institute Collection, Chelsea, London
Hiscox Collection, Hiscox plc, London

Selected Catalogues
2003 Planet 22, Deux Annees sur Orbit Planet 22 Punlications, Switzerland
2002 Appropriation Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast
Darklight The Digital Hub, Dublin
EV+A, 2002 - Heroes + Holies Gandon Editions, Limerick, Ireland
2001 Braziers Braziers International Workship
EV+A 2001, Expanded Gandon Editions, Limerick Ireland
2000 Perspective 2000 Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast
1998 Medien Meile Kulturbetrieb Mulheim an der Ruhr

Selected Reviews and Interviews
2002 The Sunday Times, Culture Section Medb Ruane
Artist’s Newsletter [AN] - June issue Gavin Weston
Circa - Summer issue Suzanne O’Shea
2001 Frieze - December issue Sally O’Reilly
Sculpture Robert Preece
2000 Art Monthly - October issue Daniel Jewesberry
Circa - Winter issue Peter Richards
Artist’s Newsletter [AN] - Nov. issue Ruth Jones
Metro, Dopplarity Claire Allfree
1998 Kultour, Mulheimer MedienMeile Rolf-Dieter Lavier
1996 Frieze - July/August issue David Barret
Time Out - March 27 Mark Currah
2000 Belfast Radio Interview – Perspective 2000
ITV Northern Ireland Interview – Perspective 2000
‘Sunday with Gyles Brandreth’ LBC Interview – Dopplarity

Selected Websites
www.planet.de
www.darklight-filmfestival.com

Relevant Experience
Co-director Main Hall Projects - established 1999 - dedicated to public art projects
Last project - Dopplarity, Bank Underground Tube Station