Education​
MFA Fine Art (Hons), Goldsmiths, London 2019 - 2021
Ba Fine Art (Hons), Sculpture and Combined Media, LSAD, Limerick 2015 - 2019
Erasmus studies, Europa Universität- Flensburg, Germany 2017
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Selected Exhibitions
2024
TULCA; Salvage Agency (arts festival) November 2024
Curated by Michele Horrigan Printworks Gallery, Galway
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Pulling Blood from a Stone (solo show) May - June 2024
Curated by Ariane Koek Berlin Science Gallery, Berlin
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Rhizoming en Route (group show) June - July 2024
Curated by Stephanie Chung Deptford Library, London
2023
Ode to Mineralogy; in-progress (solo show) November 2023
Curated by Ariane Koek Berlin Science Gallery, Berlin
Night's Candles are Burnt Out (group show) September 2023 - February 2024
Curated by Jill Cousins Hunt Museum, Limerick
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Bliss (LungaA festival) July 2023
Co-curated by Katerína Spathi and Helena Aðalsteinsdóttir Seyðisfjörður, Iceland
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Accellerating Young Talent (group show) April - July 2023
Curated by Delphine Munroe European Investment Bank, Luxembourg
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2022
Antennes Collective (group show) October 2022
Co-curated by Angeliki Douveri and Eva Kekou Platforms Project, Athens
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Scene from Here (group show) September 2022
Co-curated by Gabriele Zemaityte South Kiosk, London
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PULSE (group show) July- September 2022
Curated by Úna McCarthy Limerick City Gallery, Limerick
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Micro Sculpture Fair (group show) March 2022
Curated by Choon Mi Kim Goldsmiths University, London
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Gilchrist-Fisher Landscape Award, February 2022
Selected by judges London
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2021
London Grads Now (group show) November 2021 - January 2022
Co-curated by LaTosha Mathews Saatchi Gallery, London
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Goldsmith MFA Degree Show, Goldsmiths London July 2021
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Access: Job Centre (group show) 1st – 21st April 2021
Co-organised with Rory Beard, Alexander Harding and Niamh Schmidtke Deptford, London
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2020
Rumination (group show) January – February 2020
Curated by Jenna Whelan GOMA, Waterford
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Limerick City Gallery Graduate Award Exhibition (solo show November 2019 – January 2020
Curated by Úna McCarthy Limerick City Gallery, Limerick
2019
DARE 2019: machinic assemblages of desire 9th – 11th December 2019
Curated by the DARE Organisers Orpheus Institute, Ghent, Belgium
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Paradox Fine Art European Forum Biennial 11th September – 11th October 2019
Curated by the Paradox steering committee Art Academy of Latvia, Riga
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LSAD Degree Show (sculpture group show) 1st June – 9th June 2019
Curated by SCM Staff LSAD Sculpture Studios, Limerick
PeakShow RiverFest (group exhibition) 2nd – 5th t May 2019
Curated by Sara Dowling and Ellen Egan Fab Lab, Limerick
Drawing Awards 2019 (group exhibition) 28th February – 28th March 2019
Curated by Des MacMahon and Alan Crowley LSAD Church Gallery, Limerick
2018
PeakShow (group exhibition) 18th – 21st October 2018
Curated by Sara Dowling and Ellen Egan Sailors’ Home, Limerick
KFest 2K18 (emerging artists’ (festival) 1st – 4th June 2018
Curated by the KFest Arts committee Kilorglin, Kerry
What self imposed enigma did bloom (group exhibition) 26th – 29th April 2018
Curated by Davey Moor Sailors’ Home, Limerick
Comradeship (group exhibition) 8th – 14th April 2018
Curated by Louis Taubert and Niamh Schmidtke Module 1, Flensburg, Germany
Sound and Vision 2.0 (group exhibition) 26th – 27th February 2018
Curated by Aideen Barry LSAD Church Gallery, Limerick
Art in Uncertain Times (group exhibition) 21st February – 5th March 2018
Curated by Kate O’Shea LSAD Foyer, Limerick
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2017
The Regaire Collective #3 (group exhibition) 24th April 2017
Curated by The Regaire Collective Sailors’ Home, Limerick
Drawing Awards 2017 (group exhibition) 28th February – 28th March 2017
Curated by Des MacMahon and Alan Crowley LSAD Church Gallery, Limerick
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Residencies
Cove Park Material Futures Residency, with the Science Gallery Network December 2023
TU Berlin EARTH Artist in Residence, with the Science Gallery Network Jan-May 2023
Land-based long-distance travel, Helsinki International Artists Program, July 2023
Artist Development Fund, European Investment Bank, Luxembourg June – July 2020
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Collections
European Investment Bank Permanent Collection
Limerick City Gallery Permanent Collection
Office of Public Works (Ireland) Collection
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Awards
Agility Award, Irish Arts Council, 2023
Earth artist as part of the Earth Water Sky program, 2023
Shortlisted for the Gilchrist-Fisher Landscape Award, 2022
Shortlisted for the Sustainability First Art Award, 2021
Limerick City Gallery Graduate Award 2019
K-FEST 2K18 Student Scholarship, 2018
Selected Press
TU Berlin; Science Gallery Initiative at TU Berlin announces Niamh Schmidtke as Artist in Residence
January 2023
The article is available on TU Berlin's website
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RTE (Irish national broadcaster); Warhol among artists on show in new Limerick exhibition
By Cathy Halloran February 2022
The article is available on RTE's website
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Irish Examiner, Belonging exhibition displays 82 European artworks in Limerick , by Marc O’Sullivan Vallig
The article is available on the Irish Examiner's website
The Art Newspaper; What’s it been like preparing for fine art degree shows during a global pandemic?
By Kabir Jhala June 2021
This article is available on The Art Newspaper's website
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CIRCA: Degree Show Writer's Choice by Gianna Tash September 2019
This article can be read on CIRCA's website
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Limerick Leader (Culture Section) (Newspaper) 27th April 2019
Publications
Belonging Show Catalogue April 2022​
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Machinic Assemblages of Desire; Deleuze and Artistic Research 3.
Edited by Paulo de Assis and Paolo Giudici, Leuven University Press, 2021
LSAD Graduate Show Catalogue June 2019​
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Untitled (Landscape ) (Irish Office of Public Works Catalogue) September 2018
What Self Imposed Enigma did Bloom Catalogue (Exhibition Catalogue) May 2018
Drifter (Zine) May 2017
accessible here http://www.blurb.com/books/7949106-drifter
SCM – Photoworks / Autumn 2016 (Zine) February 2016
accessible here http://www.blurb.com/books/7779451-scm-photoworks-autumn-201g
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Lecturing
Part-time lecturer, School of Architecture, University of Limerick February 2023 - ongoing​
Guest workshop (Pulling Blood from a Stone), Technical University of Berlin April 2023​Visiting Lecture, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts March 2020​
Visiting Lecture, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts February 2020