Niamh Hill
I am an interdisciplinary, research-based artist. My practice relies on recognising the transformative and creative integrity of common places, objects and symbols. I use graphic design, typography and sculpture to communicate stories and anecdotal experiences.
B. 2002 Wolverhampton
Niamhhill@aol.com
Education:
2023-2025
MA Fine Art
Birmingham City Univeristy
2021-2023
Bachelor of Fine Art
Birmingham City University
Awards:
Gertrude Emily Griffin Award | 2024
New Contemporaries Shortlist | 2024
06/2024 - 07-2024
Birmingham Creates: The Open.
(Participant)
04/2024
Forge House Collective X South Birmingham Studios, Birmingham.
(Participant and Collaborative Curator)
05/2023 – 07/2023
Foka Wolf - One Way Ticket To Hell, Stir Stores, Birmingham.
(Install and upkeep)
04/2023If It Thunders On All Fools Day Curated by Dinosaur Kilby, Eastside Projects, Birmingham.
(Student Trainee Curator)
03/2023
Undergraduate Show, Styx Gallery, Birmingham.
(Participant and Collaborative Curator)
03/2022
Liminal People Curated by Jaz Morrison, Eastside Projects, Birmingham.
(Student Trainee Curator)
02/2023
Seeds Index Curated by Borbala Soos, Eastside Projects, Birmingham.
(Student Trainee Curator)
02/2023
Can I Leave This Place?
(Self-Published Zine)
11/2022
Night School: Undergraduate Show, Birmingham School of Art, Birmingham.
(Participant)
10/2021
Re- Assemble: PHD and Alumni show, Birmingham School of Art, Birmingham.
(Student Curator Committee)
08/2021
SEER
(Self-Published Zine)
07/2018
The National Students Art Exhibition. Mall Galleries, London.
(Participant)
Tat Vision – ‘Felt Tipsy’:
facilitated a workshop/event participants took part in various drawing challenges
Sarah Taylor Silverwood – St. Basils Drawing Workshop:
Helped participants engage with various drawing prompts
Resting Up Collective - ‘Tools of rest’:
Facilitated conversation between participants over Zoom.
Leah Hickey – ‘Poems to a Potential Darling’:
Attended an artists workshop as part of Eastside Projects and took part in various collaborative writing exercises
Samiir Saunders – ‘Sonic Signals’ by Abbas Zahedi:
worked with children from Chandos Primary School to create a series of transformative sounds to be played as a continuous loop at Eastside Projects during Abbas Zahedis exhibition ‘Sonic Signals’
2023-2025
MA Fine Art
Birmingham City Univeristy
2021-2023
Bachelor of Fine Art
Birmingham City University
Awards:
Gertrude Emily Griffin Award | 2024
New Contemporaries Shortlist | 2024
EXHIBITIONS AND PUBLICATIONS
06/2024 - 07-2024
Birmingham Creates: The Open.
(Participant)
04/2024
Forge House Collective X South Birmingham Studios, Birmingham.
(Participant and Collaborative Curator)
05/2023 – 07/2023
Foka Wolf - One Way Ticket To Hell, Stir Stores, Birmingham.
(Install and upkeep)
04/2023If It Thunders On All Fools Day Curated by Dinosaur Kilby, Eastside Projects, Birmingham.
(Student Trainee Curator)
03/2023
Undergraduate Show, Styx Gallery, Birmingham.
(Participant and Collaborative Curator)
03/2022
Liminal People Curated by Jaz Morrison, Eastside Projects, Birmingham.
(Student Trainee Curator)
02/2023
Seeds Index Curated by Borbala Soos, Eastside Projects, Birmingham.
(Student Trainee Curator)
02/2023
Can I Leave This Place?
(Self-Published Zine)
11/2022
Night School: Undergraduate Show, Birmingham School of Art, Birmingham.
(Participant)
10/2021
Re- Assemble: PHD and Alumni show, Birmingham School of Art, Birmingham.
(Student Curator Committee)
08/2021
SEER
(Self-Published Zine)
07/2018
The National Students Art Exhibition. Mall Galleries, London.
(Participant)
WORKSHOPS
Tat Vision – ‘Felt Tipsy’:
facilitated a workshop/event participants took part in various drawing challenges
Sarah Taylor Silverwood – St. Basils Drawing Workshop:
Helped participants engage with various drawing prompts
Resting Up Collective - ‘Tools of rest’:
Facilitated conversation between participants over Zoom.
Leah Hickey – ‘Poems to a Potential Darling’:
Attended an artists workshop as part of Eastside Projects and took part in various collaborative writing exercises
Samiir Saunders – ‘Sonic Signals’ by Abbas Zahedi:
worked with children from Chandos Primary School to create a series of transformative sounds to be played as a continuous loop at Eastside Projects during Abbas Zahedis exhibition ‘Sonic Signals’