Camilla Hanney

Camilla Hanney (b. 1992) is an Irish artist living and working in London. She is a Graduate of Goldsmiths University Masters of Fine Art programme (2017-2019) and also Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology (Visual Arts Practice 2010-2015). Since moving to London, her work has been exhibited by a diverse range of galleries including the South London Gallery in conjunction with Bloomberg New Contemporaries, No. 20 Arts, Muse Gallery, Dora House, Messums, Cynthia Corbett Gallery, The Rosenfeld Gallery and Cromwell Place Gallery. Camilla was the 2019/20 recipient of the Sarabande: The Lee Alexander Mcqueen Foundation studio bursary. She was granted the UK Young artist of the year runner up award at its inaugural award ceremony which was held at the Saatchi . She received the ‘Committee's Choice’ prize at ‘Exceptional’ an exhibition of recent graduate work at Collyer Bristow Gallery and was recipient of the zealous: Sculpture stories prize. dry. She was recipient of the  2022 Newbury Trust Craft Excellence Award in conjunction with Cockpit Arts and was chosen  for the 2022 Artist initiated projects in conjunction with the Irish arts council, granting her a funded solo show at Pallas Project Gallery, Dublin. Her most recent exhibition ‘A Common Thread’ was held in Linenhall Arts Centre, Ireland. Her work has been featured in articles by Ceramic Review, Crafts Magazine, Elephant Magazine, wallpapermag, Showstudio, Mission Mag and Harpers Bazaar.

Curriculum Vitae

Education:

• Goldsmiths University of London  - Masters of Fine Art 2017/2019
• Institute of Art Design and Technology (IADT), Dun Laoghaire, Ireland - Graduated with a first class honours degree in Visual Arts Practice 2011/2015.

Awards/Residencies:

• Agility Award 2021 - Arts Council Ireland 
• Newby Trust Craft Excellence Award 2021/22
• Glass Lab Residency Award 2021  - The Glass Foundry, Stroud  UK 
• Gilbert Bayes Sculpture Award 2020
• Irish Visual Arts Bursary Award 2020
• Zealous: Sculpture Stories Prize 2020
• COvid-19 Emergency relief fund 2020 - awarded maximum grant of £2,500 by The Arts Council England  to support my practice during the pandemic. 
• Robert Walters UKYA 2019 Young Artist of the Year (runner up Award)  - received a £5000 bursary to further develop my artistic practice. 
• Collyer Bristow Gallery - Exceptional Exhibition 2019/20 - Committee's Choice Award 
• Sarabande (The Alexander Mcqueen Foundation) Studio Award - selected as the 2019/20 artist for the Sarabande year long studio bursary in conjunction with Bloomberg New Contemporaries 
• A4 Sounds Studios, Dublin - Recipient of the 2017 graduate studio Award
• Ormond Studios, Dublin - 2015 Winner of the graduate studio Residency 
• RDS student Art Awards - work selected and showcased in 2015 and 2016

Exhibitions:

2021

• No.20 Arts - Around the Table 2020  - Group Show - May/June 2021 
• Muse Gallery - Emerging Artists Group Show - ,May 2021 

2020:

• House of Bandits - Burberry, Mayfair - Artist and designer takeover of Burberry’s vacant retail space in Mayfair during Frieze week 2020 - hosted by Sarabande Foundation. 
• The Space Between - Galway, Ireland - an international lace exhibition Funded by Galway 2020 as part of the Small Towns Big Ideas programme for the European Capital of Culture and also supported by Design & Crafts Council Ireland
• Rosenfeld Gallery - From the Forceps to the Stone- Fitzrovia,  London - July 2020 - Group Show 
• Sheroes in Quarantine- Lon-Art - online exhibition dedicated to highlighting women's issues and roles during the COVID-19 social crisis and contributing to positive changes in our society, as always, from a gender perspective - May 2020
• Swiss Church - In Nihlo -  In Nihilo is an exhibition and educational programme which reinvestigates Genesis creation myth in the contemporary context. This interdisciplinary group exhibition brings together six artists examining the idea of myth, artistic divinity, and environmentalism - March 2020.
• In the Flesh -Sarabande: The Alexander Mcqueen Foundation - Group Exhibition and workshops in conjunction with international women’s day curated by Charlotte Jansen, editor of Elephant Magazine - March 2020

2019

• Backlit Gallery, Nottingham  - Catterntide Festival - commissioned by UKYA to create an immersive installation exploring the importance of Nottingham Lace Archive and its social history. Project was  supported by the National Heritage Lottery Fund
• NO 20 Arts - Bodies, Sex and Self - invited to exhibit in a group show that presented different approaches to exploring the self and sexuality as oresented by nine different artists:  Steve Caplin, Eric Ceccarini, Karim Hamid, Ellie Howitt, Anish Kapoor, Lucy Neish, Lydia Pettit, Keith Roberts, James Tailor and Alison Watt, as well as ethnic African pieces.
• Collyer Bristow Gallery - Exceptional -  Work selected by Kristian day to be exhibited in a group show of graduate artists across the UK.- Curated by Rosalind Davis 
• Saatchi - Robert Walters and UKYA Awards Ceremony - work was showcased alongside nine other artists. 
• Colab  - Body and Place Residency - invited by Colab to spend one week in Stroud, Gloucestershire exploring both the body and the natural landscape through the medium of drawing. 
• Tate Modern, Blatvinik Building - She Hears - selected to participate in a storytelling event hosted by she performs.
• Bloomberg New Contemporaries - exhibited work at South London Gallery and John Moores University as part of the Liverpool Biennial 

2018

• Enclave Projects, Deptford-  In The Meantime  - group exhibition exploring the circled condition of time as a product of contemporariness - curated by Angelica Fajardo
• Safehouse 1, Peckham - Efflorescence  - group exhibition that presented  work by current Goldsmiths MFA Fine Art students. Through installation, sculpture,  photography and mixed media, the artists subtly seduce and transformed, all sharing interest in the feminine ‘other’. 

2017

• Light and Sound Takeover - Stratford Circus, London - work exhibited alongside Lauren Baker in a light, music and sound one night spectacle. 

2016

• A4 Sounds Residency-  selected to participate in A4 sounds’ residency programme. The body of work and research that amounted from the residency was displayed in a solo show, Resurrecting Monuments to Moral Degradation  - September 2016 - January 2017
• Future Europe-  selected alongside three other Irish graduates to participate in ‘future Europe’ a collaborative programme hosted by ELIA - The project invited European alumni to solve urban issues and engage in community building across Amsterdam using creative and innovative solutions

2015

• Ormond Studios Recent Graduate Award - one month long residency culminating in a solo show- Gathering Dust- September/October 2015
• Origins Exhibition - group show featuring the work of 11 artists selected from the undergraduate degree shows across Ireland in 2015-  Lismore Castle, Waterford - September 2015

Publications :

Craft Magazine - two page feature in Summer issue 2021 

Harper’s Bazaar - Artist’s feature in Harper’s Bazaar ‘Freeze’ issue. 

Elephant Magazine -  ‘Why These Artists Brutalize the Female Body’ by Charlotte Jansen - March 2020

 Wallpaper Mag * -'Sarabande Reframes Femininity for International Women's Day' - Alice Godwin

Show Studio - ‘New Exhibition at Sarabande Celebrates Womanhood' - by Astriad Hiort - March 2020

The Art Gorgeous - ‘10 Female Textile Artists you should know’ -by Lizzy Vartanian 

FAB UK magazine - ‘Winner announced Robert Walters UK young Artist of the Year Award’ article 

South East 15 - ‘Our 4 highlights from the Goldsmiths MFA Fine Art degree show’ by Issey Scott 

Selvedge Magazine - July 2019 Artist feature 

Education:

• Goldsmiths University of London  - Masters of Fine Art 2017/2019
• Institute of Art Design and Technology (IADT), Dun Laoghaire, Ireland - Graduated with a first class honours degree in Visual Arts Practice 2011/2015.