Niamh Coffey is a Dublin-based artist from Laois, working through textiles and sculpture. Their work experiments and collages ideas from ecology, queer theory and Irish folklore to create imagined ecological relationships. Their debut solo exhibition was held in Cultúrlann, Belfast in March 2025. Niamh graduated from NCAD in 2016 with an honours degree in Sculpture and Expanded Practices. Niamh’s debut solo exhibition was held in Cultúrlann,Belfast in March 2025 and shown again in Pallas Projects in May 2025 as part of their Artist-Initiated Projects.
Previous exhibitions in which their work has featured include: Borders at Rua Red; Work/Force/Field/ at A4 Sounds and; Atelier Páipéar at Workhouse Union. Upcoming shows in 2026 include solo exhibitions at Custom House Gallery, Westport and GOMA, Waterford. In 2023, Niamh took part in peripheriesPOST, an experimental art school and mentorship programme in Gorey School of Art. In 2022, Niamh received an Agility Award from the Arts Council. In 2024, they were awarded Laois County Council's Tyrone Guthrie Centre Residency Bursary and an Arts Act Grant in 2025.