Niamh Hannaford
Goldsmiths MFA Award
2026
Niamh Hannaford is an Irish artist whose practice is formed by an obsession with materials and their cloaked values. Through performative assemblage, she creates active artworks which require cyclical maintenance. Large central sculptures are precariously held together by subtle text, playful scatterings, and forms of language. Echoing the resilient potential of repetitious effort by enacting environmental glimmers as - a breath - a stretch - a break - for those tense of body.
Goldsmiths MFA Award
The Goldsmiths MFA Award is a partnership between Acme, Goldsmiths, University of London and Jane Hamlyn. Aiming to provide a bridge between art school and professional practice, the award includes a generous bursary, rent-free studio space and a mentoring programme. Recipients of Acme’s Early Career Awards Programme work from shared studios in order to encourage an environment of peer support and critical dialogue.
