About

Hannah Ní Mhaonaigh is a Dublin-based, Irish artist. In her practice, Ní Mhaonaigh creates work by using oil & acrylic paint on various surfaces including; linen, chipboard, found mahogany door frames, and architectural wooden panels.

This process involves removing, sanding back, and building up layers of paint repeatedly to create abstract artworks that sit somewhere between painting and sculpture. Her playful use of materials enables colour, shape, and texture to be the primary driver of her work. The repetitive practice of overpainting & paring back leads to a playful yet determined energy in her finished pieces. The ones that managed to make it.

Having graduated with a BA in Fine Art Media, from the National College of Arts & Design in 2012. Ní Mhaonaigh was awarded The Henry Higgins Scholarship, RDS, Visual Art Award, and became a permanent studio holder at the prestigious Spike Island Studios, Bristol, England the same year. Here she resided for several years and experimented in many different mediums, taking part in collaborations, exhibitions and residencies throughout Europe, on her return to Ireland in 2016, Ní Mhaonaigh evolved her artistic practice firmly into the realm of painting and sculpture.