Camilla Hanney (b. 1992) is an Irish artist based in London, working across ceramics, sculpture and installation. She holds an MFA from Goldsmiths, University of London (2017–2019), and a First Class Honours degree in Visual Arts Practice from IADT, Dún Laoghaire (2011–2015). Camilla has exhibited widely across the UK and Ireland. Her work has featured in solo and group exhibitions at institutions and galleries including South London Gallery, as part of Bloomberg New Contemporaries, Saatchi Gallery, Sarabande Foundation, Pallas Projects, Cromwell Place, Gallery Rosenfeld, Muse Gallery, Butler Gallery, Linenhall Arts Centre and the Allen Gallery, among others. ​

Recent activity includes her solo exhibition Death Becomes Her at Muse Gallery, London (2025), and a Garden Studio Residency at Butler Gallery, Kilkenny. In 2026, Hanney has continued to build on this momentum with a solo exhibition, A Libertine Feast, at Tailor’s Hall in Dublin; participation in New Generation at Keramiekcentrum Tiendschuur in the Netherlands; and a presentation at Collect 2026 with the Sarabande Foundation. She has also undertaken the Clay City Professional Residency at Throwing Shapes, Dublin, and is an Artist in Residence at Art Hub Studios, Woolwich. ​

Camilla’s practice has been recognised through a number of significant awards, bursaries and residencies. She was one of ten laureates selected for the Ceramic Brussels Art Prize in 2025 and was shortlisted for the Ingram Prize in 2024. Her awards include Irish Arts Council Visual Arts Bursaries in 2020 and 2024, the Gilbert Bayes Sculpture Award (2020), the Newby Trust Craft Excellence Award (2021/22), and the Sarabande Foundation Studio Award (2019/20). In 2019, she was runner-up in the inaugural Robert Walters UK Young Artist of the Year Award at Saatchi Gallery, receiving a bursary to further develop her practice.

Her work has received significant editorial attention, with features and profiles in Ceramic Review, Crafts, Elephant, Wallpaper, SHOWstudio, Harper’s Bazaar, The Irish Times and other publications.
Through an interdisciplinary practice informed by material experimentation, craft histories and the body, Camilla continues to explore the complex intersections between beauty, femininity, transformation and the social narratives embedded within objects and materials.