Niamh Schmidtke is an artist, lecturer and arts organiser based across London and Limerick. Their practice critiques the politics of green washing, economic jargon and the languages of democracy, by drawing attention to the colonial and financial origins of climate crises. They use speculation as a writing tool to make audio works and the installations which house them, centering intimacy as a form of decolonial praxis. They examine the relationship between listening and speaking, to consider the kinds of voices that deep time, the sea, or humans could have with one another.

They currently lecture in the School of Architecture, Limerick, with an MFA from Goldsmiths, London and BA from LSAD. Awards include; Agility Award, Material Futures Residency at Cove Park Scotland and the European Investment Bank’s (EIB) Artist Development fund. They have exhibited across Ireland and internationally including RCC Letterkenny (2026), Co-Prosperity, Chicago (2026), TULCA; Salvage Agency, Galway (2024), Pulling Blood from a Stone (solo), Science Gallery Berlin (2024), DARE 2019, Orpheus Institute, Belgium and PULSE, Limerick City Gallery (2022). Their work is held in public and private collections, including the EIB’s permanent collection. They are a member of Lewisham Arthouse artists’ co-op where they co-organise the Arthouse Graduate Award with Sara Willet and produce the radio show Inside the Arthouse. They have co-produced Future Artefacts FM radio project with Nina Davies and Rebecca Edwards since 2021.