Co-founder at Hospital Rooms
Niamh White is a visual arts curator. She is Co-Founder of Hospital Rooms with artist Tim A Shaw, which commissions world class artists to work in partnership with patients and staff to radically re-envision clinical mental health spaces. She has co-led Hospital Rooms’ strategic growth over the past 7 years and its transition into an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation in 2023. She has an excellent track record in generating significant funding from public bodies including Arts Council England, philanthropic foundations such as Garfield Weston Foundation, Rayne Foundation and Isabella Blow Foundation, and corporate partnerships including Hauser & Wirth and Avant Arte. She has led evaluation and impact monitoring of projects with university and WHO partners, is an experienced public speaker and regularly delivers lectures at various universities and conferences. She is a Senior Research Fellow at Norwich University of the Arts, was a Professional Fellow at Leeds University and studied Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths College.