Joanna Kidney is a visual artist born in Dublin and currently living in Co. Wicklow, Ireland. Her work is an enquiry of a continually evolving vocabulary of the mark and the line through drawing, painting and physical space. Her practice is a practice of sense making. It is a quest for the non-material, what is not visible and concrete, considering the sensory, holistic and temporal aspects of being human.

She has exhibited in Solo and Group Exhibtions in USA, France, Germany and Ireland. Selected Solo Exhibitions include: List Gallery, Swarthmore College, Philadelphia (upcoming); The LAB, Dublin (upcoming); Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin; Uillinn, West Cork Arts Centre; Galway Arts Centre and Mermaid Arts Centre, Co. Wicklow.

She is the recipient of Arts Council of Ireland and Wicklow County Council funding; a Royal Hibernian Academy Studio Award; a Ballinglen Arts Foundation Fellowship and a Dublin Institute of Technology Award of Excellence. International residencies include Swarthmore College, Philadelphia (upcoming), Kiðjaberg, Iceland and Brigham Young University, Utah. Her collaborative practice includes projects with visual artists, dancers and a filmaker. She is a founding member of Outpost Studios, Bray, Co. Wicklow. She sits on the panel for Artists Connect, a Wicklow County Council artists development initiative.

Her work can be seen in the collections of Allied Irish Banks; The Permanent Collection, The Ballinglen Museum of Art, The Central Bank, Dublin; Office of Public Works, Ireland; University College Dublin and the Department of the Environment, Northern Ireland.