Mandy O’Neill is an Irish visual artist based in Dublin. Her photographic practice has drawn on themes of youth, adolescence, and education, with a particular emphasis on portraiture. She has an MA in Public Culture Studies from the Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dublin and a BA in Photography from the Dublin Institute of Technology.

O’Neill is currently a PhD candidate at Dublin City University, where she was also artist in Residence from 2019-2021. Her work has been exhibited widely both nationally and internationally, including National Gallery of Ireland, Royal Hibernian Academy Dublin, VISUAL Carlow, Center Cultural Paris, CFEVA Philadelphia, Draíocht Dublin, PhotoEspana, Hamburg Triennale of Photography and the European Month of Photography Berlin.

She has been shortlisted for the Hennessy and Julia Margaret Cameron Awards and was the winner of the Zurich Portrait Prize 2018. Recent commissions include a Public Art installation at Gaelscoil Bharra Primary School, Dublin, the Central Bank of Ireland, The Digital Hub, and the National Gallery of Ireland. Gallery of Photography Ireland presented All Quiet at the Back, a solo exhibition of her work in 2019.