Dr Éimear O’Connor HRHA is an art historian, curator, lecturer, art advisor and archivist. She was born and lives in Dublin, Ireland. O’Connor began her professional career as a visual artist and has exhibited in Ireland, Denmark and North America. She specialised in site-specific work, and has also designed album covers, book covers and stage settings.
She studied art history and history as a mature student in UCD and was awarded a BA (Hons) in 2003, which was followed by a PhD from the School of Art History and Cultural Policy (UCD) in 2008. O’Connor was a post-doctoral scholar with TRIARC-Irish Art Research Centre (TCD) (2008-10) and was then awarded the Clare and Tony White post-doctoral fellowship (2010-11). She is now a Research AssociDr Éimear O’Connor HRHA is an art historian, curator, lecturer, art advisor and archivist. She was born and lives in Dublin, Ireland. O’Connor began her professional career as a visual artist and has exhibited in Ireland, Denmark and North America. She specialised in site-specific work, and has also designed album covers, book covers and stage settings.
She studied art history and history as a mature student in UCD and was awarded a BA (Hons) in 2003, which was followed by a PhD from the School of Art History and Cultural Policy (UCD) in 2008. O’Connor was a post-doctoral scholar with TRIARC-Irish Art Research Centre (TCD) (2008-10) and was then awarded the Clare and Tony White post-doctoral fellowship (2010-11). She is now a Research Associate with TRIARC-Irish Art Research Centre (TCD). For the Crawford Art Gallery in Cork she has curated Seán Keating: Contemporary Contexts (13 July – 27 October, 2012) and for the ESB and the RHA she has curated Seán Keating and the ESB: Enlightenment and Legacy (RHA Gallery 5 September – 21 December).
She has published books and catalogues, and several articles and reviews on Irish art. Her new book, titled Seán Keating: Art, Politics and Building the Nation will be published by Irish Academic Press in 2013.
She writes chapters, articles, reviews and catalogue notes, and she lectures in universities, art institutions, libraries, schools and communal gatherings on Irish, European and North American twentieth-century art....more
The faded old door was locked, the house apparently blind to the outside world. We were looking through the broken grey-veiled windows, you and I, peering at the slate on the floor.
“See that? Do you? They danced on that slate”
I fancy that I heard the rooms tinkle with dance and laughter. On the air the smell of fresh bread and home made butter and the kitchen cupboard, door half open, laden with e