Dr. Paul O’Neill is an Irish curator, artist, writer, educator, and the Artistic Director of PUBLICS (2017 – ); a curatorial agency and event space with a dedicated library, and reading room in Helsinki. Between 2013-17, he was Director of the Graduate Program at the Center for Curatorial Studies (CCS), Bard College, New York. Paul is widely regarded as one of the foremost research-oriented curators, and leading scholar of curatorial practice, public art and exhibition histories. Paul has held numerous curatorial and research positions over the last twenty years and has taught on many curatorial and visual arts programs in Europe, the USA, Asia and the UK. Paul has co-curated more than sixty curatorial projects across the world including amongst others the exhibition: We are the (Epi)center, P! Gallery (New York, 2016), and the multifaceted We are the Center for Curatorial Studies for the Hessel Museum, Bard College (2016-17).
