Chronology
Current - since 2006
Director. Valerie Connor Ltd. Registered as a Visual Arts Consultancy.
Current - since 2001
Lecturer Pro Rata CID P/T. BA Photography, School of Media, Technological University Dublin, City Campus.
Current - since 2019
Artform Adviser. Visual Arts, Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon.
Current - since 2019
External Examiner. BA Fine Art, Wexford Campus, Carlow Institute of Technology.
2015 - 2019
Advisory Board Member. PhotoIreland.
2013 - 2019
Advisory Panel Member. National Irish Visual Arts Library.
2016 - 2018
MSc in Applied eLearning. Learning, Teaching and Technology Centre, Technological University Dublin, City Campus.
2014 - 2017
External Examiner. BA Photography, Film and Video, Limerick School of Art and Design, Limerick Institute of Technology.
2012 - 2015
Chairperson. Steering Group of the National Campaign for the Arts (NCFA Ireland).
2009 - 2011
Associate Lecturer HPAL. MA Visual Arts, Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology.
2006 – 2010
Artform Adviser. Visual Arts, Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon.
2005 – 2010
Board Member and Acquisitions Committee. Irish Museum of Modern Art.
2003 - 2004
Commissioner and Curator. National Participation at the 50th Venice Biennale and 26th São Paulo Bienal. Dept of Arts, Sport and Tourism.
2002 - 2005
Assistant Lecturer HPAL. History of Art, BA & MA Fine Art, National College of Art & Design.
2002 - 2003
Field Faculty. MA Visual Arts Study Abroad, Bennington College, Vermont, USA.
2002 - 2004
Assistant Lecturer HPAL. Cultural Studies and Film Theory, Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology.
2001 – 2006
International Member of AICA International Association of Art Critics.
2001 - 2006
Freelance Curator. Independent Projects.
1998 – 2001
Visual Arts Director. Project Arts Centre, Dublin.
1996
MPhil. Centre for Women's Studies, Trinity College, Dublin.
1992 – 1998
Director. Blue Funk Ltd.
1989 – 1994/98
Artist and founder member. Blue Funk, chiefly Brit. a state of great terror, Artists' group.
1989
BA Fine Art. Painting Department, National College of Art and Design, Dublin.
Current - since 2006
Director. Valerie Connor Ltd. Registered as a Visual Arts Consultancy.
Current - since 2001
Lecturer Pro Rata CID P/T. BA Photography, School of Media, Technological University Dublin, City Campus.
Current - since 2019
Artform Adviser. Visual Arts, Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon.
Current - since 2019
External Examiner. BA Fine Art, Wexford Campus, Carlow Institute of Technology.
2015 - 2019
Advisory Board Member. PhotoIreland.
2013 - 2019
Advisory Panel Member. National Irish Visual Arts Library.
2016 - 2018
MSc in Applied eLearning. Learning, Teaching and Technology Centre, Technological University Dublin, City Campus.
2014 - 2017
External Examiner. BA Photography, Film and Video, Limerick School of Art and Design, Limerick Institute of Technology.
2012 - 2015
Chairperson. Steering Group of the National Campaign for the Arts (NCFA Ireland).
2009 - 2011
Associate Lecturer HPAL. MA Visual Arts, Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology.
2006 – 2010
Artform Adviser. Visual Arts, Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon.
2005 – 2010
Board Member and Acquisitions Committee. Irish Museum of Modern Art.
2003 - 2004
Commissioner and Curator. National Participation at the 50th Venice Biennale and 26th São Paulo Bienal. Dept of Arts, Sport and Tourism.
2002 - 2005
Assistant Lecturer HPAL. History of Art, BA & MA Fine Art, National College of Art & Design.
2002 - 2003
Field Faculty. MA Visual Arts Study Abroad, Bennington College, Vermont, USA.
2002 - 2004
Assistant Lecturer HPAL. Cultural Studies and Film Theory, Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology.
2001 – 2006
International Member of AICA International Association of Art Critics.
2001 - 2006
Freelance Curator. Independent Projects.
1998 – 2001
Visual Arts Director. Project Arts Centre, Dublin.
1996
MPhil. Centre for Women's Studies, Trinity College, Dublin.
1992 – 1998
Director. Blue Funk Ltd.
1989 – 1994/98
Artist and founder member. Blue Funk, chiefly Brit. a state of great terror, Artists' group.
1989
BA Fine Art. Painting Department, National College of Art and Design, Dublin.