Chronology
Professional
Director, Valerie Connor Ltd, registered arts consultancy company limited by guarantee, since 2006.
Adviser, Visual Arts Organisations, Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon, since 2019.
Mentor, Professional Practice support for an Irish Research Council funded PhD research candidate, Dublin City University, since 2021.
2010-2020 Consultancy, curation, research and evaluation for visual arts organisations, non-arts commissioners, and arts offices.
2006-2010 Visual Arts Adviser, Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon.
2002-2003 National Commissioner and Curator, Ireland at the 50th Venice Biennale, Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism.
2003-2004 National Commissioner and Curator, Ireland at the 26th São Paulo Bienal, Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism.
2001-2006 Member of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA).
2001-2006 Freelance Curator, artists' projects and arts offices.
1998-2001 Visual Arts Director, Project Arts Centre, Dublin.
1992-1998 Director, Blue Funk Ltd., artists' production company limited by guarantee.
1989-1994 Artist and co-founder of the artists' group Blue Funk, chiefly Brit. a state of great terror.
Academic
Lecturer, Photography, Technological University Dublin, City Campus, School of Media, pro-rata since 2003.
External Examiner (Thesis), BA Fine Art, Wexford Campus, Carlow Institute of Technology, since 2019.
2014-2017 External Examiner (Practice), BA Photography, Film, Video, School of Art and Design, Limerick Institute of Technology.
2009-2011 Associate Lecturer HPAL, MA Visual Arts, Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology.
2002-2005 Assistant Lecturer HPAL, BA History of Art & MA Fine Art, National College of Art & Design.
2002-2004 Assistant Lecturer HPAL, Cultural Studies and Film Theory, Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology.
2002-2003 Field Faculty, MA Visual Arts Study Abroad, Bennington College, Vermont, USA.
2001-2003 Assistant Lecturer HPAL, School of Media, TUDublin.
Qualifications
1989 BA Fine Art, Commendation, National College of Art and Design, Dublin.
1996 MPhil, Distinction, Centre for Gender and Women's Studies, Trinity College, Dublin.
2018 MSc Applied eLearning, Learning, Teaching and Technology Centre, Technological University Dublin, City Campus.
2021 Certificate, TUDublin Aurora Programme Delegate, Athena Swan Ireland Charter for Gender Equality, Advance HE Ireland.
Voluntary Boards
2012-2015 Chairperson of the Steering Committee and Research Committee Member, National Campaign for the Arts, Ireland.
2015-2019 Advisory Board Member, PhotoIreland.
2013-2019 Advisory Panel Member, National Irish Visual Arts Library.
2005-2010 Member of the Board and Acquisitions Committee, Irish Museum of Modern Art.
Directorships
Since 2006 Director, Valerie Connor Ltd, arts consultancy company limited by guarantee.
1992-1998 Director, Blue Funk Ltd, artists' production company limited by guarantee.
Professional
Director, Valerie Connor Ltd, registered arts consultancy company limited by guarantee, since 2006.
Adviser, Visual Arts Organisations, Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon, since 2019.
Mentor, Professional Practice support for an Irish Research Council funded PhD research candidate, Dublin City University, since 2021.
2010-2020 Consultancy, curation, research and evaluation for visual arts organisations, non-arts commissioners, and arts offices.
2006-2010 Visual Arts Adviser, Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon.
2002-2003 National Commissioner and Curator, Ireland at the 50th Venice Biennale, Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism.
2003-2004 National Commissioner and Curator, Ireland at the 26th São Paulo Bienal, Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism.
2001-2006 Member of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA).
2001-2006 Freelance Curator, artists' projects and arts offices.
1998-2001 Visual Arts Director, Project Arts Centre, Dublin.
1992-1998 Director, Blue Funk Ltd., artists' production company limited by guarantee.
1989-1994 Artist and co-founder of the artists' group Blue Funk, chiefly Brit. a state of great terror.
Academic
Lecturer, Photography, Technological University Dublin, City Campus, School of Media, pro-rata since 2003.
External Examiner (Thesis), BA Fine Art, Wexford Campus, Carlow Institute of Technology, since 2019.
2014-2017 External Examiner (Practice), BA Photography, Film, Video, School of Art and Design, Limerick Institute of Technology.
2009-2011 Associate Lecturer HPAL, MA Visual Arts, Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology.
2002-2005 Assistant Lecturer HPAL, BA History of Art & MA Fine Art, National College of Art & Design.
2002-2004 Assistant Lecturer HPAL, Cultural Studies and Film Theory, Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology.
2002-2003 Field Faculty, MA Visual Arts Study Abroad, Bennington College, Vermont, USA.
2001-2003 Assistant Lecturer HPAL, School of Media, TUDublin.
Qualifications
1989 BA Fine Art, Commendation, National College of Art and Design, Dublin.
1996 MPhil, Distinction, Centre for Gender and Women's Studies, Trinity College, Dublin.
2018 MSc Applied eLearning, Learning, Teaching and Technology Centre, Technological University Dublin, City Campus.
2021 Certificate, TUDublin Aurora Programme Delegate, Athena Swan Ireland Charter for Gender Equality, Advance HE Ireland.
Voluntary Boards
2012-2015 Chairperson of the Steering Committee and Research Committee Member, National Campaign for the Arts, Ireland.
2015-2019 Advisory Board Member, PhotoIreland.
2013-2019 Advisory Panel Member, National Irish Visual Arts Library.
2005-2010 Member of the Board and Acquisitions Committee, Irish Museum of Modern Art.
Directorships
Since 2006 Director, Valerie Connor Ltd, arts consultancy company limited by guarantee.
1992-1998 Director, Blue Funk Ltd, artists' production company limited by guarantee.