Education

​2019 – 2020 (MLitt) Curatorial Practice (Contemporary Art), Glasgow School of Art

First class honours, GSA Welcome Scholarship recipient

2014 – 2018 (BA) (Hons) Fine Art, Crawford College of Art and Design, MTU

First class honours

Work Experience

​2025 Assistant Project Coordinator, Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania

2024-25 Gallery Support Officer, Rosny Barn & Arts Centre, Tasmania

2021-2022 Independent Curator, Supported by Visual Arts Bursary

2021-2022 Project Videographer and Researcher, Crawford College of Art and Design, MTU

2021-2022 Art Handler & Technician, Flynn’s Arts Services

2018-2022 Gallery Technician, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork​

2019-2020 Work Placement Curatorial Assistant Editions Coordinator, Glasgow International Festival

2018-2019 Curatorial Resident at TACTIC Visual Arts, Sample Studios, Cork

2018-2019 Curatorial Resident and programmer at No.46 Gallery, Grand Parade, Cork

Awards & Residencies

2021 Irish Arts Council Visual Arts Bursary

2020 Glasgow School of Art Welcome Scholarship 

2018 Desk-research residency award, The Guesthouse, Shandon, Cork

2018 Selected for European Creative Futures Project, Oslo, Norway

2017 Selected for 3-month artist residency 5+1, Shanghai, China 

​Exhibitions (curated & co-curated)

2022 Table Games, Nina Nadig and Eva George Richardson McCrea, The Crypt at St. Lukes, Cork, Ireland

2022 Can You Hear Me Damo, Anne-May Tabb, St. Peter’s, Cork

2021 slow puncture, a solo show by Lily O’Shea, Lord Mayor’s Pavilion, Cork

2021 A Passive House, Fiona Kelly, Lily O’Shea, Dori O’Connell, Mary O’Leary, Rebel Reads, Cork

2020 Over or Under, Dominique Rivard, co-curated with Cecelia Graham and Joe Henry, Glasgow

2019 Burning Down the House, Avril Coroon, Michelle Doyle, Isabel English, No. 46 Gallery, Grand Parade, Cork

2019 Suspended Now, The Weight of Waiting, Dori O’Connell, co-curated with Katie O’Grady, St. Luke’s, Cork

Writing

2025 the 90th map/the Land of Oz response to Lily O’Shea’s work as part of Commune, Muine Bheag Arts

2025 when all the fires go out, collaborative text with Lily O’Shea as part of Bless the Corners of this House, Bloomers 

2024 old hag you have killed me, radio show for Radio Solstice as part of Cork Midsummer Festival 

2022 a temporary iteration, response to Fiona Kelly’s solo show for Sirius Arts Centre, Cork

2021 Tilting at Windmills, response to exhibition by Kara Hearn and Mocksim, Dodo Gallery, Brighton, UK

2021 changing time/do less precisely when asked to do more, selected writing for The Paper, Cork

Talks & Public Engagement

2025 Tour with artist Lily O’Shea as part of Commune, response read by Ali O’Shea followed by a discussion with members of CATU, Carlow

2022 Anne-May Tabb and Ali O’Shea discuss Can You Hear Me Damo? as part of Faoin Spéir, Backwater Artist Group, Cork

2021 a passive house, event series featuring artists Fiona Kelly, Mary O’Leary, Lily O’Shea and Dori O’Connell, Rebel Reads, Cork

Press

2022  Tripe + Drisheen, Can You Hear me Damo? By JJ O’Donoughue

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