Paul O’Neill

Paul O’Neill is an Irish curator, artist, writer, and educator. Paul is the Artistic Director of PUBLICS; a curatorial agency, contemporary art commissioner, event and exhibition space with a dedicated library in Helsinki. Between 2013-17, he was Director of the Graduate Program at the Center for Curatorial Studies (CCS), Bard College, New York. Paul has co-curated over 80 exhibitions across the world. The Paul O’Neill Archives (1993-2024) are part of the Irish Museum of Modern Art Collection, Dublin.

Paul has co-curated over 80 exhibtions across the world. Paul is author and editor of many books on theories and histories of the Curatorial including The Culture of Curating and the Curating of Culture(s), (MIT Press, 2012), which has been translated into many languages. Paul’s most recent authored book is Beyond Caring: Para-hosting as Curatorial Escape (Floating Opera Press, Berlin, 2025). Other recent co-edited books are: Not Going it Alone: Collective Curatorial Curating (Apexart, New York, 2024), and CURIOUS (Open Editions, London, 2024) co-edited with Gerrie van Noord.