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Curator Visits, Summer Series: Luke Currall, Waterford Gallery of Art

Curator Visits, Summer Series: Luke Currall, Waterford Gallery of Art

August 26 - August 26, 2026
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Luke Currall is Visual Arts Curator for Waterford City and County Council. He is responsible for the care, conservation and ongoing curation of the Waterford Art Collection, the programming and running of the Waterford Gallery of Art (WGOA) and exhibitions held at the Old Market House Arts Centre, Dungarvan. Graduating from University College London with a degree in Anthropology he went on to work for the British Museum as a Stone Mason in the Dept. of Egyptian and Sudan and then as Curatorial Assistant in the Dept. of Ancient History and Medieval Europe. He has since worked on exhibitions, commissions, public art and gallery development nationally and international for the Wellcome Collection, V&A, Architectural Association, Venice Biennale, European Commission, National Trust, Bable Fest Bellinzona, London Fashion Week, Vietnamese Embassy, Pace, Tunbridge Wells Borough Council, Kent County Council  and many others before relocating to Waterford in 2022. From 2013-2017 he was co-founder and co-director of exhibition design and production studio, Install Archive.

Currall has worked on and developed exhibitions, interactives, digital installations, public art, performances, albums, and publications with artists including Ann Veronica Janssens, Random International, Wayne McGregor, Adam Chodzko, Matthew Herbert, Šejla Kamerić, John Gerrard, Alice Anderson, Marcus Coates, Forensic Architecture, Enzo Mari and more. Curator of all exhibitions and events at WGOA including Catherine Barron, ‘You couldn’t make it up’, Robert Jacskon ‘as below, so above’ , Michael Cullen, Trav’lin’ Light’, Susan Connolly ‘GROUND: two-unfold’, ‘Muscles and Mind: Irish Art Olympians,’ and ‘How to Tell a Hawk From a Handsaw: abstract art from the Waterford Art Collection’.

Projects for 2026 and 2027 include exhibitions and related publications for Áine Ryan, John Foley, John Noel Smith, Marcella Meagher, European Year of the Normans, hosting the AIB NGI Portrait Prize, and an open-call commission exploring the River Suir and its related social and industrial history accompanied by works from the Waterford Art Collection, Archives and Museums.

CURATOR VISITS
Our Curator Visits series offers Sample-Studios members a unique opportunity to connect directly with local and international curators. Members meet with curators 1to1 to present their work, discuss their practice, and receive expert advice and guidance from prominent professionals bringing a wealth of experience, a variety of backgrounds in different arts contexts, and valuable networks.

Luke Currall is Visual Arts Curator for Waterford City and County Council. He is responsible for the care, conservation and ongoing curation of the Waterford Art Collection, the programming and running of the Waterford Gallery of Art (WGOA) and exhibitions held at the Old Market House Arts Centre, Dungarvan. Graduating from University College London with a degree in Anthropology he went on to work for the British Museum as a Stone Mason in the Dept. of Egyptian and Sudan and then as Curatorial Assistant in the Dept. of Ancient History and Medieval Europe. He has since worked on exhibitions, commissions, public art and gallery development nationally and international for the Wellcome Collection, V&A, Architectural Association, Venice Biennale, European Commission, National Trust, Bable Fest Bellinzona, London Fashion Week, Vietnamese Embassy, Pace, Tunbridge Wells Borough Council, Kent County Council  and many others before relocating to Waterford in 2022. From 2013-2017 he was co-founder and co-director of exhibition design and production studio, Install Archive.

Currall has worked on and developed exhibitions, interactives, digital installations, public art, performances, albums, and publications with artists including Ann Veronica Janssens, Random International, Wayne McGregor, Adam Chodzko, Matthew Herbert, Šejla Kamerić, John Gerrard, Alice Anderson, Marcus Coates, Forensic Architecture, Enzo Mari and more. Curator of all exhibitions and events at WGOA including Catherine Barron, ‘You couldn’t make it up’, Robert Jacskon ‘as below, so above’ , Michael Cullen, Trav’lin’ Light’, Susan Connolly ‘GROUND: two-unfold’, ‘Muscles and Mind: Irish Art Olympians,’ and ‘How to Tell a Hawk From a Handsaw: abstract art from the Waterford Art Collection’.

Projects for 2026 and 2027 include exhibitions and related publications for Áine Ryan, John Foley, John Noel Smith, Marcella Meagher, European Year of the Normans, hosting the AIB NGI Portrait Prize, and an open-call commission exploring the River Suir and its related social and industrial history accompanied by works from the Waterford Art Collection, Archives and Museums.

CURATOR VISITS
Our Curator Visits series offers Sample-Studios members a unique opportunity to connect directly with local and international curators. Members meet with curators 1to1 to present their work, discuss their practice, and receive expert advice and guidance from prominent professionals bringing a wealth of experience, a variety of backgrounds in different arts contexts, and valuable networks.

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