Public Art Commissions 
2022        West Kerry, FDC Group, Tralee
2022        Leek Heritage, Gateway, Staffordshire Moorlands District Council
2021        The Salt Road, Saltergate, Chesterfield, A R Rock Homes
2021        We are Derby Art Heritage and Sport Panels, Meadow Land footbridge A52 Derby, Derby City Council
2020        Native Trees, Suir Blueway Gateways, Clonmel, Tipperary County Council
2020        Ranunculus acris and Stellaria holostea, Charnwood Borough Council and
Davis Homes, Shepshed, Loughborough
2019         This is our land, Augusta Park Andover, Test Valley District Council
2018         The Steel Tree, Formarke School, Derbyshire
2018         The Ouse and other stories, the Junction, Goole
2017         Sceach Geal, St Josephs School, Dundalk, Louth County Council
2017         Sweet Peas, Architectural installation, Chesterfield Borough Council
2016         The Tree with Lightbulbs, Leicester City Council, J Sainsburys, Leicester
2015          Revealing Castleward, Castleward, Derby. Compendium Living and Derby City Council
2014         R100, Howden Civic Society, and the National Lottery, Howden,Yorkshire
2014           Tools for building, Ribble Canal Millennium Link Sculpture, Canal and Riverside Trust, Preston
2013         Fern Fragments, Newcastle City Council, Hodgkin Park, Newcastle
2013          Direction 1 and 2, Prestatyn Railway Station, Network Rail and Prestatyn Town Council
2012           Rope Works, Howdon Library building, external and internal Sculpture works, North Tyneside Council
2012          Dei, Dag and Dah, West Bridge Wharf Public Realm works, Living in the City and Leicester City Council
2012           Without Place, Queen Street Gateway Project, SAFLE and Cardiff City Council
2012         Time Layers, Caherciveen Town Center, Kerry County Council
2012         Badin Waterford Quays redevelopment, Waterford City Council
2011   Turas seo caite’, Waterford City Council, Grattan Quay Commission.
2011   Sweet Water Arch, Gateway Sculpture, Creative Legacies Commissio, Belfast  City Council, Stranmillis, Belfast
2009 Football Stories, Strata Homes, Baseball Ground Housing Project, Derby
2009 Raven Tree,Termonfeckin, Louth County Council,
2009 Tree Stories, Site-Specific Sculpture for Forest Park, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent City Council,
2008 Silk Bobbins, Sculpture Intervention and Lighting, for St Alkmunds Pedestrian Bridge, Derby
2008 Propeller, Morrissons Food store in association S M C Gower Architects, and Morrissions, Speke, Liverpool
2008 Morning Star and Rivers and Castles, two Sculptures for the Donegal / Strabane H.E.A.RT Project, sited in Ballyshannon and Newtownstewart
2008 Dream Gates, Aishling Park, Murray and Associates LandscapeArchitects and Dundalk Town Council
2007     Industry, British Airways Distribution, Radial Point, Stoke-on-Trent
2006 The Last Oak Tree, N30 Sculpture, Clonroche, NRA and Wexford County Council,
2006 Elements, Sure Start Big Building, in partnership with Derek Trowell Architects, Normanton, Derby
2006 Tower 4, Burghley House Sculpture Gardens, Stamford
2006 Privilege, Stoke Approach, Advantage West Midlands, Stoke-on-Trent City Council, Etruria
2006 Towers 1.2.3, Site Specific Sculptures, the National Stone Centre, Wirksworth Art and Architecture Festival
2005 The Maigue, N20 Sculpture, Croom By-pass, NRA and Limerick County Council,
2004 Summer Fruit, Derwent Housing Association, and Chesterfield Borough Council
2003 Hurlers and Lost Industries, two Sculptures for the Blackpool By-Pass, NRA and Cork Corporation
2002 Factory Memoirs, Robinson Special Packaging Company and Chesterfield Borough Council
2001 Lost Foliage, Sinfin Single Regeneration Project, Derby City
Council
2000 Fables, Royal Mail Buildings, Pervril Securities and Chesterfield Borough Council
1999 Crusade and The Village, two Sculptures for Keele By-Pass, Staffordshire County Council
1997 Ark,The National Garden Festival, Festival Park, Shelton Bar, Stoke-on-Trent

Solo Exhibitions 
2023      In my time, HQA Gallery, Cork Council, Cork
2022      In our time, Working Artists Studios Gallery, Ballydehob, West Cork
2019      Along the Western Shore, Siamsa Tire Gallery, Tralee
2019      Mythologies of Tomorrow, Les Salles Lavauguyon, France
2018      Along the Western Shore, Doswell Gallery, Roscarberry
2017      An Bhollain,  New Court Gallery, Repton
2014      Defining a Line, Derby Museum and Art Gallery
2010      Denis O’Connor, ‘Sculpture’, Burghley Sculpture Garden, Stamford.
2007      Documented Public Works and Maquettes, Parish Rooms Gallery, Wirksworth Art and Architecture Trail
2003       New Sculpture, West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen
2000       New Sculpture, CIT Gallery, Cork
1999       New Sculpture, Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh
1991       Constructed Works, the City Gallery, Leicester
              The Phoenix Arts Centre, Leicester
1989       Constructed Works, Markeaton Park Gallery, Derby
              Derby City Museum and Art Gallery, Derby
1987       Abbey Park Residency Exhibition, Leicester
1986       Loughborough College of Art, Loughborough
1985       The Jaguar Car Residency and other works, Herbert Art Gallery, Coventry
1985        Residency Exhibition, South Nottinghamshire College of Further Education
               Nottingham Artists Showcase, Castle Museum, Nottingham
1985        West Midlands Arts Council, Artist in Industry Residency Exhibition, Jaguar Cars, Coventry

Group Exhibitions 
2021      House, Burghley Sculpture Garden, Stamford
2019      Made in Wirkswworth, the Maltings Gallery, Wirksworth Art and Architecture Trail
2018      Otherworldly, Burghley Sculpture Garden, Stamford
2018      Art of Industry, Derby Museums and Art Gallery
2015      The Art of Transformation, Wirksworth Festival, Curated Exhibition
2014       Funny Ha Ha! Burghley Sculpture Garden, Stamford
2012       University of Derby Staff Exhibition, Markeaton Campus, Derby
2011       OSTRALE‘011, Dresden, Germany
2011       A Decade of Sculpture in the Garden. Harold Martin Botanic Garden, Leicester
2010       Heart Head and Hands. Richard Attenborough Centre University of Leicester
2008       Figure, Burghley Sculpture Garden, Stamford
2005       C2, Contemporary Art from Cork, Crawford Municipal Gallery, Cork
2002       Prague Revisited, Green Lane Gallery, Derby
2001       Berlin Revisited, Banks Mill Studio Gallery, Derby
1993 Wyre Forest District Council, Bewdley, Worcesthire
1992 Ground Work Trust, Amber Valley, Derbyshire
1988 Henry Cavendish School, Derby
1987 Irish Arts Council, Artis in Schools Residency, Millstreet Community School, County Cork
1987 Derbyshire County Council, Lea Green Centre, Matlock
1985 West Midlands Arts Council, Artists in Industry, Jaguar Cars, Coventry
1984-85 East Midlands Arts Council, Sculpture Residency, South Notts College of F.E Nottingham
1983-84  East Midlands Arts Sculpture Residency, South Notts College of F.E, Nottingham
1984-85 Warwickshire Education Authority, Artist in Schools Project Art link, Moseley Hall Hospital, Birmingham
1985      West Midlands Arts, Artists in Industry, Jaguar Cars, Coventry Castle Museum, Nottingham
1986 Leicester Education Authority, Bureligh College, Loughborough
1986 Nottinghamshire Education Authority, Combined Arts Project
1987 Irish Arts Council, Millstreet Community School, County Cork
Residencies
2014        Propulsion Residency, Rolls Royce Heritage Collection, Derby
2013        Land Matters Residency, the National Trust Ilam Hall, Stafforshire
2007        Donegal Strabane Heart Sculpture Trail
2003-17   The National Trust Ilam Hall, Stafordshire
1998-99   The National Sculpture Factory, Cork
1994       The National Forest, Donnisthorpe, Leicestershire
1992-93   Warwickshire Education Authority, Artist in Schools project
1991/94   The National Trust, Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
               Wyre Forest District Council, Bewdley, Worcestshire     
               Ground Work Trust, Amber Valley, Derbyshire
1990   Derby City Museum and Art Gallery
               Leicester City Council, Abbey Park, Leicester
1989-90   Derbyshire Education Authority, Combined Arts Project
1988       Leicester City Council, Abbey Park, Leicester
1987-88   Henry Cavendish School, Derby
               Derbyshire County Council, Lea Green Centre, Matlock
Awards
2017 Revealing Castleward, Design Award Derby City Council
2014 Test Valley Creative, Design Award, Andover Business Park
2011 Derby Baseball Ground Sculpture, Derby Civic Society, George Larkin Brighter City Award
2010 RIBA Award (community award) Commission for the Junction Arts Center, Goole
2009 Institute of Civil Engineers, East Midlands Merit Award St Alkmund’s Bridge Commission, Derby
2008 British Association of Landscape Awards Central Forest Park Commission, Stoke-on-Trent
2008 Heartlands Visitor Centre, Design Award, Pool, Cornwall
2008 Creative Legacies Award, Belfast City Council
2007 New Downe Hospital, Downpatrick, Sculpture Design Award
2007 Architectural Design Award, ‘Privilege’ Commission, Stoke on Trent City Council
2003 Cluid Housing Association, Athlone, Sculpture Design Award
1994 Lace Market Design Award, Nottingham City Council
1991 East Midlands Arts, Publications Award
1986 East Midlands Arts, Studio Practice Bursary
1987 Arts Council of Ireland. Artists in Schools Bursary
1984 West Midlands Arts, Artists in Industry Award with Jaguar Cars
1982 Bowen Mullally Award, S.A.D.E. Crawford Gallery, Cork
1982 Alumina Ireland Sculpture Award

Publications
2020      Art not History, Denis O Connor – film
2020      Made in Wirksworth – film
2019      Made in Wirksworth – catalogue
2018 Heavenly Bodies, Burghley Sculpture Garden, Burghley
2016 Defining a Line - catalogue
2016 Defining a Line - film
2014 Propulsion, Rolls Royce Heritage Collection, Derby
2013 Land Matters - Site Specific Sculpture work, The National Trust, Ilam Park, Staffordshire - catalogue
2011 Ostrale’011 - catalogue
2011 A Decade of Sculpture in the Garden. Richard Attenborough Centre University of Leicester - catalogue
2011 By The Way - a survey of Public Art Commissions in Ireland - book
2010 Heart. Head and Hands, Richard Attenborough Centre University of Leicester - catalogue
2009 ‘Denis O’Connor – Sculpture’ - Burghley Sculpture Garden - catalogue
2008 Figure - Burghley Sculpture Garden - catalogue
2006 Heavenly Bodies - Burghley Sculpture Garden - catalogue
2005 C2 Review Catalogue, European City of Culture, Cork - catalogue
1999 Denis O’Connor - ‘New Sculpture’ - catalogue
1997/2001    Research Review, Derby School of Art and Design - catalogue
1991 Sculpture by Denis O’Connor - catalogue
1989 Rights and Status [Court Case, Derby County Court] Artists Newsletter
1986 National Garden Festival - catalogue
1984 Artists in Industry - catalogue
1983 M.A Sculpture Exhibition - catalogue
1982 S.A.D.E - catalogue
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