Prior to joining the Butler Gallery in 2005, Anna spent over twenty years in New York, first as curator of Performance Art at the avant-garde arts venue Franklin Furnace and then as Director of the Robert Miller Gallery. Anna has worked with many internationally-renowned artists and artists’ estates to realise projects and exhibitions including Alice Neel, Eva Hesse, Lee Krasner and Patti Smith at the Robert Miller Gallery and Mary Reid Kelley and Patrick Kelley, Cartoon Saloon, Fischli & Weiss, Michael Snow, Marilyn Lerner, Bob and Roberta Smith, Hans Op de Beeck, Ian Burns, Louise Bourgeois, Werner Herzog, Tony O’Malley, Barry McGee, Jeanne Silverthorne, and Eve Sussman at the Butler Gallery. Anna has written many catalogue essays and published catalogues on Irish artists including Richard Mosse, Tony O’Malley, Barrie Cooke, Michael Beirne, Gypsy Ray, Jane O’Malley and Stephen McKenna.

In 2013, Anna was the Commissioner and Curator of the Irish Pavilion at the 55^th Venice Biennale with Richard Mosse as the artist representing Ireland. She has been a visiting lecturer at various third level institutions and served on many artist review panels including the Arts Council of Ireland and Culture Ireland. Anna graduated from the National College of Art & Design Dublin and also studied at the Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program, New York and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Whilst in New York, she was a member of ArtTable Inc. (organisation dedicated to advancing the leadership of women in the visual arts) and served on benefit committees for non-profit art spaces such as Art in General and the New Museum of Contemporary Art (1995-2005). Anna was a board member of the Kilkenny Arts Festival from 2005 - 2020.

In 2020, Anna was awarded the prestigious RHA Gold Medal for her Contribution to the Arts in Ireland.

She has worked for a broad range of national and large regional galleries and museums in the UK, including Tate, Sheffield Museums and the Ashmolean. Before joining the Butler Gallery she was Interim Registrar for the Crawford Art Gallery in Cork where she was involved with on acquisitions to the collection, conservation standards, exhibitions, decant planning and storage. With a longstanding commitment to delivering the widest possible access to collections and associated information, she has managed and undertaken many collections-based display, documentation, digitisation and storage projects.

Before joining Butler Gallery Bryan worked as the Visitor Services Supervisor at the Vancouver Art Gallery (2023), Visitor Engagement Facilitator at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (2019-2022), Volunteer Coordinator at EVA International (2018) and has been on the panel of Artists, Guides and Lecturers at The Hugh Lane Gallery since 2022.

Bryan holds an MA in Arts Policy and Practice from University of Galway and a BA in Fine Art from Atlantic Technological University, Galway.

Prior to working at Butler Gallery, Jean was Education Curator of Creative Generations Arts-in-Education Programme at TBG+S, which brought high-quality visual arts education to children in Dublin inner city schools, creating projects, opportunities and platforms for artists to work collaboratively with children to create an ambitious new artwork for their school.

Previous roles include, Art Education Consultant, Black Church Print Studio (2021- 2022); Creative Generations Arts-in-Education Programme Curator, Temple Bar Gallery and Studios (2013-2015 and 2017-2020); Interim Learning and Public Engagement Curator, Butler Gallery (2019); Art Avenues Community Education Programme Curator, Mason Hayes and Curran in conjunction with Royal Hibernian Academy, (2016-2018) Assistant Education Curator, TBG+S, (2012).

Jean holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Art and Design Education and Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art Sculpture from National College of Art and Design, Dublin.

Gabriella has a MSc in Digital Marketing from UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School and a BSc in Applied Psychology from Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology.

Shane has over fifteen years in client services and over five years experience working within contemporary art spaces such as Temple Bar Gallery and Studios and The Complex Dublin. He holds a First Class BA (Hons) in Business with Dun laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology and a Postgraduate Diploma in Digital Marketing, National College of Ireland.

Frank advises on planning and delivery methods of production and coordinates the construction/installation/deinstallation activities to deliver exhibitions on time and within budget. He is experienced in establishing project controls to monitor progress, budget and risks assessment and, in the management of logistics of movement of works.

Frank has a 1^st class BA (Hons) Photography from IADT and 10 years’ experience working in Engineering as Senior Engineering Technician. Frank also works as a Tutor in Photography/Art on QQI level 5 and 6 programmes and Adult Education programmes within the ETB Further Education colleges.