About the Curator

Brendan Fox
Curator
Brendan Fox

Brendan Fox (they/them) is an independent curator, writer, educator and cultural event producer based in Dublin and Rome. They are the founding director of the Museum of Everyone (MOE), a platform that amplifies diverse voices and marginalised perspectives through artist- and community-led initiatives.

Fox has curated the work of hundreds of Irish and international artists across a broad spectrum of settings in Ireland and internationally. They have held four residencies at the Irish Museum of Modern Art and curated from the national collection at IMMA for their major exhibition Quantum Leap.

Along with Han Tiernan, Fox is co-director of Rewind FastForward Record (RFR), a nationwide initiative engaging LGBTQIA+ community groups to uncover queer histories and expand their retelling and relevance through artistic interpretation. Piloted at IMMA, RFR held multiple residencies in major cultural institutions across Ireland and culminated in Fox co-devising a durational performance with Array Collective at the Ulster Museum.

Fox has delivered talks and workshops at Void Derry, Goethe-Institut, National College of Art and Design, Limerick School of Art and Design, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, UCD, Trinity College Dublin’s Innovation Academy, Rua Red, the Royal Hibernian Academy and IMMA. They were invited as the inaugural curator with Creative Futures Academy (CFA), a groundbreaking partnership between NCAD, UCD and IADT that takes a new approach to higher education, and in 2025 took up the position of CFA Creative Learning Lecturer at NCAD and Rua Red, Dublin.

Following their exhibition Paesaggi Affettivi, in Rome, Fox is currently devising a residency programme in Lazio, Italy, with La Compagnia dei Lepini Foundation, which will culminate in multiple offsite exhibitions and events in 2028.

Fox is an Arts Council Peer Panellist and a member of Dublin City Council’s Arts Office Panel. They have recently taken up the position of Curator/Project Manager for the Golden Bridge Public Art Commissions with Dublin City Council.

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