Noelle Collins is an Irish Curator living in the South East of England. Her curatorial experience ranges from leading artist-led spaces to delivering exhibition programmes with international arts organisations such as EVA International - Ireland’s Biennial of Contemporary Art, the Irish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, Arts Council Collection and Tate. She curated Turner Prize 2023, exhibiting works by Jesse Darling, Ghislaine Leung, Rory Pilgrim and Barbara Walker in the UK’s foremost prize for contemporary art.
As Exhibitions & Offsite Curator at Towner Eastbourne she leads the biennial open call Brewers Towner International and presents significant solo exhibitions, performances and commissions with leading contemporary artists. Recent projects include Florence Peake, FACTUAL ACTUAL: Ensemble; Ayo Akingbade, Duette; David Blandy, The Edge of Forever; Rita Evans, Tuning in a Vacuum; Jananne Al-Ani, Timelines; Melissa Gordon, Liquid Gestures and Lothar Götz, Dance Diagonal.
Collins curated exhibitions and events independently and held the position of Director at the artist-led organisation Occupy Space, Limerick (2011–2013). She continues to support grassroots activity as Trustee of Devonshire Collective (CIC) a cultural and community organisation operating across a network of ex-retail sites in Eastbourne (UK).
Past roles include: Assistant Curator, Arts Council Collection National Partnership Programme, Towner Art Gallery (2016–2019); Curatorial Assistant, Still the Barbarians, EVA 2016; Curatorial Assistant for Ireland at Venice, 56th Venice Biennale; Project Coordinator NWCI: Legacy Project in Limerick; Curatorial Assistant AGITATIONISM, EVA 2014; Project Manager of Artistic Justice, Limerick/Marrakech/Dublin; Curator of Amharc Fhine Gall IX: Eternal Light, Draíocht, Dublin; Project Manager of Curating Partnerships, Limerick; Assistant Curator at Askeaton Contemporary Arts.
