Michael Hill is Programme Curator at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin, Ireland, and one half of the curatorial team (with Clíodhna Shaffrey) that represented Ireland at the 59th Venice Biennale 2022, and Irish Tour 2023, with artist Niamh O’Malley.

In his practice-led curatorial work, he collaborates closely with artists to produce site- and contextually-responsive exhibitions, whether they are in a gallery or outside of formal settings. In 2024 he curated two major exhibitions in the active industrial setting of Dublin Port, integrating large-scale immersive installations into a disused pump house with Yuri Pattison, and open-air graving dock with Liliane Puthod. His independent practice includes curating solo exhibitions by Mairead O’hEocha at The Model, Sligo; and Liliane Puthod at Weatherproof, Chicago (both 2025). He was an invited participant of the Curatorial Exchange at EXPO Chicago and Verein K Visiting Curators Vienna in 2025.

He has worked with several artists on their first solo exhibitions in Ireland (Lisa Freeman, Fanny Gicquel, Tai Shani, Tamsin Snow, Lucy Stein), and curated solo exhibitions by artists who have represented their countries and exhibited at major global art events (Sean Edwards, Sean Lynch, Rebecca Moccia, Pilvi Takala, Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca).

He was previously Curator at The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Trinity College Dublin, where he produced a series of exploratory site-responsive artist projects by A.Mac Giolla Bhríde, Andy Fitz, Ruth Clinton and Niamh Moriarty. He has worked in public, private and artist-run contemporary art galleries in Ireland and UK since 2008. His writing has been published in Winter Papers, OVER Journal and Visual Artist’s News Sheet.

His mentoring practice includes Freelands Artist Programme, Belfast; Jerwood Cultural Accelerator, London; Chronic Connections, Fire Station Artists’ Studios, Dublin. He also maintains an occasional independent publishing and graphic design project, 100 Years Ago Today, that includes books, postcards and music releases. He is a member of the Arts Council of Ireland’s Peer Panel, a Member of IKT International Association of Curators of Contemporary Art, and a Board Member of Askeaton Contemporary Arts.