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.
He has curated exhibitions at Interface, Inagh; Weatherproof, Chicago; The Model, Sligo; The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin; Pallas Projects, Dublin; and his writing has been published in Winter Papers, OVER Journal and Visual Artist’s News Sheet. He was an invited participant of the Curatorial Exchange at EXPO Chicago and Verein K Visiting Curators Vienna in 2025. He maintains an occasional independent publishing and graphic design project, 100 Years Ago Today, that includes books, postcards and music releases.
2026
Vanessa Donoso López, (O-O-O)
Exhibition | Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin, IE, July – September 2026
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DREAMING IS FREE, A conversation between Aleana Egan and Michael Hill
Interview | 100 Years Ago Today, July 2026
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Adaptation or Extinction? Lauren Gault at Dundee Contemporary Arts and Bryony Dunne at Irish Architectural Archive
Exhibition review | Visual Artists’ News Sheet, May – June 2026
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2025
Very Old Water from the Terrible Place, Interview with Alberto Ortega Trejo
Interview | Winter Papers, Volume 11, November 2025
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Universal International | Michael Hill on Lyndon Barrois Jr.’s investigations into cinema’s representation of the donkey
Essay | OVER Journal, Issue 5 FUTURES, October 2025
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Parakeet, as part of Fergus Feehily, Pond, Chalk, Universe (Part II)
Reading and slideshow presentation | Additional readings, conversations and presentations by Annie May Demozay, Stephen Ellcock, Fergus Feehily, Aino Lintunen, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin, IE, January 2025
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Extra Alphabets, Mairead O’hEocha
Production and design | Artist’s pamphlet with text by Ben Eastham, August 2025
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Liliane Puthod, work wear blues
Exhibition | Weatherproof, Chicago, US, April – June 2025
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2024
The Horse and The Rider, Fergus Feehily
Production and design | Artist’s book published by Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin, IE, December 2024
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Fergus Feehily, Fortune House
Exhibition | Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin, IE, December 2024 – February 2025
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Aleana Egan, symbols postcard 3
Postcard | 100 Years Ago Today, June 2024
Artwork by Aleana Egan and a quote from Annie Ernaux, tr. Tanya Leslie. Posted free of charge from Netherlands with a stamp designed by Aleana Egan
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2023
Zebra’s Afterimage, Alice Rekab x Stephen Rekab, Studio Publication Series #4
Co-production and interview | Artist’s book published by Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin, IE, July 2023
[Purchase from Temple Bar Gallery + Studios]
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Ireland at Venice Irish Tour
Public conversation with Niamh O’Malley and Clíodhna Shaffrey | Additional panel and readings by Brian Dillon, Eimear McBride, Niamh O’Malley. Screenings by Jenny Brady and Ros Kavanagh. Moderated by Kate Strain.
The Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, IE, March 2023
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2022
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