Gwen Farrelly

Gwen Farrelly is Curator for Design Doha Residency 2023/4 Qatar | Morocco: Crafting Design Futures. She also serves as the Connect & Be Connected Lead for internationalisation and partnerships at Ireland’s National College of Art and Design (NCAD). And, she is an art historian, independent researcher and a consultant for global strategic development in cultural and higher education organisations. Previously, Farrelly served as Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)’s inaugural Executive Director for Global Affairs and was the Assistant Director of the International Program department at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, where she oversaw global research initiatives and projects. Farrelly holds an MA in Art History from The Courtauld Institute of Art and a BA in the History of Art and Architecture from Trinity College, Dublin, and has been a PhD candidate at the Graduate Center, CUNY, and is currently working on her dissertation on the early history of global art exhibitions. She teaches and lectures on global art history and has chaired, co-chaired, and participated in global art history panels, workshops, conferences, and think tanks. In 2020, She co-edited the publication Global Art Histories: Contexts, Methods and Approaches (2020: Wiley Blackwell).