Visual Culture Staff

Hilary O'Kelly, BA, MA
Lecturer, History of Design

Hilary O'Kelly has a B.A. in The History of Art and Archaeology from University College Dublin and an M.A. in Dress History from The Courtauld Institute of Art. Her research interests relate to two main areas; the role and significance of dress in Art History, and dress and material culture in 20th century Ireland. These include the relationship between dress and notions of national identity, gender, status and religion. She is Coordinator of Undergraduate Design History Studies in The Faculty of Visual Culture.

Publications include:

2005	‘Parcels from America: American Clothes in Ireland c. 1930-1980’ in Old Clothes, New Looks; Second Hand Fashion, ed.s Alexandra Palmer And Hazel Clark, Berg.
2000	‘The Pope and The President’ in From The Edge: Art and Design in 20th Century Ireland A Circa Supplement
1992	‘Reconstructing Irishness, dress in The Celtic Revival c.1880 – 1930’ in Chic Thrills: A fashion Reader ed.s Juliet Ash and Elizabeth Wilson, Pandora, London

Catalogues:

2005	Wearable/Unwearable, Crafts Council of Ireland, Catalogue Essay
2004	Sonja Landweer and Rudolf Heltzel, Crafts Council of Ireland
2002	Peter Ting , Crafts Council of Ireland, Catalogue Essay
1999	Contemporary Textile Art’, Catalogue Essay, Cork Textiles Network

Contributed to:

2003	Lalor, B (Ed) The Encyclopaedia of Ireland, Gill and MacMillan
1997	Murray, P (Ed) Irish Art 1770-1995, History and Society, Crawford Art Gallery, Cork
1992	Rolley, K and C Aish, Fashion In Photographs 1900-1910, National Portrait Gallery, London

Books edited:

2001	Thought Lines 5, An Anthology of Research, NCAD
1992	Nancy Wynne Jones, A Retrospective, University College, Cork

Exhibition Reviews in: The Irish Times, Circa, Irish Craft Review

Conference participation includes:

2005	‘The Ely Family’ Explored; A Symposium, National Gallery of Ireland ‘Dress and Drapery in The Ely Family, Angelica Kauffman, 1771’
2000	Coming and Going: Immigrant and Emigrant Dress 1600-2000. A Costume Society Symposium, ‘Sent home From America’
1998	The Way We Wore, 250 Years of Irish Clothing and Jewellery, National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, ‘Irish Dress in Wider European Fashion
1997	The Ideal and The Real in Design, Design History Conference, ‘The Pope and The President’
1993	Crafts Council of Ireland, ‘Salt-Glaze Ceramics; History and Contemporary Context’
1989	International Association of Art Historians, ‘Costume in The Celtic Revival 1880-1930’