Gabby O’Connor

Gabby O’Connor

Gabby O’Connor is an artist, transdisciplinary researcher, Antarctican, science communicator, and educator. Her work operates across multiple disciplines and audiences—between contemporary art, science communication, and community action—and looks at different entry points to conversations about terrestrial and marine ecosystems connected to a changing climate. She frequently collaborates with different communities, scientists, other artists, audiences, and primary school-aged students.

O’Connor studied sculpture at VCA in Melbourne (1995), has an MFA from COFA, UNSW (2004), and earned a PhD at UoA (2025) with a social art and social science research project about marine ecosystems in Aotearoa with 8,000 participants and exhibitions across five sites.