Marc O'Sullivan Vallig

Marc O’Sullivan Vallig is an artist, writer and curator from Eyeries, Beara, West Cork. His work as a visual artist featured in the Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition in 2022. His first book, People of the Sea: A Maritime HIstory of Beara, was published in 2020. He served as Artistic Director of Beara Arts Festival from 2016 – 19, and as Arts Editor of the Irish Examiner from 2008 – 14. In 2015, he curated Seán Scully: Figure/Abstract at the Crawford Art Gallery, Cork. He is a board member of the Munster Literature Centre, Cork, and is Secretary of the Northern Parish Heritage Project, Beara. Marc can be reached on Facebook.