Education:
University of New Mexico
Insbtuto Allende, Mexico
National Arts & Crafts School, Copenhagen, Denmark.
National Arts School, Helsinki, Finland
College of Art & Design, Pforzheim, Germany
InternatIonal Summer Academy of Fine Arts, Salzburg Austria.
He has been a practicing goldsmith/teacher for over forty years.
His works can be seen in private and public collections including:
The National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, Tennessee
The Goldsmiths Hall, London, England
Cesky Raj Museum, Turnov, Czech Republic
The State Art Gallery, Legnecia, Poland
The German Goldsmith Society, Hanau, Germany
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
The Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D,C.
O’Connor is the author of ‘The Jewelers Bench Reference’ and
‘The flexibleshaft Machine’, and has exhibited and conducted over
200 workshops throughout the world includlng Portugal, Czech Republic,
Estonia, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, England, Yugoslavia and Peru.
Gallery Representation:
Aaron Faber Gallery, New York City, New York
Connell Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Patina Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Mesa’s Edge, Taos, New Mexico