Josef O’Connor

Quick Facts

Full Name	Josef O'Connor
Occupation	Contemporary Artist
Date Of Birth	Jan 20, 1990(1990-01-20)
Age	34
Birthplace	London
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Capricorn

Josef O'Connor Biography

Josef O'Connor is one of the most popular and richest Contemporary Artist who was born on January 20, 1990 in London, England, United Kingdom. Josef O’Connor (born 20 January 1990) is an artist from the UK. British artist from Britain. His multidisciplinary art works incorporate digital media as well as interactive.

To protest the results of the General Election, O’Connor launched “Billbored,” which is an un-partisan online art project which allowed the general public as well as artists and designers to create a billboard-style digital art piece that contained their own personal political slogans as well as manifestos to changes. The designs were projected as an unofficial campaign that was aimed at famous London landmarks, such as Big Ben, Tate Modern, St Paul’s Cathedral and The Bank of England.

In 2012, O’Connor entered into the Gagosian Gallery’s ‘Spot Challenge’. Utilizing social media with the #AVERAGEJOE hashtag, he crowdfunded £10,000 in a week to fund a trip around the world and making a global community of 286 shareholders the unlikely winners of a Damien Hirst Spot Print. Mirroring a period of extreme disadvantage and political upheaval, O’Connor’s multidisciplinary artwork is currently being made into a film.

In 2013, O’Connor was publicly voted into The Guardian’s 100 most influential and innovative people working across arts, culture and the creative industries in the UK, alongside artists Jeremy Deller and Mike Nelson.

In 2010, to mark Summer Solstice, O’Connor was asked by Diesel to design a massive aerial sculpture made of more than five thousand helium balloons, each lit up with blinking L.E.D lights.

Josef O'Connor Net Worth

Josef O'Connor is one of the richest Contemporary Artist from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Josef O'Connor 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In 2007 O’Connor established the online art platform “Pollocks” in an attempt to take on the traditional gallery model by providing a space for young artists to share and upload their works online.

In 2008, beginning with the re-appropriation and re-appropriation retail space in the London’s Carnaby Street, O’Connor invited people to participate in the development in the creation of “Blank Canvas”. The event was on for two weeks featuring live music from Laura Marling and Ladyhawke. Other notable performers were Annie Lennox, Levi Palmer, Marc Quinn and photographer Rankin. In the spring, O’Connor exhibited alongside Marlene Dumas in the Free Art Fair at The Barbican Centre in London.

In 2012, O’Connor was selected as one of the Top 25 inspiring talents from London’s 1000 most influential people list, in association with Burberry and the Evening Standard.

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Josef Ranked on the list of most popular Contemporary Artist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Josef O'Connor celebrates birthday on January 20 of every year.