Diarmuid Byron O'Connor

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Diarmuid Byron O'Connor (born December 7, 1964) is a British fantasy artist and sculptor.

Sometime after leaving The John Fisher School in Purley, Surrey he started at Art College 1984 in Bristol. In 1986 joined "Changing Places" a community and environmental Arts project as a stone carver leaving in 1988 to become the country's first Craft Animateur. Studied conceptual fine art at Chelsea School of Art, London 1991.

Starting what became a successful decorating firm, Diarmuid worked evenings sculpting with wax at the kitchen table. With the unveiling of his Peter Pan statue outside Great Ormond Street Hospital and an exhibition of small bronzes in 2000 he was able to build a studio for private commissions. With several public commissions in development, the addition of Tinker Bell to Peter Pan is part of an ambitious project to raise money for the children's hospital. This was unveiled by Sophie Countess of Wessex in 2005.

Diarmuid's research into World War One led to him building such sets for BBC2 The Trench, BBC1 The Somme and for Discovery Channel Mud, Blood and Tarmac establishing himself as an Art Director and Production Designer. With Dick Strawbridge he went on to make for BBC2 The Crafty Tricks of War and Geronimo.

Diarmuid designed, built and codirects the Escape Bar and Art Gallery, a project in Southwest London to get new art talent together with a new audience. Diarmuid has three daughters.