Born in 1957, she received her MA Fine Art Painting from The National College of Art and Design, Dublin in 1998,
O’Brien’s work is in Private and Public collections including, The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, The Caldic Collection, Rotterdam, The Museum of Modern Art, Vienna, The Gemeentmuseum, The Netherlands and Centro National des Artes, Mexico.
O’Brien is the current President of The Royal Hibernian Academy and was Secretary of the RHA from 2012 until 2017.
Abigail O’Brien lives and works in Ireland.