Career
He developed and initiated First Thursdays, the gallery's monthly series of art events, which have been noted for drawing younger audiences and have featured such artists as Patti Smith and Ai Weiwei. In 2015, O'Neill became the host of the CBC Television art challenge show Crash Gallery. O'Neill was an actor as a child, and appeared in various Canadian film and television productions including Baby Blues, Never Cry Werewolf and Degrassi: The Next Generation.