Brian O'Connor (March 2, 1958 – August 15, 2022) was an American visual artist who worked in a surrealistic style.

[5] O'Connor has described his work as "the beautiful mess" of "grappling with the world" and attempting to make sense of it.

[8] From 1985 through 1987, O'Connor received several grants from the New Mexico Artist in Residence Program to work in various sites.

[9] His painting, 93 Million Miles, was held in the Bernalillo County public art collection from which it was stolen and never recovered.

[10] In 2020, a documentary film, Painting Grey, by Ann Bromberg, was made about O'Connor's work, and how posterior cortical atrophy, a progressive brain disorder, has affected his artistic practice and daily life.