University of Edinburgh

Still-Life by British Women Artists, 1895-1945

Academic History:

2017 - present: History of Art, PhD, University of Edinburgh

2014 - 2015: French, Graduate Diploma, Birkbeck College, Distinction

2013 - 2014: Women's Studies, MSt, University of Oxford, Distinction

2009 - 2012: English Literature, BA, University College London, First Class Honours

Supervisors:

Dr Patricia Allmer

Dr Carole Jones

Dr Michelle Bastian

Research Interests:

• Women and Modernism
• Domestic interiors in 20th Century art
• Feminist and Queer interventions in art history
• The Bloomsbury Group
• Domestic photography
• Twentieth Century Jewish émigré artists and designers

Previous Research Projects:

Curated ‘Designs on Britain’, an exhibition opening 18th October 2017 and running until 15th April 2018 at Jewish Museum London, detailing the contribution of 18 Jewish émigrés to the landscape of mid-century British design.

Curated ‘On Not Knowing: Central Saint Martins at the British Museum’, an exhibition that opened June 2016 and ran until November 2016 exploring interactions between contemporary art practice and historical drawing

Curatorial Fellow at The Charleston Trust, funded by The Paul Mellon Centre for British Art, September 2015 - April 2016

Scholarships:

Arts and Humanities Research Council Full-Award Studentship 2013-2014, The University of Oxford

Publications:

Designs on Britain Exhibition Catalogue

Contact Details:

Address: Hunter Building, 74 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh EH3 9DF

Email: rebecca.birrell@ed.ac.uk

First published: 25 September 2017