RJ Wade

Profile

I am the Exhibitions Curator (Cultural Collections) at the University of Leeds and Deputy Editor of Art History, the journal of the Association for Art History. I have completed postdoctoral research fellowships with the Henry Moore Foundation and the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art and held curatorial, collections and research roles with University of Cambridge Museums, Leeds Museums and Galleries and Bradford District Museums and Galleries, in addition to teaching roles at the University of Leeds, Christie’s Education and Imperial College London. A regular contributor to academic conferences, I have delivered papers at the Victoria and Albert Museum, City University of New York, the Yale Center for British Art, the University of Barcelona and Musashino Art University in Tokyo, among many others. I have published widely on nineteenth-century museum and exhibitionary cultures, art and design education and the production, circulation and display of teaching collections, including two single-authored research monographs: Domenico Brucciani and the Formatori of Nineteenth-Century Britain (Bloomsbury, 2018) and An Exhibition History of Victorian Leeds (Liverpool University Press, 2023).

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver the exhibitions programme for the Treasures of the Brotherton Gallery.
• Engage audiences through curatorial research, collaboration and activities that enhance access.
• Contribute to service-wide activities that support Cultural Collections.

Qualifications

• PhD History of Art
• MA Art Gallery and Museum Studies
• BA (Hons) Fine Art
• BTEC Foundation Diploma in Art and Design
• University of Leeds Teaching Award 1

Professional memberships

• Association for Art History Editorial Board
• Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy