Dr Ella Nixon is an academic, consultant, curator, and writer based in London.

Current projects:

• Post-doctoral researcher at The Women’s Art Collection (Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge)
• Research Assistant at Birmingham University
• Freelance tutor and art consultant
• Commentator on the arts, including for ArtReview, Art UK, BBC Radio 4, The Critic, GB News, and TEDx

Her PhD was a Collaborative Doctoral Award (Northern Bridge AHRC) at Northumbria University, in collaboration with the Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. It explores the representation of women artists within regional art galleries. In particular, Ella is interested in how debates about gender have shaped gallery practices, with implications for ‘public’ understandings.

Originally from the Peak District, Ella is now based in London, with links to Cambridge and Oxfordshire. Prior to her PhD, she attained a First-Class History BA at the University of Cambridge and a Distinction History of Art MA at The Courtauld Institute of Art, where she specialised in twentieth-century European art.