Straine, Stephanie
b. 1985
"[2020] Stephanie Straine is Senior Curator, Modern and Contemporary Art at the National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh. Previously she was Curator of Exhibitions and Projects at Modern Art Oxford, where from 2016 to 2019 she realised solo exhibitions of artists including Rose Finn-Kelcey, Lubaina Himid, Cinthia Marcelle, Aleksandra Mir, Nicolas Party, Hannah Ryggen and Johanna Unzueta, as well as a group show of contemporary drawing in collaboration with Drawing Room, London. From 2012 to 2016 she was Assistant Curator, Exhibitions and Displays at Tate Liverpool, and previously worked as Exhibitions Organiser at The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, from 2006 to 2009. She holds a joint MA Fine Art degree from the University of Edinburgh and Edinburgh College of Art, an MLitt from the University of Glasgow and a PhD in the history of art from University College London, funded by an AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Award in partnership with Tate. She publishes widely on modern and contemporary art, with a focus on artists working with drawing." [https://lucyskaer.com/info, sourced 2022-03-09] "Stephanie Straine is an Assistant Curator, Exhibitions and Displays, at Tate Liverpool. She studied Fine Art at the University of Edinburgh and Edinburgh College of Art (2003-2008), followed by a Masters in History of Art at the University of Glasgow (2008-2009). Awarded an AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Award in 2009, she obtained her PhD from University College London in 2013, focusing on drawing strategies in the 1960s and 1970s."[https://www.ed.ac.uk/edinburgh-college-art/history-art/artist-rooms/past-events/cafe-des-artistes/6, sourced 2022-03-09]
