Jo Cottrell is an art historian committed to making art’s histories accessible to all. She holds a PhD from Birkbeck College, University of London focusing on the women Vorticists, and as an independent scholar her research continues in the field of British modernism, with a particular interest in the lives and works of artists Jessica Dismorr and Helen Saunders.

Publications

‘Bohemia in London: Frida Strindberg’s Cabaret Theatre Club’, Into the Night: Cabarets and Clubs in Modern Art, ed. by Florence Ostende and Lotte Johnson (London: Barbican Art Gallery, in collaboration with the Belvedere, Vienna)

‘Helen Saunders as Vorticist: a discreet yet revolutionary spirit’, Helen Saunders: Modernist Rebel ed. by Rachel Sloan (London: The Courtauld, 2022)

‘Vorticism, Cosmopolitanism, and the Cosmofeminist Spaces of Resistance’, PhD thesis, Birkbeck, University of London 2024.

Jo is regular tour guide for Tate galleries. Recent tours, lectures and talks have covered the following subject areas:

• Vorticism and women

• Early twentieth century British Art

• Frida Strindberg’s Cabaret Theatre Club

• Art and Identity

Jo offers the following services:

• Exhibition and gallery tours

• Talks, lectures, and tailored courses on a range of art historical subjects

• One-to-one tutoring

To find out more, call Jo on 07816 899856