Jennifer Thatcher

Dr Jennifer Thatcher is an art historian, critic and public programmes curator. She holds an AHRC-funded PhD in art history from the University of Edinburgh, and is currently a British Academy postdoctoral fellow at Manchester School of Art. She was co-curator of the 2023 Folkestone Book Festival. She curated the public programmes for the Folkestone Triennial (2014, 2017) and the Whitstable Biennale (2016); and was co-Director of Talks with James Harkin at the ICA, London (2003–10). She publishes regularly as an art critic, including in Art Quarterly, Art Monthly, ArtReview and ARTnews magazines. She was Course Leader for the Gap programme at Sotheby’s Institute of Art (2021–23). She is the co-editor of the book, Theorising the Artist Interview (Routledge, 2024). She is a member of the British Art Network.