Jane Simpkiss is the Curator at Compton Verney, researching and caring for its collections and working on the Gallery’s varied exhibitions programme. Prior to this she was the Fine Art Curator at Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum, 2020-2023. She has curated a number of exhibitions and displays focusing on British Art including Outgrowing: Flowers and Female artists, 1700-now; Modern Mercia: Post-war art in Coventry and Warwickshire; 1945-1970 and Reunited: Shannon, Ricketts and their Greek Vase and Modern Pre-Raphaelite Visionaries: British Art 1880-1930.
Jane’s research focuses on the work of British female artists and the depiction of women in art, particularly during the Long Eighteenth Century. Jane tries to spotlight the life and work of underappreciated female artists in her curatorial work and to champion the perspectives and experience of female subjects. Jane also has a keen interest in modern British studio ceramics.
Before working at Leamington, Jane undertook a year long internship at the Royal Collection Trust in the paintings department and was a research assistant at Royal Museums Greenwich and Dulwich Picture Gallery. She completed an MA in curating at the Courtauld Institute of Art and a BA in History at Durham University.
