Jacqui McIntosh is an independent researcher, writer and curator based in London. As Curator and Archivist at the College of Psychic Studies in London, she cares for and curates their extensive collection of spirit-inspired art, photography and artefacts from 1850 to today.
From 2023-2024 she was a recipient of a Curatorial Research Grant from The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art and curated the exhibition The Time of Our Lives (Drawing Room, 2024), which explored the role that drawing has played within feminist activism. The exhibition looked at the pioneering practices of women artists and the ways that the medium of drawing has been used to raise consciousness around social and political issues, such as reproductive justice, sexism, racism and other forms of oppression.
Independently, Jacqui’s research focuses on feminist, mediumistic and esoteric histories, with a particular interest in artists whose spiritual development has evolved in tandem with their artistic output. Current research areas include the drawings and works on paper of British artist and occultist Ithell Colquhoun.
Jacqui’s writing has appeared in newspapers, art publications and catalogue essays for galleries and artists. In 2024 she edited the publication The Time of Our Lives: Drawing & Feminism. She is a member of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA).
