Alice Eden is a cultural historian, writer and curator. She is delighted to have published Spirituality, Feminism, Pre-Raphaelitism in Modern British Art and Culture, (released April, 2024), with Routledge/Taylor & Francis, after many challenging years of work. Alice completed her PhD in the History of Art at the University of Warwick, held a postdoctoral Fellowship in the Institute of Advanced Studies, (IAS), Warwick, 2016-17 and was an Early Career Curator, Tate/Paul Mellon Centre, 2019-20. Alice was co-curator of the exhibition Modern Pre-Raphaelite Visionaries and its touring show, Dreams and Stories: British Art 1880-1930. These exhibitions featured ‘forgotten’ ‘late Pre-Raphaelite’ artists and British Symbolists. Alice edited a publication for the exhibitions and completed comprehensive catalogue entries. She has also published several articles and blog posts.
Alice’s research interests include ‘forgotten’ British artists, Pre-Raphaelitism, imagery of women through the ages, Victorian and Edwardian British culture, feminism and spirituality, spirituality in art and music across the twentieth century. Alice is working on a potential book featuring images of women and the Fantastic as well as a monograph of the artist Frederick Cayley Robinson (1862-1927) who features in her new publication for Routledge.