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Catherine Roach is an Associate Professor of Art History at Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of the Arts, specializing in 18th- and 19th-century British art with a focus on exhibition cultures and imperial ideologies. Her work bridges traditional art history with digital humanities through exhibition reconstructions.
- Fields: British art history, exhibition studies, imperial visual culture
- Key Projects: Curator of 'Seeing Double' (2010), NEH fellow (Huntington Library), National Humanities Center fellow (2022–2023)
Her research examines how art exhibitions in Britain and its Empire shaped national and imperial identities, combining archival rigor with innovative digital methodologies. Recent publications analyze Reynolds’ portraiture, Pre-Raphaelite symbolism, and the British Institution’s role in exhibition history.
Roach has received prestigious awards including the Historians of British Art Book Award and NEH funding. She teaches courses spanning European art surveys, Victorian visual culture, and museum studies.
