Jenny Brownrigg

Jenny Brownrigg is a curator, writer, and researcher at The Glasgow School of Art, specializing in curatorial practice as research. She serves as the Exhibitions Director since 2009 and contributes to feminist art discourse through archival research and exhibition-making.

• Current board member: Pier Arts Centre (Orkney), Glasgow Sculpture Studios
• Research groups: Curatorial Practice as Research, Reading Landscape

Research Focus: Brownrigg investigates how curatorial methodologies can uncover overlooked practices of 20th-century women photographers and filmmakers in Scotland, with a major exhibition Glean (2022-2023) showcasing works from 17 archives. Her work bridges art history, gender studies, and heritage curation.

Publications: Recent outputs include Ways of Seeing: Women and Photography in Scotland (2021) and Bet Low: An Active Career (2020), both addressing gendered narratives in Scottish visual culture.