Rachel Flynn
History of Art (PhD)
Email: rachel.flynn@bristol.ac.uk
Research
Rachel is currently working on her postgraduate thesis entitled “The Artist as Archivist: the Graham and Kathleen Sutherland Foundation (1976-1989)” as part of an AHRC join studentship with the Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales.
Papers
- “Too much of a good thing? Kenneth Clark and Graham Sutherland,” at “New Approaches to British Art, 1939-1969,” a conference held at the Courtauld Institute of Art, 4-5 June 2010.
- “Accessing the Artist's Archive: The Graham Sutherland Archive” at the AAH Student Summer Symposium, 23-24 June 2009.
Events and gallery talks
- “John Piper: A Dialogue between Past and Present,” at the Bristol Gallery, 23 February 2010.
- “Working with Archives: A Collaborative Doctoral Award Student Network Seminar Day,” at Flat Time House, London, 29 January 2010.
- “Archiving the Artist: The Graham Sutherland Collection,” at Oriel y Parc, St Davids, 12 January 2010; National Museum Wales, Cardiff, 5 February 2010; University of the Third Age, Brecon, 11 March 2010.
Teaching
Rachel has taught at the University of Bristol, the University of Oxford, the Royal West of England Academy, the Bristol Gallery, the Bristol School of Art, and at Filton College (2009-2010).