Theresa Vella
History of Art (PhD)
Email: theresa.vella@bristol.ac.uk
Research
Theresa is currently working on her postgraduate thesis entitled “The paintings of the Order of St. John in Malta: The origins and growth of the collection from the late 16th c. to the 18th c.”
Publications
Books
- Charles Frederick de Brocktorff: Watercolours of Malta at the National Library, Valletta, v. II (National Library of Malta, 2008), 274 pp.
Articles
- “A Portrait Painting By Pedro Nuñez De Villavicencio comes to light,” Treasures of Malta v. 4 no. 3 (Summer 1998).
Contributions
- Caravaggio and Paintings of Realism in Malta (St John’s Co-Cathedral, 2007), catalogue entries on Ribera, Pacecco and Stom.
- The Four Evangelists in the Oeuvre of Mattia Preti (Dubrovnik, 2009), consultant art historian for the Croatian Conservation Institute.
Exhibitions
- Drawings by Mattia Preti (Malta 2001, Taverna, Italy 2002).
Positions
Theresa is currently a museum consultant for The Palace in Valletta and an Executive Board Member for the ICFA – ICOM International Committee of Fine Arts. She was curator, and later senior curator, of the National Museum of Fine Arts, Malta (2000-2007) and Chairperson of ICOM-Malta (2001-2004).