Historical Inventions, Contemporary Experiments

Associate curator : Nathalie Boulouch

Dove Allouche, Mustapha Azeroual, Vincent Ballard, Hippolyte Bayard, Louise Deglane, PE Delarche, Caroline Douglas, Louis Ducos du Hauron, Philippe Durand, Patrick Faigenbaum, Nicolas Floc'h, Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Emmanuelle Fructus, Léon Gimpel, Louis Lumière, Fernand Monpillard, Hanako Murakami, Thomas Paquet, Antonin Personnaz, Baptiste Rabichon & Fabrice Laroche, José Julio Rodrigues and Laure Tiberghien

I am delighted to be the recipient of The Royal Photographic Society Postgraduate Bursary 2023. See the full list of awardees in The RPS Awards 2023 issue.

We’re delighted to share that this year’s Alasdair Ross Prize was won by Caroline Douglas. She will be studying the work and writings of Mary Somerville (1780-1872) to learn more about her contribution to the invention of photography.

Royal College of Art School of Arts & Humanities PhD Group Exhibition

Beaconsfield, London

FEB 1-10 2024

Feminist Histories of the Future is a symposium that brings together artists, writers, curators and scholars to investigate women’s creative legacies.

Henry Moore Institute, Leeds

MAY 2023

Annette Krauss ‘A Matter of Precedents’, a research project exploring the ‘common good’ is a collaborative work is dedicated to practices of ‘unlearning’ and ‘commoning’, addressing questions of institutional responsibilities, feminism, and privilege.

My work 'Frederick Douglass : Witness to Early Scottish Photography', has been included in the Study Resource.

HOPSCOTCH Post Graduate Research Showcase, Royal College of Art Research Bienalle 2023.

Copeland Gallery, Peckham

JUNE 22-24

Though cyanotypes were invented by Herschel, it was Anna Atkins (1799-1871) who made them. This commissioned text will be shared in the forthcoming project ‘Almost Nothing But Blue Ground’ which will be touring the UK.

FEBRUARY 2023

I was awarded a Research Support Grant from the Royal College of Art to undertake archival research on the Mary Somerville.

The Royal College of Art Research Grant

AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2022

‘I Care By…’, an RCA Communiqué produced by the RCA’s School of Arts & Humanities (SoAH), with contributions from SoAH researchers in association with Jade Montserrat, and members of the public.

Royal College of Art

JULY 2022

Through her research and her own photographic practice, Caroline makes an exciting discovery after uncovering a series of outtakes from the calotype portrait of Mrs Elizabeth Johnstone Hall.

Paul Mellon Centre

DECEMBER 2021

Artist and photography specialist Caroline Douglas sheds light on a pivotal moment in early photography and social history in nineteenth-century Scotland, to mark the final week of the exhibition Isaac Julien: Lessons of the Hour.

National Galleries of Scotland

OCTOBER 2021

After a 3 month placement at the V&A Museum, I’ve written this piece on American abolitionist Frederick Douglass and early Scottish photography. It draws on their collections.

V&A Museum | London

JUNE 2021

I delivered a paper at the V&A’s Colour Fever symposium (2021): Cloths of Gold and Experiments on Light (Elizabeth Fulhame (fl. 1794) Mary Somerville (1780 – 1872).

V&A Museum | London

OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 2021

Grants are offered in the Autumn to students working on a topic in the field of British works of art on paper of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries including watercolours, prints and drawings. I am delighted to be a recipient of the Autumn 2020 Award.

Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

OCTOBER 2021

The Care research group at the Royal College of Art works to ask how to care for human bodies in the inequitable societies COVID-19 has re-inscribed, through the activation of creative research practices as means of caring.

MA BIBLIOTHÈQUE

AUGUST 2021

‘Unruly Encounters’ is an exhibition of work by students on the PhD, MPhil and MRes programmes at the Royal College of Art, realised in collaboration with Charlotte Bonham-Carter.

Lake Gallery // Dilston Gallery

19–20 MARCH 2022

Photography Down The Line is a series of conversations between artists, photographers and the Director of Stills, a registered charity and centre for photography based in Edinburgh.

Stills: Centre for Photography

FEBRUARY 2022

Doctoral Training Partnership Artist Placement (Observatory House, Collective)

This placement was generously supported by the TECHNE Doctoral Training Partnership.

Collective | Edinburgh

MAY - JULY 2021

From Feb 22 until - May 21, I worked with the V&A Museum as a Cataloguer in Photography. This is generously supported by the TECHNE Doctoral Training Partnership.

V&A Museum | London

FEBRUARY - MAY 2021

I have an article in Spring 2021 special edition of STUDIES in Photography, the Scottish Society for the History of Photography.

The National Trust for Scotland & Studies in Photography

MAY 2021

At the Second Morton Photography Symposium Ways of Seeing’: Women and Photography in Scotland, I will be presenting my paper 'Sonsy Fishwives: Gender and Class in Early Scottish Photography’.

Glasgow Women's Library | The National Trust for Scotland

OCTOBER 29 2020

A Conversation Tait / Maxwell was published in Issue 5 PROVA, the annual RCA Humanities Research Forum Journal, Royal College of Art.

PROVA | Royal College of Art

JUNE 2021

Invited speakers explored works in the Scottish collection through the lens of the Where Are the Women theme, a title borrowed from our headline speaker, author and activist Sara Sheridan. Gráinne Rice and Mara Barth hosted the fifth event in the Friday Night Mixer series.

Scottish National Portrait Gallery | Edinburgh

NOVEMBER 2019

Calotypist Rob Douglas, Art Historian Caroline Douglas, Artist Alex Boyd have contributed to this unique exhibition with examples of their work and it is a rare opportunity to see original framed material which is often too light sensitive to display in other exhibition areas.

St Andrews Photography Festival 'Science & Photography'

OCTOBER 2019

Women’s Studies Group: 1558-1837, Extraordinary Creative Summer Session SPEAKERS Sara READ / Kim SHERWOOD / Caroline DOUGLAS

Foundling Museum | London

AUGUST 2019

I will be participating in the 'Afterlife of the Object' European Summer School in Cultural Studies at University of Copenhagen. The ESSCS is an annual network-based event offering interdisciplinary research training in the fields of art and culture. Organizers: Frederik Tygstrup, Rune Gade and Carol Mavor.

University of Copenhagen

JUNE 2019

Speaking With is a one-day event that explores voicing historical subjectivity through inter-disciplinary and feminist discourse around researching, writing and making. We are delighted to welcome keynote speakers: Professor Carol Mavor (University of Copenhagen) and Dr Nadia Hebson (Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm), chaired by Professor Rebecca Fortnum (RCA).

Royal College of Art

JUNE 12 2019

The Association for Art History’s Summer Symposium Photography and Printed Matter is a two-day annual conference that highlights current doctoral and early career research. This year the Summer Symposium celebrates its twentieth anniversary. The event will focus on research on photography and other forms of printed matter.

University of St Andrews

JUNE 2019

Paul Mellon Centre’s Doctoral Researchers Network Summer Symposium in collaboration with their sister network, Early Career Researchers in British Art. Organized by: Katherine Gazzard and Rosie Ram, Paul Mellon Doctoral Researchers Network

Paul Mellon Centre | London

MAY 2019

Curated by Linda Rocco, ‘There’s something lurking in the shadows that might be interesting’ features the most wide-ranging enquiries of 39 MPhil and PhD students from the RCA’s School of Arts and Humanities.

Dyson Gallery | Royal College of Art

MARCH 2019

Say Something Back: an event exploring feminist artistic research: Rebecca Fortnum / Marita Fraser / Juliette Blightman / Caroline Douglas / Sharon Young / Chantal Faust

Merton College | University of Oxford

FEBRUARY 28 2019

The conference was organised by AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership students Erika Lederman, Hannah Lyons and George Mind.

V&A | London

FEBRUARY 2019

Conceiving Reproduction was published in Issue 4 PROVA, the annual RCA Humanities Research Forum Journal. PROVA Journal Launch / 30 June 6pm-12am / DJ set by Alpha ( A—-Z ) & guests / Peckham Liberal Club | London

PROVA | Royal College of Art

JUNE 2018

Processions was a participatory artwork took place across the UK to mark the centenary of the 1918 Representation of the People Act.

Processions | Edinburgh

JUNE 2018

Royal College of Art School of Arts & Humanities Postgraduate Research Platform.

Asylum / Assembly Point / Peckham Liberal Club

JUNE 2018

Group Show / Victorian Giants: The Birth of Art Photography. National Portrait Gallery 01.03.18 - 20.05.18. Reviewed by Caroline Douglas

MARCH 2018

Armelle Skatulski / Caroline Douglas / Felicie Kertudo / Flora Bowden / Melanie King / Maria Gafarova / Nicholas Middleton / Olivier Richon / Rowan Whybrew / Ruidi Mu / Wayne Binitie. Curated by Melanie King, Félicie Kertudo and Laura Vallés.

Lumen Studios | Bethnal Green

JANUARY 2018

Current PhD student

Arts & Humanities MPhil/PhD

Retouching The Archive: Gender and Class in Early Photography in Scotland

Visiting Scholars 2017: Special Collections

University of St Andrews

SEPTEMBER 2017

Group Exhibition: Featuring Emerging Photographers from Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States

The Magenta Foundation | Canada

OCTOBER 2016

Emerging Photographers from Canada, the United Kingdom & the United States. Foreword by Gemma Padley.

THE MAGENTA FOUNDATION | Canada

2016

BPF16 Trainee Curator Sarah French takes a look at Zero Hours Creativity, by Caroline Douglas, one of the artists selected for the OPEN16 SOLO shortlist.

Brighton Photo Fringe

OCTOBER 2016

An Exhibition Project by Nina Nowak and Gaby Peters. Editor: Künstlerhaus Dortmund / Translation: James Hutchinson und Gaby Peters.

Künstlerhaus | Dortmund

APRIL 2016

Thingness Künstlerhaus Curated by Nina Nowak & Gaby Peters. Artists: Kaifeng Chun // Caroline Douglas // Marcel Große // Lea Guldditte Hestelund // Ragnhild May // Till Nowak // Christine Overvad // Emil Toldbod // Nisrek Varhonja

Künstlerhaus | Dortmund

APRIL 2016

Creativity and Capital in an Age of Austerity & Zero Hours Creativity was published in UNCERTAIN STATES: A Lens-Based Artists' Project / ISSUE 24 2015

Uncertain States

OCTOBER 2015

Evidence FORMAT15 International Photography Festival Catalogue 2015. FOCUS: Exhibitions, Commissions, Mass Participation / EXPOSURE: International Open Call / FLASH: Events, Talks, Performance

Format International Photography Festival

MARCH 2015

Selected by Thurston Moore and Esther Teichmann at NIGHT CONTACT 2014. Showing alongside Anne Kathrin Greiner, Emma Crichton, Laura Pannack and many others.

Brighton Photo Biennial

OCTOBER 2014

An Attendant’s Portrait: A One-Day Installation / 02.04.13

Scottish National Portrait Gallery | Edinburgh

APRIL 2013

Work in Progress presents Lena Dobrowolska, Caroline Douglas and Morwenna Kearsley.

Stills Gallery | Edinburgh

NOVEMBER 2012

Masterclass Artist Talk for British Higher School of Art and Design

Moscow

APRIL 2011

Part of the NWSP programme of events, Showreel is an annual screening event by Collective presenting a selection of Scottish emergent film.

Collective, Edinburgh

2010

Artist in Residence Partnership with Fondazione Fotografia, Modena & Stills Gallery, Edinburgh.

Fondazione Fotografia | Stills Gallery

2010

Glasgow School of Art MFA International Exhibition Definite Article, Künstlerhaus Bethanien. 06 - 28 August 2010. Curated by John Calcutt and Graham Ramsay.

Bethanien, Mariannenplatz, Berlin

AUGUST 2010

Seven people were invited to write their reflections on the same photographic image. These are their responses. Let’s See Here Self Published Booklet. Edition of 200.

JUNE 2010

The Governors and Director of The Glasgow School of Art warmly invite you to the previews of the MFA Degree Show: the annual exhibition of work from the Master of Fine Art postgraduate programme at The Glasgow School of Art.

Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA) / Glue Factory / Glasgow

JUNE 2010

'Face à Faces' Portraits / Self Portraits Contemporary European Portrait Photography. Artists include: Nan Goldin / Catriona Grant / Wendy McMurdo / Orlan / Maud Sulter / David Williams

City Art Centre | Edinburgh

2006

I am honoured to have my work recognised by the Society of Dyers and Colourists. This summer I will undertake new work in colour anthotypes.

JULY 2023