Gwen Haller is a PhD candidate in History of Art at the University of Edinburgh. Supervised by an interdisciplinary team across both the Edinburgh College of Art and the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, her work aims to incorporate ideas from folklore studies and critical theory alongside feminist art historical methods. Gwen’s doctoral research focuses on a trio of artists living and working in Mexico City: Leonora Carrington (1917-2011), Kati Horna (1912-2000), and Remedios Varo (1908-1963). Ultimately, the overarching goal of this dissertation is to produce scholarship that is at once a critical examination of hybridity in this trio of expatriate artists’ programs of visual signs and an ode to found family and creation in the aftermath of exile.
 
In 2023, she received a MA in Art History with a thesis option in Gender & Women’s Studies from McGill University (Montreal, QC, Canada). This research was funded in part by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) and the Réseau québécois en études féministes (RéQEF). Her interest in interdisciplinary research can be traced to her undergraduate studies at Carleton University (Ottawa, ON, Canada), which culminated in a Combined Honours BA in Art History, European and Russian Studies, and History with High Distinction. During her studies, Gwen worked as a graduate teaching assistant, research assistant, academic tutor, homeschool teacher, and freelance publication assistant.