Sria Chatterjee

Sria Chatterjee is Head of Research Initiatives at the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art in London, where she also directs the multi-year research project, Climate & Colonialism. Sria is currently finishing a book on the relationship between art and the long environmental and agrarian crisis. Her writing has been published widely in academic journals, museum catalogues and public facing venues. Her work has been supported by fellowships and grants by the Max-Planck, the Swiss National Science Foundation, the Terra Foundation among others. In 2020, she founded and led the award-winning digital project, Visualizing the Virus. In Spring 2024, she was a fellow at the Davis Center for Historical Studies at Princeton University. Sria received her PhD from the Art & Archaeology department at Princeton University. Sria serves as Editorial Advisor for British Art Studies and as a Steering Group Member for British Art Network. She served as a judge for the Pen Hessell-Tiltman Prize for historical non-fiction in 2023.