Dr Cathy Gale
- Kingston School of Art
- Department of Graphic Design
- School of Design
Course Leader, MA Graphic Design
About
Dr Cathy Gale (MA: RCA / SFHEA / FRSA) is Course Leader for MA Graphic Design, and PhD supervisor (Kingston School of Art, London); external examiner (Chelsea College of Art & Design, UAL) and Glasgow School of Art.
Cathy is a London-based graphic artist, design researcher and educator whose practice is focused on critical design fiction and radical pedagogies in/with diverse communities through performative practice and speculative play.
Working both individually and through (local and student-led) community collaborations, her research acts as a catalyst for social justice and empowerment. By emphasising the strategic role of fiction in/as action research to imagine future scenarios her work encourages us to look beyond conventional norms/models of graphic design and to imagine alternative futures, in an expanded notion of the discipline.
In her role as Professor of Ludic heterotopias at The Free University of Seething and co-leader of the Offshore Art School, Cathy focuses on the collective power of eco-social imaginaries within (local) communities.
Qualifications
- PhD (Brighton University)
- MA Graphic Design and Art Direction (Royal College of Art, London)
- BA (Hons) Graphic Design (Newcastle Polytechnic), distinction
Domains
Publications
Gallery of work
Design (&) Activism: Perspectives on Design as Activism and Activism as Design
Chapter: WALL OF WORDS: DIALOGIC ACTIVISM IN COLLECTIVE DESIGN