Former research students

Influential careers: former research students

Kingston School of Art postgraduate researchers have pursued a range of diverse careers. Here are just a few examples from the last seven years:

Anat Ben-David is currently working with the Stanley Picker Gallery to develop the opera ‘KAIROS'; and Arnaud Desjardin has established the publishing imprint Everyday Press.
Emma Hart is a lecturer Central St Martins and also a recipient of the Max Mara Art Prize for Women 2016.

In industry, Ninela Ivanova is the Creative Designer at PeaceHelix Ltd. She was invited by the founder specifically because her PhD research on design probes inspired the company's new product range.
Regina Peldszus is a Research Associate at German Aerospace Centre working on European policy and R&D aspects of infrastructure related to Space Debris and Space Surveillance & Tracking.

Olivia Fryman is Research Curator at Historic Royal Palaces.
Academic teaching careers have been followed by Lyanne Holcombe at the University of Southampton and Harriet Mckay at Royal College of Art.

Karima Al Shomely is a practising artist who recently selected and exhibited at International Abu Dhabi Art Fair.
Lina Stergiou is founder and director of LS/Architecture & Strategies, a practice that focuses on active research and inventive design.

These include:

Rahat Masud, Principal of College of Art and Design, Punjab University
Rosalind Mckever, who was Research Fellow, Metropolitan Museum, New York, and is now teaching at University of Sussex
Alice Planel is Visiting Lecturer at Sothebys and Deputy Editor of the Fine Art Journal Middle East
Sarah Zaidan was Research Fellow at metaLAB, Harvard University and is now tenured Assistant Professor, at Emerson College, Boston USA
Jane Wildgoose is Curator, writer and Visiting Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Life Writing Research, King's College London.