Dr Jana Scholze
Contact
- Email: j.scholze@kingston.ac.uk
- Location: Kingston School of Art, Knights Park
- Faculty: Kingston School of Art
- School: School of Critical Studies and Creative Industries
- Department: Department of Creative and Cultural Industries
About
I am a curator specialising in contemporary design as curatorial practice and theory and am Associate Professor and Course Director of the MA Curating Contemporary Design programme at Kingston School of Art.
I spent over a decade at the V&A where I co-curated the exhibition 'What is Luxury?' and worked on shows such as 'Cold War Modern Design 1945-1972'
Pursuing my interests via exhibition, pedagogy and publication, I am a critic at international schools such as the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam, and external examiner at the Design Academy Eindhoven. Focusing on design practice, I am nominator and judge for awards such as the Beazley Design of the Year Award.
I am also Director for Postgraduate Research for the School of Critical Studies and Creative Industries at Kingston where I have been supervising and examining PhDs for years as well as in collaboration with institutions such as the V&A and Royal College of Art.
Academic responsibilities
Associate Professor
Qualifications
- 2002: PhD in Philosophy at the Technical University Berlin
- 1996: BA History of Art, Humboldt University Berlin
- 1993: Diploma in Museum Studies, University of Applied Sciences, Leipzig