Staff in the Department of Art In this section Academic staff Professional staff Academic staff Professional staff Staff list Professor Michael Archer Professor of Art m.archer (@gold.ac.uk) Michael is a critic and writer on modern and contemporary art, teaching critical studies, and art and design history. David Batchelor Professor in Fine Art d.batchelor (@gold.ac.uk) Becky Beasley Lecturer in Fine Art (Studio Practice) b.beasley (@gold.ac.uk) Becky's work has been featured in solo exhibitions in London, Milan, New York, Lisbon and Antwerp. Simon Bedwell Reader in Fine Art s.bedwell (@gold.ac.uk) Simon’s work has generally been characterised by a sprawling, mouthy, sensuous version of institutional critique. Bonnie Camplin Senior Lecturer in Fine Art b.camplin (@gold.ac.uk) As an artist, Bonnie has featured in solo exhibitions at the Tate Britain, Cabinet and the Chisenhale Gallery in London. Dr Ele Carpenter Reader in Curating e.carpenter (@gold.ac.uk) Ele is a curator and writer in politicised art and social networks of making. Dr Claire Makhlouf Carter Lecturer in Fine Art c.carter (@gold.ac.uk) Carter has performed in a range of sites from art openings, cross-channel ferries, seminars, conferences and a welding tent in a chili festival. Dr John Chilver Lecturer in Fine Art j.chilver (@gold.ac.uk) John artwork and writing coalesce around problems of agency, leading him to philosophies of the event and 'the new'. Lucy Clout Lecturer in Fine Art l.clout (@gold.ac.uk) Lucy’s work has featured in solo exhibitions including Limoncello London, CCA Glasgow, and IPS Birmingham. Marion Coutts Senior Lecturer in Fine Art m.coutts (@gold.ac.uk) Marion is an artist and writer, working with found objects, digital video, film, drawing, sound, text and photography. Alison Craighead Lecturer in Fine Art a.craighead (@gold.ac.uk) Alison collaboratively researches how global communications networks transform the way we understand the world. Nick Crowe Senior Lecturer in Fine Art n.crowe (@gold.ac.uk) Nick’s work primarily concerns the languages of power, its grammar and its rhetoric. Dr Nina Danino Reader in Fine Art n.danino (@gold.ac.uk) Dr Nina Danino is an artist and filmmaker, making films centred on self-inscription, the feminine and the subjective voice. Paul B. Davis Lecturer in Fine Art p.davis (@gold.ac.uk) Paul utilises outdated or obsolete computer technologies to perform specialist interventions in the digital art medium. Melissa Gordon Lecturer in Fine Art melissa.gordon (@gold.ac.uk) Dr Catherine Grant Senior Lecturer, Critical Studies, Department of Fine Art c.grant (@gold.ac.uk) Catherine is currently researching the re-enactment of histories of feminism in contemporary art. Dr Ros Gray Senior Lecturer in Fine Art Practice (Critical Studies) r.gray (@gold.ac.uk) Ros explores the trajectories of militant filmmaking in relation to liberation struggles and revolutionary movements. Chris Hammond Lecturer in Curating c.hammond (@gold.ac.uk) Chris’ practice as a curator and artist is grounded in the core structure and strategies of the gallery. Dr Isobel Harbison Lecturer (Critical Studies) in Art i.harbison (@gold.ac.uk) Dr Isobel Harbison is an art historian and critic researching the histories and politics of performance and moving image Andy Harper Senior Lecturer in Fine Art a.harper (@gold.ac.uk) Andy’s work has been featured at the Newlyn Art Gallery in Cornwall, Danese in New York, Morgen Contemporary in Berlin. Ian Hunt Critical Studies coordinator and lecturer i.hunt (@gold.ac.uk) Ian teaches in fields of contemporary art, from gender and generational theory to art history and social history. Professor Stephen Johnstone Professor in Fine Art s.johnstone (@gold.ac.uk) Stephen’s work is concerned with the relationship between pre-cinematic spectacle, immersive space and abstract film. Alison Jones Lecturer in Fine Art alison.jones (@gold.ac.uk) Alison paintings are figurative physical and gestural, and are imbued with questions of feminism and criticality. Dr Susan Kelly Senior Lecturer Fine Art Critical Studies 0.5fte s.kelly (@gold.ac.uk) Susan is a writer, artist, organiser and educator, who researches the relationships between art and micropolitics. Janice Kerbel Reader in Fine Art j.kerbel (@gold.ac.uk) Janice works with a range of material including print, type, audio recording and, more recently, light. Richard Kirwan Senior Lecturer in Fine Art r.kirwan (@gold.ac.uk) Richard’s practice incorporates painting, digital and analogue printmaking, coupled with architectural intervention. Professor Kristen Kreider Professor in Fine Art K.Kreider (@gold.ac.uk) Kristen is a writer and artist, whose research stems from an interest in the poetics of thought and its materialization. Phillip Lai Senior Lecturer in Fine Art (Studio Practice) p.lai (@gold.ac.uk) Phillip works with objects and sculpture, exhibiting in London, Glasgow, Turin, Berlin and Hong Kong. David Mabb Reader in Art and Programme Leader MFA Fine Art (Studio Practice) d.mabb (@gold.ac.uk) David is an artist working with appropriated imagery to rethink political implications in modern art and design history. Dr Suhail Malik Programme Co-Director MFA Fine Art, Reader in Critical Studies s.malik (@gold.ac.uk) Suhail’s research is on the theme of invention in contemporary European philosophy and critical theory. Simon Martin Lecturer in Art s.martin (@gold.ac.uk) Simon’s work reflects on material culture, with an interest in how we understand ourselves through social structures. Dawn Mellor Lecturer in Fine Art (Studio Practice) d.mellor (@gold.ac.uk) Dawn’s recent group exhibitions include shows at MOT International and Victoria Miro Gallery in London. Dr. Sadie Murdoch Lecturer in Fine Art (Studio Practice) s.murdoch (@gold.ac.uk) Sadie deploys chromatic anomalies and unstable readings to provide an insight into notions of ‘otherness’. Rosalind Nashashibi Reader in Art r.nashashibi (@gold.ac.uk) Professor Michael Newman Professor of Art Writing m.newman (@gold.ac.uk) Michael is Professor of art writing and has curated exhibitions in Toronto, New York, Edinburgh and London. Professor Richard Noble Professor in Fine Art r.noble (@gold.ac.uk) Richard interests are the critical evaluation of contemporary art production and the interrelation of art and politics. Kirsty Ogg Lecturer in Curating k.ogg (@gold.ac.uk) Kirsty is Curator at the Whitechapel Gallery, where she has worked on a number of exhibitions and related publications. Saskia Olde Wolbers Senior Lecturer in Fine Art ( Studio Practice) vas02sow (@gold.ac.uk) Saskia is a filmmaker using fictional biographies to explore themes of anecdotal science and ecological neuroses. Jacqueline Pennell Programme Leader, BA Fine Art Extension Degree j.pennell (@gold.ac.uk) Installation and sculpture is the focus of Jacqueline's work, which investigates negotiations of space. Gail Pickering Reader in Fine Art g.pickering (@gold.ac.uk) Gail’s work is primarily time-based, including moving image, performance and text. Helena Reckitt Reader in Curating vas01hr (@gold.ac.uk) Helena is a curator and researcher with international experience developing curatorial and critical research projects. Professor Andrew Renton Professor of Curating a.renton (@gold.ac.uk) Andrew works as a writer and curator, interested in the languages that might be possible in response to the work of art. Dr Audrey Samson Head of Digital Arts Computing BSc Lecturer in Fine Arts (Critical Studies) a.samson (@gold.ac.uk) Audrey Samson is Head of the Digital Arts Computing BSc and a lecturer in Fine Arts (Critical Studies) in the Art Department at Goldsmiths. Dr Edgar Schmitz Reader in Fine Art e.schmitz (@gold.ac.uk) Edgar is an artist and lecturer in critical studies at Goldsmiths, he has also written extensively on contemporary art. Grace Schwindt Senior Lecturer in Fine Art g.schwindt (@gold.ac.uk) Grace’s recent solo exhibitions took place at the Contemporary Art Gallery in Vancouver and Site Gallery in Sheffield. Lindsay Seers Lecturer in Fine Art l.seers (@gold.ac.uk) Lindsay's work takes the form of performances, which narrate the histories of her strange transformations. Ben Seymour Lecturer in Fine Art b.seymour (@gold.ac.uk) Ben’s principle areas of research are the relationship between urban regeneration, gentrification and culture. Dr Simon Sheikh Reader in Curating, Programme Director s.sheikh (@gold.ac.uk) Simon researches the modalities and potentialities of curating, relating to exhibition-making and political imaginaries. Kate Smith Lecturer in Fine Art k.smith (@gold.ac.uk) Kate Smith's work has been featured in solo exhibitions at Matts Gallery and MOCO in London. Jemima Stehli Lecturer in Postgraduate Studies in Art Practice j.stehli (@gold.ac.uk) Jemima's recent solo exhibitions have been in London, Milan, Lisbon and Vienna. Milly Thompson Lecturer in Fine Art milly.thompson (@gold.ac.uk) Milly uses wall-sculpture/painting, print, text and performance to imagine the relation between commodity and pleasure. Bernard Walsh Senior Lecture and Senior Tutor b.walsh (@gold.ac.uk) Bernard is an artist whose practice has evolved through a continuous play with words, still and moving images. Roxy Walsh Senior Lecturer in Fine Art Practice (Studio Practice) r.walsh (@gold.ac.uk) Roxy’s wall paintings are simple geometric shapes whose forms/lines/edges are extrapolated from architectural oddities. Annie Whiles Lecturer In Textiles / Art a.whiles (@gold.ac.uk) Annie works with pictorial devices to allow for a humorous exchange between the quotidian and the miraculous. Laura White Senior Lecturer in Fine Art (Studio Practice) l.white (@gold.ac.uk) Laura focusses on interactions with materials and objects, exploring ideas of value, profile, association, and meaning. Michelle Williams Gamaker Lecturer in Fine Art m.williamsgamaker (@gold.ac.uk) Michelle Williams Gamaker is a moving image and performance artist based in London. Dr Gilda Williams Lecturer, MA Curating g.williams (@gold.ac.uk) Gilda is interested in the collective process among artists, curators, writers, academics, collectors, and museums. Article
Professor Michael Archer Professor of Art m.archer (@gold.ac.uk) Michael is a critic and writer on modern and contemporary art, teaching critical studies, and art and design history.
Becky Beasley Lecturer in Fine Art (Studio Practice) b.beasley (@gold.ac.uk) Becky's work has been featured in solo exhibitions in London, Milan, New York, Lisbon and Antwerp.
Simon Bedwell Reader in Fine Art s.bedwell (@gold.ac.uk) Simon’s work has generally been characterised by a sprawling, mouthy, sensuous version of institutional critique.
Bonnie Camplin Senior Lecturer in Fine Art b.camplin (@gold.ac.uk) As an artist, Bonnie has featured in solo exhibitions at the Tate Britain, Cabinet and the Chisenhale Gallery in London.
Dr Ele Carpenter Reader in Curating e.carpenter (@gold.ac.uk) Ele is a curator and writer in politicised art and social networks of making.
Dr Claire Makhlouf Carter Lecturer in Fine Art c.carter (@gold.ac.uk) Carter has performed in a range of sites from art openings, cross-channel ferries, seminars, conferences and a welding tent in a chili festival.
Dr John Chilver Lecturer in Fine Art j.chilver (@gold.ac.uk) John artwork and writing coalesce around problems of agency, leading him to philosophies of the event and 'the new'.
Lucy Clout Lecturer in Fine Art l.clout (@gold.ac.uk) Lucy’s work has featured in solo exhibitions including Limoncello London, CCA Glasgow, and IPS Birmingham.
Marion Coutts Senior Lecturer in Fine Art m.coutts (@gold.ac.uk) Marion is an artist and writer, working with found objects, digital video, film, drawing, sound, text and photography.
Alison Craighead Lecturer in Fine Art a.craighead (@gold.ac.uk) Alison collaboratively researches how global communications networks transform the way we understand the world.
Nick Crowe Senior Lecturer in Fine Art n.crowe (@gold.ac.uk) Nick’s work primarily concerns the languages of power, its grammar and its rhetoric.
Dr Nina Danino Reader in Fine Art n.danino (@gold.ac.uk) Dr Nina Danino is an artist and filmmaker, making films centred on self-inscription, the feminine and the subjective voice.
Paul B. Davis Lecturer in Fine Art p.davis (@gold.ac.uk) Paul utilises outdated or obsolete computer technologies to perform specialist interventions in the digital art medium.
Dr Catherine Grant Senior Lecturer, Critical Studies, Department of Fine Art c.grant (@gold.ac.uk) Catherine is currently researching the re-enactment of histories of feminism in contemporary art.
Dr Ros Gray Senior Lecturer in Fine Art Practice (Critical Studies) r.gray (@gold.ac.uk) Ros explores the trajectories of militant filmmaking in relation to liberation struggles and revolutionary movements.
Chris Hammond Lecturer in Curating c.hammond (@gold.ac.uk) Chris’ practice as a curator and artist is grounded in the core structure and strategies of the gallery.
Dr Isobel Harbison Lecturer (Critical Studies) in Art i.harbison (@gold.ac.uk) Dr Isobel Harbison is an art historian and critic researching the histories and politics of performance and moving image
Andy Harper Senior Lecturer in Fine Art a.harper (@gold.ac.uk) Andy’s work has been featured at the Newlyn Art Gallery in Cornwall, Danese in New York, Morgen Contemporary in Berlin.
Ian Hunt Critical Studies coordinator and lecturer i.hunt (@gold.ac.uk) Ian teaches in fields of contemporary art, from gender and generational theory to art history and social history.
Professor Stephen Johnstone Professor in Fine Art s.johnstone (@gold.ac.uk) Stephen’s work is concerned with the relationship between pre-cinematic spectacle, immersive space and abstract film.
Alison Jones Lecturer in Fine Art alison.jones (@gold.ac.uk) Alison paintings are figurative physical and gestural, and are imbued with questions of feminism and criticality.
Dr Susan Kelly Senior Lecturer Fine Art Critical Studies 0.5fte s.kelly (@gold.ac.uk) Susan is a writer, artist, organiser and educator, who researches the relationships between art and micropolitics.
Janice Kerbel Reader in Fine Art j.kerbel (@gold.ac.uk) Janice works with a range of material including print, type, audio recording and, more recently, light.
Richard Kirwan Senior Lecturer in Fine Art r.kirwan (@gold.ac.uk) Richard’s practice incorporates painting, digital and analogue printmaking, coupled with architectural intervention.
Professor Kristen Kreider Professor in Fine Art K.Kreider (@gold.ac.uk) Kristen is a writer and artist, whose research stems from an interest in the poetics of thought and its materialization.
Phillip Lai Senior Lecturer in Fine Art (Studio Practice) p.lai (@gold.ac.uk) Phillip works with objects and sculpture, exhibiting in London, Glasgow, Turin, Berlin and Hong Kong.
David Mabb Reader in Art and Programme Leader MFA Fine Art (Studio Practice) d.mabb (@gold.ac.uk) David is an artist working with appropriated imagery to rethink political implications in modern art and design history.
Dr Suhail Malik Programme Co-Director MFA Fine Art, Reader in Critical Studies s.malik (@gold.ac.uk) Suhail’s research is on the theme of invention in contemporary European philosophy and critical theory.
Simon Martin Lecturer in Art s.martin (@gold.ac.uk) Simon’s work reflects on material culture, with an interest in how we understand ourselves through social structures.
Dawn Mellor Lecturer in Fine Art (Studio Practice) d.mellor (@gold.ac.uk) Dawn’s recent group exhibitions include shows at MOT International and Victoria Miro Gallery in London.
Dr. Sadie Murdoch Lecturer in Fine Art (Studio Practice) s.murdoch (@gold.ac.uk) Sadie deploys chromatic anomalies and unstable readings to provide an insight into notions of ‘otherness’.
Professor Michael Newman Professor of Art Writing m.newman (@gold.ac.uk) Michael is Professor of art writing and has curated exhibitions in Toronto, New York, Edinburgh and London.
Professor Richard Noble Professor in Fine Art r.noble (@gold.ac.uk) Richard interests are the critical evaluation of contemporary art production and the interrelation of art and politics.
Kirsty Ogg Lecturer in Curating k.ogg (@gold.ac.uk) Kirsty is Curator at the Whitechapel Gallery, where she has worked on a number of exhibitions and related publications.
Saskia Olde Wolbers Senior Lecturer in Fine Art ( Studio Practice) vas02sow (@gold.ac.uk) Saskia is a filmmaker using fictional biographies to explore themes of anecdotal science and ecological neuroses.
Jacqueline Pennell Programme Leader, BA Fine Art Extension Degree j.pennell (@gold.ac.uk) Installation and sculpture is the focus of Jacqueline's work, which investigates negotiations of space.
Gail Pickering Reader in Fine Art g.pickering (@gold.ac.uk) Gail’s work is primarily time-based, including moving image, performance and text.
Helena Reckitt Reader in Curating vas01hr (@gold.ac.uk) Helena is a curator and researcher with international experience developing curatorial and critical research projects.
Professor Andrew Renton Professor of Curating a.renton (@gold.ac.uk) Andrew works as a writer and curator, interested in the languages that might be possible in response to the work of art.
Dr Audrey Samson Head of Digital Arts Computing BSc Lecturer in Fine Arts (Critical Studies) a.samson (@gold.ac.uk) Audrey Samson is Head of the Digital Arts Computing BSc and a lecturer in Fine Arts (Critical Studies) in the Art Department at Goldsmiths.
Dr Edgar Schmitz Reader in Fine Art e.schmitz (@gold.ac.uk) Edgar is an artist and lecturer in critical studies at Goldsmiths, he has also written extensively on contemporary art.
Grace Schwindt Senior Lecturer in Fine Art g.schwindt (@gold.ac.uk) Grace’s recent solo exhibitions took place at the Contemporary Art Gallery in Vancouver and Site Gallery in Sheffield.
Lindsay Seers Lecturer in Fine Art l.seers (@gold.ac.uk) Lindsay's work takes the form of performances, which narrate the histories of her strange transformations.
Ben Seymour Lecturer in Fine Art b.seymour (@gold.ac.uk) Ben’s principle areas of research are the relationship between urban regeneration, gentrification and culture.
Dr Simon Sheikh Reader in Curating, Programme Director s.sheikh (@gold.ac.uk) Simon researches the modalities and potentialities of curating, relating to exhibition-making and political imaginaries.
Kate Smith Lecturer in Fine Art k.smith (@gold.ac.uk) Kate Smith's work has been featured in solo exhibitions at Matts Gallery and MOCO in London.
Jemima Stehli Lecturer in Postgraduate Studies in Art Practice j.stehli (@gold.ac.uk) Jemima's recent solo exhibitions have been in London, Milan, Lisbon and Vienna.
Milly Thompson Lecturer in Fine Art milly.thompson (@gold.ac.uk) Milly uses wall-sculpture/painting, print, text and performance to imagine the relation between commodity and pleasure.
Bernard Walsh Senior Lecture and Senior Tutor b.walsh (@gold.ac.uk) Bernard is an artist whose practice has evolved through a continuous play with words, still and moving images.
Roxy Walsh Senior Lecturer in Fine Art Practice (Studio Practice) r.walsh (@gold.ac.uk) Roxy’s wall paintings are simple geometric shapes whose forms/lines/edges are extrapolated from architectural oddities.
Annie Whiles Lecturer In Textiles / Art a.whiles (@gold.ac.uk) Annie works with pictorial devices to allow for a humorous exchange between the quotidian and the miraculous.
Laura White Senior Lecturer in Fine Art (Studio Practice) l.white (@gold.ac.uk) Laura focusses on interactions with materials and objects, exploring ideas of value, profile, association, and meaning.
Michelle Williams Gamaker Lecturer in Fine Art m.williamsgamaker (@gold.ac.uk) Michelle Williams Gamaker is a moving image and performance artist based in London.
Dr Gilda Williams Lecturer, MA Curating g.williams (@gold.ac.uk) Gilda is interested in the collective process among artists, curators, writers, academics, collectors, and museums.