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Beatrice Pembroke
Beatrice Pembroke

Beatrice Pembroke

Executive Director, Culture

Biography

The Executive Director, Culture works with colleagues across King’s and the cultural sector, leveraging the potential of arts and culture to support delivery of Vision 2029 and develop the broadest possible cultural community. Beatrice provides overall strategic leadership for the university’s Culture directorate, which includes the specialist Culture team and Science Gallery London.

Beatrice joined King's in 2020 from the Global Cultural Districts Network where she was director of a federation of major cultural organisations committed to improving urban life. Prior to that she was Director of Creative Economy at the British Council, developing partnerships across the cultural sector and beyond in over 30 countries.

She holds an MA in Literature and Modern Culture from UCL, is co-founder of the Long Time Project and Tech for Good Global, a trustee of Auto Italia, and is on the Ashoka Ventures Board.

News

New research finds access to creative Higher Education remains 'highly unequal'

At the House of Commons, King’s researchers collaborated with the APPG for Creative Diversity to launch a report analysing the effectiveness of pathways to...

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'Ignite a sense of hope and possibility' New artwork launches on the Strand

‘The Quiet Enchanting’, created by design studio Superflux and presented in collaboration with King’s Culture, took inspiration from conversations with King’s...

The Quiet Enchanting Launch 1

New exhibition will explore challenges and opportunities of emerging technologies

King’s Culture and the Digital Futures Institute present 'Seeking Connection: Living Well with Technology'

seeking connection banner with blue background, blobs and nodes in blue

New installation on the Strand will imagine a climate-positive mythical world

Acclaimed design studio Superflux and King’s Culture present 'The Quiet Enchanting', an installation inspired by King’s climate and sustainability research

The Quiet Enchanting Web Resize Oct 2023

Cuddly 'Purrble' robot visits No. 10 as King's celebrates design exhibition

Design-led research was presented to the Secretary of State for Culture at Downing Street, as the university celebrated the 'Seeking Connection' research...

Purrble No.10 (1)

Exhibition launch: 'The debate on AI will continue and intensify'

A new exhibition from King’s Institute for Artificial Intelligence is showcasing the potential for new and emerging applications for AI, as well as providing...

exhibition wall

New season at Science Gallery London explores the ethics of AI

King’s flagship public gallery Science Gallery London announces ‘AI: Who’s Looking After Me?’, a new major exhibition and public events programme exploring...

text reading AI who's looking after me with pink background and plant and motherboard on the right

King's exhibits research at 2023 London Design Biennale

The King’s pavilion 'Seeking Connection' will showcase creative, cross-disciplinary research into digital technologies from across the university.

Seeking_Connection_website_image_780x440px

Student exhibition is 'a space for hope, agency and new narratives around the climate crisis'

Students, collaborators and the King’s community celebrated the opening of SUPERBLOOM, the student showcase exploring climate action through art

069superbloom2575

Award for Civic Arts Organisations 2023 recipients announced

Presented by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in partnership with King’s, three recipients were selected from a shortlist of 10 extraordinary organisations

Re-Live, a theatre company that puts wellbeing and health at the centre of storytelling, was one of the recipients

News

New research finds access to creative Higher Education remains 'highly unequal'

At the House of Commons, King’s researchers collaborated with the APPG for Creative Diversity to launch a report analysing the effectiveness of pathways to...

APPG Banner (1)

'Ignite a sense of hope and possibility' New artwork launches on the Strand

‘The Quiet Enchanting’, created by design studio Superflux and presented in collaboration with King’s Culture, took inspiration from conversations with King’s...

The Quiet Enchanting Launch 1

New exhibition will explore challenges and opportunities of emerging technologies

King’s Culture and the Digital Futures Institute present 'Seeking Connection: Living Well with Technology'

seeking connection banner with blue background, blobs and nodes in blue

New installation on the Strand will imagine a climate-positive mythical world

Acclaimed design studio Superflux and King’s Culture present 'The Quiet Enchanting', an installation inspired by King’s climate and sustainability research

The Quiet Enchanting Web Resize Oct 2023

Cuddly 'Purrble' robot visits No. 10 as King's celebrates design exhibition

Design-led research was presented to the Secretary of State for Culture at Downing Street, as the university celebrated the 'Seeking Connection' research...

Purrble No.10 (1)

Exhibition launch: 'The debate on AI will continue and intensify'

A new exhibition from King’s Institute for Artificial Intelligence is showcasing the potential for new and emerging applications for AI, as well as providing...

exhibition wall

New season at Science Gallery London explores the ethics of AI

King’s flagship public gallery Science Gallery London announces ‘AI: Who’s Looking After Me?’, a new major exhibition and public events programme exploring...

text reading AI who's looking after me with pink background and plant and motherboard on the right

King's exhibits research at 2023 London Design Biennale

The King’s pavilion 'Seeking Connection' will showcase creative, cross-disciplinary research into digital technologies from across the university.

Seeking_Connection_website_image_780x440px

Student exhibition is 'a space for hope, agency and new narratives around the climate crisis'

Students, collaborators and the King’s community celebrated the opening of SUPERBLOOM, the student showcase exploring climate action through art

069superbloom2575

Award for Civic Arts Organisations 2023 recipients announced

Presented by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in partnership with King’s, three recipients were selected from a shortlist of 10 extraordinary organisations

Re-Live, a theatre company that puts wellbeing and health at the centre of storytelling, was one of the recipients