Deadline: 5 pm Monday 27 October 2025
Salary: £39,407 per annum
Contract: Full-time (37 hours per week), fixed-term for 18 months
The Role
Stanley Picker Gallery at Kingston University is dedicated to the commissioning of innovative new practice across art and design, forming part of Arts Council England’s National Portfolio and supported by the Stanley Picker Trust. With its renowned Stanley Picker Fellowships at its core, it operate as an ‘expanded studio’ generating a programme that engages the widest possible audiences, students, staff and local communities.
The Person
The Gallery is currently seeking to recruit the next Stanley Picker Gallery Curatorship for an 18-month period leading up to the 30th anniversary in 2027. You will have an enthusiastic and ‘hands-on’ practical approach to all aspects of the role, working as part of a small dynamic team to deliver an innovative programme that enhances the local, national and international reputation of the Stanley Picker Gallery as part of Kingston University.
The Gallery is committed to working ambitiously, innovatively and inclusively to foster equality and diversity across all of the activities and operations, and strongly encourage participation from all protected characteristics to achieve fairness of opportunity for all. Stanley Picker Gallery acknowledges their environmental responsibility and pledge to address the climate crisis by reducing the impact on the planet through transforming the working practices.
The Faculty
Kingston School of Art (KSA) has a strong heritage. Since its origins in the late 19th century it has established an exceptional reputation and become one of the UK’s leading art and design educational institutions.
The Faculty combines a dedication to creative risk-taking, innovation and experimentation with a commitment to working with numerous local, national and global partners and collaborators to lead and shape the future of the creative and cultural industries. As an Art School within a university, KSA fuses the benefits of an art and design-focused identity with the ability to be at the forefront of exciting cross-disciplinary developments in diverse areas such as health, business, engineering and the social sciences.
Ranked in the top five per cent of the world for art and design education by QS Top Universities, KSA produces globally celebrated alumni, high performing courses, impactful research performance and regularly achieves industry and student awards while engaging with the latest thinking from industry practitioners.
With a wide variety of disciplines taught within the Faculty, KSA offers opportunities for cross-disciplinary collaboration in research and teaching – providing both exceptional choice for students and a stimulating environment for academics in the creative fields.
Further information
This is a full time (37 hours per week), fixed term position for 18 months with a starting salary of £39,407 per annum.
Interviews are expected to be held on 5th November 2025
For informal enquiries, please contact David Falkner, Stanley Picker Gallery Director
