Team
Director David Falkner
After studying Fine Art at Chelsea College of Art & Design (1988–91), David practiced as an artist, exhibiting throughout Europe, before dedicating himself to interdisciplinary curatorial work in public-sector venues in the UK, initially at Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery and Pump House Gallery London, before becoming Director of Kingston University’s Stanley Picker Gallery in 2004 and also Dorich House Museum in 2015. Supporting innovative practice outside of the Gallery, he sat on the Board of Directors of the performance collective Duckie from 2009–23.
Stanley Picker Gallery Curatorship 2025-27
Current Vacancy: Application Deadline Monday 27 October 2025
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Participation Curator Natalie Kay
Natalie is an arts educator, visual artist and Kingston local. She has worked with numerous educational and arts organisations including Engage, 5x5x5=creativity, The Cultural Olympiad London 2012, Dorich House Museum and Kingston Museum. As a visual artist she has exhibited her drawings, embroideries and video work nationwide and has enjoyed residencies both in the UK and Morocco.
Gallery Coordinator Faith McKie
Faith is a Kingston University alumni graduating from Fine Art & Art History in 2020 and completed her Masters in History of Art & Archaeology at SOAS University in 2021. She began working at Stanley Picker Gallery and Dorich House Museum as a Museum & Gallery Assistant throughout her undergraduate studies before becoming Gallery Coordinator in 2021.
Gallery Assistants 2025–2026 Crosbie Cameron, Charlie Cocker, Denis Colebourne, Bethany Green, Lucy Johnstone, Clarissa Kumala, Maxine Lystor, Tania Pourashraf, Renee Rautio, Daisy Stevens, Tasnim Tabassum, Finza Waqar, Gina (Jing Jing) Xu
Gallery Technician Tat Whalley
Stanley Picker Gallery & Dorich House Museum Advisory Group
Yemi Awosile – Practitioner & Stanley Picker Fellow (2015)
Damian Chandler – Director (Asia), Brunswick Arts
Aoife Donnelly – Course Leader MA Masters in Architecture KSA
David Falkner – Gallery & Museum Director
Angela Ford – Practitioner & Senior Technician KSA
Seoyoung Kim – Curator Kingston Museum, Royal Borough of Kingston
Stephen Pelton – Stanley Picker Trustee
Jana Scholze – Course Director, MA Curating Contemporary Design, Kingston School of Art
Rhoddy Voremberg – Stanley Picker Trustee
Kath Wood (Chair) – Arts Consultant