Sandra Kemp

Sandra Kemp
Kemp in 2010
Born (1957-03-10) 10 March 1957 (age 67)
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Director, The Ruskin - Library, Museum and Research Centre University of Lancaster

Sandra Kemp (born 10 March 1957) is an academic and curator with a background in English literature. She is the director, The Ruskin - Library, Museum and Research Centre at University of Lancaster[1] and visiting professor in the Department of Materials at Imperial College London.[2] She was previously a research associate at IMAGES&CO,[3] and has held leadership roles in the university and cultural sectors, most recently[when?] as senior research fellow at the Victoria and Albert Museum,[4] head of college, London College of Communication and director of research at the Royal College of Art (RCA). She curated the Wellcome Trust-sponsored exhibition Future Face: Image, Identity, Innovation at the Science Museum, with a related programme at the National Portrait Gallery, a film festival and a debate on BBC Radio Five Live. She has also published and given public lectures in the fields of fiction, literary theory and cultural studies.[5]

  1. ^ "Professor Sandra Kemp". Lancaster University. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
    - "'Unparalleled collection' of Ruskin paintings and documents secured for the nation" (Press release). National Heritage Memorial Fund. 20 March 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
    - "John Ruskin's message for our times". The Financial Times Podcast. 29 September 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Imperial College London Staff Profile". Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  3. ^ "At the crease". IMAGES&CO. Archived from the original on 8 July 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
  4. ^ "Sandra Kemp". V&A. Retrieved 15 September 2021.[dead link]
  5. ^ Kunst und Forschung: Konnen Kunstler Forscher sein? (Austria, Springer-Verlag/Wein, 2011), ed Janet Ritterman et al, 254. ISBN 978-3-7091-0752-2; also available at http://www.wissenschaftsrat.ac.at/news/Kemp_Lebenslauf.pdf[dead link]