Josephine Berry (UK)
Art theorist, writer & editor
Josephine Berry is an art theorist, writer, editor and tutor at the Royal College of Art. She has a background in aesthetic politics, focusing on the intersections between art, site and (bio)power. She has researched and written on art’s relationship to globalisation, digital networks, neoliberalism and climate crisis. She is currently researching ‘aesthetic degrowth’. Her latest book, Planetary Realism: Art Against Apocalypse (Sternberg 2025) considers art’s ability to turn societies away from ‘capitalist realism’ and towards Gaia, our crisis rocked planetary home. Her book Art and (Bare) Life: A Biopolitical Inquiry (Sternberg 2019) asked how autonomous art became such a pliant tool for neoliberal governance.
This profile was last updated on 19 May 2025.
Josephine Berry. Photo: Ellie Altmann.
