About
Regina Atienza is a Lecturer at the Department of Creative Industries within the Kingston School of Art at Kingston University London. She holds a BA in History of Art from Warwick University and an MA in Social & Cultural History from Birkbeck College. Her expertise spans globalisation, civil society dynamics, urban development, nationalism, and exhibition curation as a form of public discourse.
Professionally, she combines creative industries experience with strategic social engineering. Highlights include disaster response campaign direction under the Philippines Climate Change Commission, leadership in cultural initiatives like the Karnabal Festival, and innovative educational projects such as Tate Modern's Raw Canvas programme. She also works as a strategist for Nusbacher & Associates and co-facilitates the Cardstock meetup group.
Her teaching focuses on History & Context modules, and she actively engages in cross-sector collaborations through ventures like the Rogue Futures Initiative and Holy Hand Grenades newsletter. Notable projects include the Brexit strategy wargame 'Sufficient Progress' and the pervasive reality game StreetWars.
Atienza's work emphasizes multidisciplinary approaches to 'wicked problems,' blending art, technology, and community engagement. She maintains active profiles on LinkedIn, Instagram, and X (formerly Twitter).