Beatrice Galilee (*1982, London) is a London-based curator, writer, critic, consultant and lecturer of contemporary architecture and design. Trained in Architecture at Bath University, and in History of Architecture at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, Beatrice specialises in the dissemination of architecture through media, curatorial practice, research, editing and teaching.

Beatrice is the newly appointed Chief Curator for the 2013 Lisbon Architecture Triennale. She is the co-founder and director of The Gopher Hole, an exhibition and event space in London, architectural consultant and writer at DomusWeb, and associate lecturer at Central St Martins. She is a curator at the 2011 Gwangju Design Biennale in Korea, which is directed by Ai Wei Wei and Seung H-Sang, and a freelance contributor to a number of international publications on architecture and design.

In 2009 Beatrice was invited to work in Beijing as European curator of the 2009 Shenzhen Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism, directed by Ou Ning and also work as a curator at Shao Foundation. During that period she co-curated Convergence 142, an exhibition in Ordos, Inner Mongolia with Joseph Grima.

From 2006-2009 Beatrice was Architecture Editor for Icon Magazine, one of Europe’s leading publications in architecture and design. Throughout her time at Icon, Beatrice prioritised breaking news and interviews with young and emerging practices as well as pursuing social and politically oriented topics for features and stories. In 2008 she won the IBP Architectural Journalist of the Year Award.

Beatrice Galilee’s writing has been published in a number of international magazines and books as well as mainstream newspapers. These include Domus, Abitare, MARK, Tank, Pin-Up, Above, Building Design, Architectural Review,Today, RIBA Journal, DAMn, Frame, Wallpaper, Another Magazine and the 2009 Serpentine Pavilion catalogue.

Before specialising in architecture, Beatrice contributed to a number of music and fashion magazines. These included regular profiles and reviews for Amelia’s Magazine, cover stories and interviews for Italian magazine Pig and editor of self-published graphic and fashion zine Daniel Battams Fanclub.

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