Bea Brücker is a multidisciplinary designer, artist  and researcher working with biodesign, sculpture, animation, fashion and costume. Her work explores the potential of bio' as a tool for social, political and ecological progress in response to the climate catastrophe, capitalism and social inequality. Since completing her MA at the Royal College of Art she has taught the Bio platform of the MA Fashion programme there. She is part of the Centre for Design Research at HAW Hamburg and regularly works on multidisciplinary projects, for example with researchers from the Fraunhofer Society, on theatre and film productions or on art installations.

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Through sculptural and digital art, she explores new technologies, working with living organism and ecosystems and computational design. Her research explores the development of biomaterials from algae, plant-roots and bacteria, computational design and new technologies to develop a climate- positive, post-capitalist biodesign practice. Working with biomaterials, installations, fashion, costume and animation, alternate realities emerge, critically addressing issues such as neoliberalism, climate change, transhumanism and technologically enhanced ecologies. As a lecturer and speaker, she discusses the challenges of the climate crisis and the importance of systemic change. Her work has gained international exposure through exhibitions such as ICADE- Tsinghua International Conference On Art & Design Education, (Beijing 2021), Future Forum: German Center for Research and Innovation (New York 2022), Silberstreifen Kreativgesellschaft x Design Zentrum Hamburg (Hamburg 2022) Fashionclash Festival (Maastricht 2021), Westfield's Future Fashion (London 2021) and at Berlin Fashion Week - Neo Fashion (Berlin 2019). Her work has been featured in iD Magazine, ARTS THREAD, Nick Knight's SHOWstudio, 1GRANARY and ZEITGEIST.

Bea Brücker's work has won numerous awards, including the Fraunhofer 'High Tech Meets Tradition Competition,  Artsthread x Gucci Global Design & Art Graduate Award, Silberstreifen Award,  Wesldet Exhibition Award Future Fashion Competition. She earned her master’s degree from the RCA in London in 2021. Prior to this, she completed her Bachelor's degree at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences and a DAAD-funded exchange semester at California State University Long Beach. After graduating, she was part of the Youth Fashion Summit in Copenhagen, a two-year sustainability programme launched by the UN Global Compact, the Copenhagen Fashion Summit and the Global Fashion Agenda.