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Fine Art

Unleash your artistic freedom and challenge your creativity

Fine Art

Unleash your artistic freedom and challenge your creativity

1st

for student satisfaction in art and design.

Complete University Guide League Tables 2021

21st

in the UK for Art courses.

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Top 10

for Art, Education, and Psychology courses.

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Saturday 22 June

Saturday 12 October

Friday 1 November

Saturday 23 November

Postgraduate Open Evening

Wednesday 27 March

Develop high quality art and grow as an artist

Tim Sandys-Renton

Welcome to the Fine Art Department

Fine Art courses

Our Fine Art programmes accommodate a full range of approaches to art

From conventional to experimental practices, using traditional ‘hands-on’ materials to digital media, our Fine Art degrees provide you with the opportunity to explore a range of disciplines and ultimately determine your own style and artistic attitude.

As well as preparing you for a career in art, the Fine Art programmes will help you acquire essential transferable skills that will be applicable to a wide range of careers.

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  • Undergraduate
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BA (Hons) Fine Art

Keep your options open or develop a hybrid practice while you experiment with a range of disciplines and discover your own material practice and artistic vision.

BA (Hons) Fine Art with Textiles

Explore a variety of experimental and traditional processes around key textiles areas.
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BA (Hons) Fine Art with Printmaking

Extend your work into more contemporary electronic/photographic processes alongside traditional print media.

BA (Hons) Painting and Drawing

Enhance your skills and develop a contemporary practice using a range of traditional processes including oil, acrylic and other paint media.

Dedicated studio space

Work within your own personal studio space

Immerse yourself in your studies with allocated personal studio space throughout the duration of your course. You will also have flexible access to workshop facilities and specialist equipment with the freedom to explore a range of disciplines and develop your artistic direction.

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Fine Art Degree Show 2023

Exhibit your artwork

Showcase your art in-house and in professional settings

Expand your understanding and skills in professional practice through the opportunity to exhibit your work across campus and in public. In your final year, you will develop a sustained body of work for exhibition which displays a distinctive and personal artistic vision.

Our focus is on you

Pursue your passion in a student-focused environment

Learn within a professional, supportive and dynamic art community as you develop high quality, original work. Our team of practicing artists and technicians will support you from the moment you start, working with you to build your theoretical and practical knowledge.

 

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Meet our specialist staff

You will be taught by practicing artists and technicians

Senior Lecturer in Fine Art

Tim is Level 6 coordinator and teaches across a variety of modules. His specialist area is sculpture and his research includes constructed mixed media works and artist studio provision in the region.

Senior Lecturer in Fine Art

Chris is Level 5 coordinator and teaches across undergraduate and postgraduate modules. His specialist research area is painting, and he is also a founding member of Red Herring Studios in Brighton.

Sculpture Technician

Željko (a.k.a. Jericho) is a sculptor, working mainly with the human form in the style of Arte Povera. He uses found objects and recycled materials to create compositions examining masculinity from a personal perspective.

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