Since graduating in 2018 artist Conor White has followed his dreams through to the Royal Academy. Here he tells us how. Read More
Author Archives: Kate Miller
Outstanding NSS for School of Architecture and Design
The School of Architecture and Design is celebrating outstanding success in the National Student Survey including 94% overall satisfaction for the school. Read More
Brighton global leader in games industry
Brighton is emerging as a leading city in the video games industry with new companies springing up and the city boasting top expertise in the field. Read More
Local schoolchildren showcase their fashion designs
The Saturday Fashion Club, run for 14-16 year olds, has culminated with the end of year Fashion Show showcasing the breadth of creative skills developed by all of our attendees. Read More
Second Brighton alumna lands Children’s Laureate role
Author and illustrator Cressida Cowell has become the second University of Brighton graduate since 2015 to be named Children’s Laureate. Read More
Award success for Product Design students
This year’s New Designers show in London has been a successful one for our Product Designers with a win for the Best Stand for the bandstand structure designed and made by the students. Read More
Graduate Show 2019: Rosalind Clarke: Graphic Design
My work has been primarily photography based this year, which I have compiled into several handmade books. Read More
Countdown to MA Show!
The talents of MA students from three courses will be on show at Grand Parade on the City Campus from July 6-13. Read More
Local schools and youth organisations become printmakers for a day
Seventy young people from schools and community organisations in Crawley, Seaford, Seahaven and Brighton have taken part in another successful series of workshops at the University of Brighton. Read More
BP Portrait Award winner’s ‘whirlwind’ week
A University of Brighton graduate who won a world-renowned art award has reflected on his “whirlwind” week – and said he can’t wait to get back into his studio. Read More
New podcast: Catalina Mejia Moreno, senior lecturer in the School of Architecture and Design
Catalina talks about the Graduate Show, her move from Columbia and her forthcoming symposium Fielding Architecture: Feminist Practices for a Decolonised Pedagogy. Read More
Vote for fashion students in national competition
Two Brighton fashion students are in the running for a national competition – and they need your votes! Read More
Graduate Show 2019: Carole Villain: Painting
My practice has become an ecosystem: ‘A community of living organisms where components are linked together through nutrient cycles and energy flow’. Pigments, ground, structures, content, marks and meaning are interconnected and open to change.
Second Brighton graduate wins BP Portrait Award
Painting graduate Charlie Schaffer was last night announced as the winner of 2019 BP Portrait Award. Read More
Graduate Show 2019: Clara Calladine: Architecture
Throughout my architectural studies the notion of process and journey has always inspired my work. Read More
Graduate Show 2019: Megan Willoughby: Painting
Through key themes of Craft, Agriculture, Ecopsychology and Storytelling my practise intends to rouse confidence in one’s ability to be self-sufficient and resilient both physically and psychologically. Read More
Graduate Show 2019: Jessica Bains: Product Design
I have always been passionate art and design and enjoyed exploring different areas of this subject throughout school and University as well as in my own time. Read More
Graduate Show 2019: Geena Wood: Interior Architecture
My final year work has been influenced by my interest in how UK creative industries must not be hindered by the Brexit result. Read More
Graduate Show 2019: Holly Nash: Interior Architecture
My interests are mainly in the provision of social housing and how the current housing and economic crisis has affected peoples accessibility to affordable housing on a nation wide scale. Read More
Graduate Show 2019: Kezia Turner: Painting
My work has always focused on materials and their properties and tend be categorized as a midpoint between painting and sculpture. Read More
Graduate Show 2019: Richard Townshend: Architecture
The lack of housing in England stands as one of the most important issues of the twenty first century. Read More
Graduate Show 2019: Jack Parker: Architecture
I have found that as I have progressed through architectural education, however, that certain architects, styles and theories reappear in my influences more than others. Read More
Graduate Show 2019: Ciaran Birch: Graphic Design
My work mostly centres around typography and the significance of language in communication. Read More
Graduate Show 2019: Miranda Forrester: Painting
My work explores the relationship between the artist and the muse, and how the female gaze can manifest itself in figurative painting. Read More
Graduate Show 2019: Tyla Johnson: Illustration
My practice is exploring the fine line between Fine Art and Illustration and how I can push these boundaries but still visually communicate ideas to an audience. Read More
Graduate Show 2019: Caroleen Molenaar: Fashion and Dress History
I am a final year student in the BA (Hons) Fashion and Dress History course which is a part of the History of Art and Design programme within the School of Humanities. Read More
Graduate Show 2019: Angharad Webber: MA Architecture
During my time of study, I have become more interested in the use of materiality in architecture; particularly understanding technological advancements in manufacturing methods and development of smart materials. Read More
Graduate Show 2019: Tom Hawgood: Interior Architecture
I study Interior Architecture at the University of Brighton, a course that generally pays close attention to how we benefit people that will inhabit what we design. Read More
Graduate Show 2019: Lieske Weenink: Sculpture
My practice currently focuses upon the themes of human relationships, health, psychological boundaries, and time. Read More
Graduate Show 2019: Xanthe Maggs: 3D Design and Craft
Over the last year on 3D Design and Craft I have been organising participatory events and projects using clay, as well as making my own ceramic work. Read More
Graduate Show 2019: Jane Englefield: Graphic Design
The drive that underpins my work is my interest in connecting things that initially seem unlinked, in order to uncover new information. Read More
Graduate Show 2019: Rosanna Brocklesby: Architecture
I have always loved drawing and making things, however in my final year especially I have found the joy in designing through model-making. Read More
Graduate Show 2019: Megan Collis: Interior Architecture
I have always been interested in work which follows more conceptual ideas of installation art or set design, where I am really interested in the programme and story behind the design. Read More
Graduate Show 2019: Josh Hancock: MA Architecture
I enjoy speculating on big-picture problems through a critical and playful design process. Read More
Student work celebrated at Film and Screen Studies conference
Deputy Mayor of Brighton and Hove, Councillor Alan Robbins, will introduce the University of Brighton’s Film and Screen Studies Degree Show which will highlight work from final year students of the course. Read More
Graduate Show 2019: Olivia Louvel: Digital Music and Sound Arts
I am a sound practitioner, composer. Drawing on voice, computer music and digital narrative, I work at the intersection of creation and documentation, often taking for a point of departure, existing texts, from archives.
Graduate Show 2019: Jamie Kaye: Product Design
TENKYUU / てんきゅう is a liquid carrying poncho, designed to eliminate the need for single use plastic drinkware at festivals. Read More
Graduate Show Profile: Tiago Mathias: Graphic Design
My work is quite varied, I try to explore different medias but I mostly work with film; producing, filming and editing. Read More
Graduate Show 2019: Briar Grootveldt: Philosophy, Politics, Art
My dissertation focusses on the extensive and rather timeless topic of death and the trauma that often follows alongside it.
Graduate Show 2019: Connie Wright: Illustration
My practice combines both illustration and graphic design, I love to experiment with type and illustration, playing with compositions my work visually communicates environmental and social issues through design, colour and image making. Read More
Graduate Show 2019: Emily Moore: Illustration
I work primarily with moving image, making animated short films with the aim of creating a sense of atmosphere and mood. Read More
Graduate Show 2019: Ziyoo Hwang: Illustration
I make still and moving images, mostly about my personal life and youth mental health issues. Read More
Graduate Show 2019: Eleanor Medhurst: Fashion and Dress History
I see Fashion and Dress History as a way to study society. Clothing can mean so many things, and it is an amazing lens with which we can view history. Read More
Graduate Show 2019: Polam Chan: Sculpture
There is no difference to me between art and living. As an artist, my surroundings and insights not only represent who I am but also aid in the development of my creative mind and artworks. Read More
Textiles student recycles dog hair to net first prize
Textiles student Jade Evans has won a £1500 prize for her business idea of making home furnishings from recycled excess dog hair. Read More
Graduate Show 2019: Holly Titchener: Graphic Design
I like making visual connections between photographs and using them in a collage format. Read More
Graduate Show 2019: Charlot Brinkhuis: Moving Image
My work explores personal connections and communication between individuals against a backdrop of contemporary politics, processes of globalisation and colonial histories. Read More
Graduate Show 2019: Sam Pennington: Product Design
My final year project set out to investigate levels of Financial Literacy, i.e. the ability to make informed judgments and effective decisions with the use and management of money. Read More
Podcast: Iestyn George
Iestyn George, lecturer in the School of Media discusses his former career at the NME, GQ and Golf Punk, his role as marketing manager of the band Manic Street Preachers and why studying media is important. Read More
Graduate Show 2019: Jessica Migliore: Graphic Design
Through my experience at university, I have come to realise my work is centred around experimentation. Read More
Graduate Show 2019: Anya Palamartschuk: Sculpture
The theme of layers runs through my practice: in the process of collaging different mediums, in its physical sense of creating fragmented spaces, and then in a conceptual capacity, referencing the layers of performance in all our characters. Read More
Graduate Show 2019: Sarah Weights: Illustration
During my time at university, photography has come to be my main method of working. However, I also dabble in a mixture of media; mark making, cyanotype and collage. Read More
Graduate Show 2019: Qingyu Zhang: Photography
My work mainly examines the ‘relationships’ between peoples, places, and cultures. I mainly working in the area of archive and documentary. Read More
Graduate Show 2019: Jack Moore: Product Design
Design has always fascinated me from a young age. I was forever building things, taking things apart (the TV remote the thing that would annoy my parents the most!), and then trying to put them back together again! Read More
Graduate Show 2019: Chelsea Mulcare: Textiles
My work is Bold and expressive with an element of fun. I love the unconventional use of colour and aim to communicate youthful spontaneity through my work. Read More
Graduate Show 2019: Ella Krill: Illustration
I’ve always been drawn towards the devious idea of the unconventional. The space between what is and what isn’t. Anything, something or nothing. Read More
Fashion students show graduate collections
Join BA(Hons) Fashion with Business students for a showcase of their graduate collections. Read More
Graduate Show 2019: Eva Louisa Jonas: Photography
My practice draws from my immediate surroundings, focusing on the self and its extensions as different interventions with the environment. Read More
Graduate Show 2019: Fay Huang: Fashion Communication
My final year project is series of shots, the subject is 24 Solar terms. Read More
Graduate Show 2019: Samruddhi Karandikar: Fashion Communication
I am an image curator and my work in my final year has centred around luxury fashion, which is where I draw the most inspiration for all my projects including the photography, illustrations and layout elements. Read More
Graduate Show 2019: Ola Teper: Photography
During my last year at university I developed an interest in the objecthood of a photograph and its relation to memory. Read More
Graduate Show 2019: Ollie John: 3D Design and Craft
My work ranges from product based design to informative sculpture using materials appropriate for purpose. Read More
Graduate Show 2019: Lucia Vinti: Illustration
I really enjoy making work about art, culture, people and places. Read More
Graduate Show 2019: Brianna Leeds: Digital Music and Sound Arts.
The Safe Space is an audio-visual installation, using a quadraphonic audio set up to combine meditative tones and abstract art to form an encompassing environment of mindfulness and peace. Read More
Graduate Show 2019: Lucy Fuller: Graphic Design
Since my final year my work has become mostly digital and video based, influenced by my interests in queer pop culture and love of Camp style. Read More
Graduate Show 2019: Annabel Lumby: 3D Design and Craft
My project has been an exploration into plastic pollution in the sea, and how puppetry can be used to convey messages about the increasing threat sea creatures are facing from micro plastics. Read More
Graduate Show 2019: Louis Sterling: Digital Music and Sound Arts
Ultimately, I am a practising music technologist, recording artist and course representative on the Digital Music and Sound arts course. Read More
Graduate Show 2019: Chanelle Manton: Media and Environmental Communication graduate
The course itself has allowed me to experiment with photographic practice whilst studying geography modules exploring how our daily lives are tied up within space and place, and what this means for our experiences. Read More
Graduate Show 2019: Jamie Moore: Digital Music and Sound Arts
My main creative outlet is, and always has been, music. I would say that first and foremost I am a songwriter, which is why Digital Music and Sound Art has pushed me to create in ways that I would have never even considered previous to doing the course. Read More
Graduate Show 2019: Sam Fanson: Product Design
Design is such a powerful tool and when used correctly can have an immense positive effect on society. Read More
Charlie Schaffer shortlisted for BP Portrait Award
Charlie’s painting “Imara in her Fur Coat“, has been shortlisted for the BP Portrait Award, one of the most prestigious art awards in the world.
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University Centre for Contemporary Arts to open
Brighton will gain a dynamic new arts hub in the heart of the city this October when the University launches its new Centre for Contemporary Arts (Brighton CCA) with a programme of world-class exhibitions, projects and commissions from emerging and established international artists. Read More
Free workshops examine the clothes on our backs
The university has teamed with Brighton Museum to run three creative workshops engaging members of the BAME community, students and staff, to work on archival material, creating poems, textiles and prose. Read More
Show for Brighton students
First year illustration and graphic design students will be exhibiting their work in Brighton this month. Read More
Architecture graduate debuts at Chelsea
An award-winning Brighton graduate has designed her first garden for the Chelsea Flower Show. Read More
Join artist Fiona Grady for a tour and workshop
Florence final for textiles students
Two graduating textiles students have made the final of the ‘Feel the Yarn’ competition in Florence. Read More
Molly set for ‘amazing’ New York year
Graduating Textiles with Business Studies student Molly O’Halloran has secured a dream internship at a prestigious New York City fashion brand. Read More
Congratulations to photography alumni Laura Pannack
Laura Pannack, won third place in the Single Image category for her photograph Young British Naturists in the 2019 Lens Culture Portrait Award. Read More
New blog for Printmaking alumni
Fine Art Printmaking has launched a new blog dedicated to the course Alumni and their practice since graduating. Read More
Decolonise Brighton University exhibition
How Did We Get Here is the first exhibition produced by Decolonise Brighton University, a recently-established student group committed to challenging the legacies of colonialism and racism on campus. Read More
Free Skills Masterclass
Free Skills Masterclasses! Ideal for final year, masters students and recent graduates. Gain skills from professionals, certificate for each attendee. Read More
SoAD hold Mental Health event with Architects Benevolent Society.
In advance of Mental Health Awareness Week in May the School of Architecture and Design (SoAD) held a Mental Health evening in collaboration with the Architects Benevolent Society Read More
Printmaking students lead workshops for local GCSE school students
Second year Fine Art Printmaking students have been delivering a series of workshops with local secondary schools and local community groups. Read More
New Architecture podcast from Ben Sweeting.
Listen to Ben talking about his role as course leader of Architecture and his interest in cybernetics. Read More
School of Architecture and Design success
School of Art and Design lecturers Duncan Baker Brown and Nick Gant and colleagues have had their application to become a member of the British Council Crafting Futures Network accepted. Read More
Charlie Schaffer wins prize for 3rd time
Find Art Painting alumnus Charlie Schaffer wins the Brian Botting Prize for the third time in the prize’s four year history.
3D graduate’s work celebrated by ITV
Watch Alec Stevens create a wooden sculpture of the ITV ident. Read More
Top ten ranking for our art and design courses announced
We have been ranked 8th in the UK and 38th worldwide for art and design. Brighton has also been rated in the global top 100 student cities!
Facebook Live of student exhibition at Hove Museum
Watch lecturer Chris Stevens and 2nd year Fine Art Painting and Printmaking students discuss work currently being exhibited in Hove Museum. Read More
Fashion comms takeover Dukes Lane!
The pop-up takeover sees Fashion Communication students running a series of exciting workshops and events at 11 Dukes Lane in the heart of the Brighton Lanes.
Student work exhibited at ONCA
The Matter of Making exhibition features work emerging student artists from the School of Art.
Invitation to Female Firsts exhibition
The School of Architect and Design (SoAD) are celebrating International Women’s Day with a “Female Firsts” exhibition today. Read More
Graduate showcased in prestigious exhibition
Georg Avetisjans, graduate of MA Photography has been selected for the prestigious Poznan Photo Diploma Award exhibition. Read More
Celebrating International Women’s Day
Brighton graduate wins heat in Sky Portrait Artist of the Year
Recent graduate Sara Lavelle is through to the next round of the TV painting competition. Read More
HOAD graduate curates student exhibition of Photography
University of Brighton graduate An Nguyen is curating an exhibition of Photography students’ work at ONCA Gallery. Read More
100 days until the Graduate Show 2019!
The countdown begins to the University of Brighton Graduate Show 2019 which will see the City and Moulsecoomb campuses are transformed into the biggest artspace in the South East. Read More
Afrogallonism returns to Brighton for Festival
Ghanaian artist and University of Brighton collaborator Serge Attukwei Clottey will showcase his unique Afrogallonism artwork at Brighton Festival 2019. Read More
Cass Art Phoenix Prize 2019
School of Art final year students have the opportunity to apply for this award which sees Cass Art sponsoring a Phoenix studio space for up to three 2019 graduates. Read More
