Find Art Painting alumnus Charlie Schaffer wins the Brian Botting Prize for the third time in the prize’s four year history.
Category Archives: Alumni
3D graduate’s work celebrated by ITV
Watch Alec Stevens create a wooden sculpture of the ITV ident. 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
Photography Graduate exhibiting at Format Photography Festival, Derby
Martin Seeds, an MA Photography Graduate, and now tutor on the BA Photography course, will exhibit in a group exhibition titled ‘The Brexit Shop’, at this years Format Festival in Derby.
BA Photography Graduate shortlisted for MACK book award
Jacob Clayton, a 2017 BA Photography Graduate, has been shortlisted for the prestigious 2019 MACK Book Award.
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Make good art says Honorary Doctor of Arts Chris Riddell
Graduates should turn to art to help them through life’s rough times, according to Chris Riddell OBE, illustrator and former Children’s Laureate. Read More
BBC covers Joe Pettet-Smith’s work
Photography graduate Joe Pettet-Smith’s work has once again been featured in the national media. Read More
The Gritterman’s back
Orlando Weeks, Illustration graduate and former member of indie rock band The Maccabees will see his children’s story about a man who grits roads performed on stage next month. Read More
Arts entreupreuner alumni return to speak at Global Entrepreneurship Week
Three arts students are among speakers at Starting up, a free event taking place at the University next week to celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week. Read More
Alexi’s photographs fit for a Prince (again!)
Fresh from his success with the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s iconic wedding and engagement portraits, Photography alumnus Alexi Lubomirski has turned his lens on HRH The Prince of Wales and HRH The Duchess of Cornwall. Read More
Architecture graduate’s mobile app sees 8m downloads in first few months
Unfold, co-founded by Alfonso Cobo, allows Instagram users to curate their stories, making their images and videos look more professional. Read More
Art alumna Alison Lapper MBE tells graduates to be fabulous – just like me!
Work hard, follow your passion and “be fabulous – just like me” was the advice given to University of Brighton graduates. Read More
Laura Pannack to judge awards
Photography graduate Laura Pannack is one of the judges of this year’s Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, part of the Photography Gala Awards. Read More
Photographer Murray Ballard among artists chosen for public art project
Four artists have been chosen to create new photography for Brighton’s 3Ts Hospital Redevelopment. Read More
Product Design graduates talk placements and projects
We spoke to Product Design students Ben Taylor, George Mcpherson, Peter Barr and Java Cooper about their course, placements and final year projects. Read More
Textiles student selected for place at Paris show
Graduating weave student, Alice Compton, has been selected by TexSelect this year to show her work at Premiere Vision in Paris in September. Read More
Architecture graduates to exhibit at the first Larnaca Biennale
Marianna Demetriou and William Mondejar, two recent Architecture graduates at the University of Brighton, have teamed up with the multi-talented Mikey Mondejar to design a piece of art/architecture under the theme ‘Container & Content’ for the first ever Larnaca Biennale in Cyprus.
Profile of Digital Music and Sound Arts graduate Aki Purser
New on the DMSA blog this month an interview with recent graduate Aki Purser.and her audio-visual piece 記憶 (Memory) which won her the ‘Incentive award’ from our partner University in Nagoya Japan. Read More
3D graduate picked to bring creative vision to iconic hotel
Photography graduate exhibition of portraits of Brighton’s migrant workers – from a migrant’s perspective
Photographs of Brighton’s migrant workers taken by University of Brighton alumni Julia Horbaschk are on display at Worthing Museum and Art Gallery.
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FT feature for photography graduate Joe Pettet-Smith
The Defence of Lost Causes series of work by photography graduate Joe Pettet Smith has been featured in the Financial Times Weekend. Read More
Lauren Maccabee details the amazing start to her career in photography including the mistakes she’s made
Lecture in Progress has interviewed photographer Lauren Maccabee about her incredible career since graduating from UoB three years ago including interning with Martin Parr. Read More
3D graduate wins BP Portrait Award
Miriam Escofet, a graduate of 3D Design and Craft, was presented with the award and £25,000 prize at the National Portrait Gallery in London. Read More
3D Design student shows Downing Street how to turn rubbish into useful products
3D Design and Craft BA(Hons) graduate Tom Meades was one of five University of Brighton visited 10 Downing Street to discuss student entrepreneurship. Read More
Photography graduate Alexi Lubomirski to take official royal wedding photographs
Kensington Palace has announced that University of Brighton graduate and New York-based photographer Alexi Lubomirski will take the official wedding photographs of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Read More
“The course was very special, I learnt something new every day”
One of our first MA Craft graduates Louise Bell features on the cover of the latest Emerging Potters magazine and talks about her life-changing experience on the course. Read More
International award for Freya
Brighton graduate Freya Richmond has won an international award for design, the only designer from the UK among the three winners of the Printeriors 2018 design competition. Read More
Calling all filmmakers
The annual David Thomas Awards are open for entries. Read More
Students enlist kid ‘experts’ to help build designs for urban planning
Student Megan Leckie and graduate Joseph Palmer have launched Block Builders, a Community Interest Company that imports map details into Minecraft so models of real-world places can be created. Read More
Graduate Emily Brooke MBE details the story of the Blaze Laserlight
The article in the Hardware Studio newsletter details the development of the Blaze Laserlight from University project to international success. Read More
