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Category Archives: Fine Art
Welcome to the School of Art and Media!
Professor Tamar Jeffers Mcdonald welcomes you to the School of Art and Media. Read More
Starting at uni with us in 2023?
Read our getting ready for university pages which are full of information you will find useful before you arrive.
Graduates 2023: Finn Gayton: Fine Art
“I always wanted to do my studies in Brighton as I knew that I liked the city and that it had a good arts department for a university outside of London. It is a great city to live in as a student.” Read More
Graduates 2023: Sara Paowana: Fine Art
“I would say to 16 year old Sara that university has been a rite of passage and has provided someone like me from a working class, mixed heritage background many opportunities in the creative field.” Read More
Graduates 2023: Melanie Woodward: Fine Art
“I would tell my 16 year old self that pursuing an art career is not naïve. Go for it!” Read More
Apply for the Cass Art x Phoenix Studio Award 2023
Book your place on a subject taster day!
If you are in Year 12 and interesting in art, design, fashion and textiles this is you chance to get involved and see if you’d like to study your passion at degree level. Read More
Advice for students applying to uni in 2023
Check out our info and FAQs – we’re here to help with any questions you have and support you in making a strong application to the University of Brighton.
Brighton degree show dates announced for 2023
The University of Brighton’s graduate shows have been announced for 2023 – the undergraduate shows kick off on 3rd June 2023 and the MA show starts on 7th July.
Gossamer an exhibition by Fine Art and Printmaking students at Edward Street, opening 28th Jan
The University of Brighton’s second year Fine Art and Printmaking undergraduates present Gossamer, an exhibition of creative work from students at the mid-point of their degree course.
Discuss your portfolio with course staff!
Join us at our online portfolio advice event on 28 February to get tips and advice from students and staff about how to prepare your portfolio.
You can also watch our film to see staff explain what you should include in your portfolio for art and design courses when applying for uni – and students give TIPS on what they included in theirs.
Artist takes up Brighton painting fellowship
Michael Clarence is the latest artist to receive a prestigious Freelands Fellowship to work for a year within University of Brighton’s School of Art and Media. Read More
Painting Alumni Morag Caister wins Sky Arts Portrait of the Year
The win for Morag, who graduated from her Fine Art Painting degree in 2019, means that alumni from the University of Brighton course hold both the current Portrait Artist of the Year and the Landscape Artist of the Year following Elisha Enfield’s win of that title earlier this year. Read More
Guardian 5-star review for Bill Lynch show at University’s gallery
A new exhibition of work (open until 15 October) by little-known painter Lynch at the Brighton Centre for Contemporary Arts, based at the University of Brighton’s Grand Parade building, has been given a rave review by the Guardian. Read More
Graduates 2022: Thom Georgeson: Fine Art Painting
The studios are an open and friendly place, and once people get to know each other more and everyone comes out of their shells a little (especially after lockdown) you won’t want to leave. Read More
Graduates 2022: Kahee Jeong: Fine Art: Painting
“My professors, great artists as well, have been very supportive and dedicated to their students. Particularly, their tolerant attitudes towards my works have contributed to my achievement.” Read More
Graduates 2022: Meg Ryan: Fine Art: Sculpture
“I have found my time at Brighton amazing; its an incredibly special place and I’ve found it attracts a very friendly and kind collection of people.” Read More
Graduates 2022: Matthew Dardart: Fine Art: Sculpture
I am interested in the language between contrasting materials when situated in the same body. I prefer to work in a more intuitive, less regimented way. Read More
Fine Art students show work in Brighton Festival exhibition Towards the Light
As part of the Brighton Artists Open Houses event, fine art students Sara Paowana, Melanie Woodward, Finn Gayton and Megan Ryan are showing work at the Regency Townhouse.
Graduates 2022: Megan Hack: Fine Art Painting
“Moving to Brighton has been an invaluable experience by placing me in a hub of creative people as well as the sea, the South Downs and the coastline as a constant inspiration for my practice.” Read More
Graduates 2022: Emily Paranthoen: Fine Art Painting
“The tutors have always been welcoming and have definitely been a key part in the development of my work. Being in an environment which encourages you to explore and try out different mediums and ideas has allowed me to mould my practice into something which I am really proud of.”
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Graduates 2022: Ellis Thomas-Pam: Fine Art Painting
“The fine art painting course at Brighton has been a great opportunity to develop my practice, meeting many painters and artists that have expanded my ideas and thoughts about painting. Brighton has been an exciting city to live in, with a strong community of artistic people.”
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Register now for graduate Brighton Rocks exhibition
Lucy Delano, graduate of MA Fine Art is opening ‘Brighton Rocks’ a new, ground-breaking exhibition coming to Pop Gallery, in the heart of Brighton’s North Laines. Read More
Design Museum exhibition for alumna Bethany Williams
Award-winning fashion designer Bethany Williams is the subject of an exhibition at London’s Design Museum until 4 September. Read More
Painting graduate wins Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year
Elisha Enfield graduated from Fine Art Painting in 2011. For the final show she undertook a £10,000 commission of the Rochdale Canal. Read More
Apply for the Cass x Phoenix Studio Award 2023
Want to win a FREE studio space for a year in central Brighton? School of Art and Media final year students have the opportunity to apply for this award which sees Cass Art sponsoring a Phoenix Art Space studio for a 2023 graduate. Read More
Learn more about your chosen course through applicant events and tasters!
We have a number of events for offer holders and applicants whose course involves portfolio review.
Graduate and lecturer showing in the Sky Arts Portrait Artist exhibition
Phil Tyler, Printmaking BA(Hons) course leader, Sara Lavelle, Illustration BA(Hons) graduate, and Morag Kaister, Fine Art Painting BA(Hons) graduate are all in the Portrait Artist of the year show at Compton Verney which opened last weekend.
Group show for University of Brighton artists who have received Cass Art x Phoenix Studio Award
To celebrate the partnership between Cass Art, Phoenix Art Space and University of Brighton, Phoenix presents a group exhibition of all six recipients of the Cass Art x Phoenix Studio Award. Read More
Thinking about preparing your portfolio?
Watch these two short films where art students talk you through how they put theirs together. Read More
Fine Art student Liberty wins Cass Art & Phoenix Studio Award 2021
Sculptor Liberty Cheverall, a graduating fine art student, is the recipient of this year’s Cass Art & Phoenix Studio Award and will enjoy a free studio space at Phoenix Art Space for one year from September! Well done Liberty.
Cass Art x Phoenix Studio Award 2021
School of Art final year students have the opportunity to apply for this award which sees Cass Art sponsoring a Phoenix Art Space studio for a 2021 graduate. Read More
Our students are supported by award-winning technicians
Our art and media students always tell us our technicians are brilliant – and they’ve been rightly recognised in the One Brighton Staff Awards, winning the Team Contribution to Teaching and Learning award. Congratulations!
Second year Fine Art students online exhibition
Over 100 Brighton second year fine art and media students are beating the lockdown by organising an online exhibition to showcase work across diverse media. Read More
In year 9, 10 or 11? Join our free online Printmaking workshops
If you or someone in your family is in year 9, 10 or 11 and interested in maybe taking art at university, why not join our series of online printmaking workshops. The dates are: 13, 20 and 27 February and 6 March 2021. Read More
School of Art lecturer is part of UoB team delivering pioneering research into sanitation crisis
Alice Fox from the School of Art is among an interdisciplinary team of University of Brighton academics delivering pioneering research to help address the sanitation crisis across Asia and Africa. Read More
Fine Art BA(Hons) students show work as part of Brighton’s Artist Open House festival
Ainoa Burgos Gonzales, Liberty Cheverall, Bradley Smith and Jack Digby are showing work in the We, You, Me exhibition at Brighton Place, opening in early December and is online now. Read More
Fine art graduate Rachel Atkinson shows work at Phoenix Gallery
Rachel’s work was been selected for the CVAN South East:2020 Platform Graduate exhibition and her work Exit, Stage Left can be seen through the window of Phoenix just by our City campus. Read More
Fine Art MA student Valerie Savcica in Saatchi Gallery’s Antisocial Isolation exhibition
The group show features artworks by some of the most exciting emerging artists of today – the works in the exhibition deliberate on the future and respond to the current Covid-19 pandemic. Read More
Fine Art MA student selected for exhibition
I Never Went to the Folies Berger by Crimson Boner is available to view in The Discerning Eye’s ING Exhibition, artwork for which has been selected by singer Beverley Knight. Read More
Painting alumni wins prestigious emerging artist prize
Pippa El-Kadhi Brown, a graduate of BA (Hons) Fine Art Painting, has won the overall Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize 2020 – one of the world’s most coveted awards for up and coming artists. Read More
Art at Brighton is UK top 20
In the Guardian League Table 2021, released at the weekend, art at University of Brighton is 19th place – check out our courses.
Brighton art graduates given opportunity for work to go under the hammer
The University of Brighton has teamed up with insurance group Liberty Speciality Markets (LSM) to offer artists access to a valuable Art Award. Read More
Enrol, log on and complete your course tasks
Congratulations on your offer – now it’s time to enrol! Read More
Painting grad Hattie wins studio for a year in University of Brighton’s annual Cass x Phoenix prize
“I am so excited about winning the prize! I feel extremely honoured and I cannot wait to get in the studio, set myself up and start painting!”
Graduate Miriam Escofet, commissioned to paint Queen’s official portrait, talks about her time at UoB
“It was great fun, a great place to be. Brighton was one of very few places at the time which offered 3D Design and Craft as an option and there was a huge variety of approaches to work going on in my course” – award-winning artist looks back on her time at Brighton. Read More
Artists Larry Achiampong and David Blandy in conversation with Dr Marlon Moncrieffe
Dr Marlon Moncrieffe studies migration stories and national identity; Decolonising the curriculum; Critical multicultural education; Black-British histories used with the primary school curriculum and Black-British histories in cycling. Read More
MA Show goes live!
Postgraduate students from the School of Art and School of Media are getting the chance to showcase their work in the third and final part of Graduate Show 2020. Read More
Graduates 2020: Wilma Kyottinen: Printmaking
My practice explores the notion of being within a landscape and the human relationship to nature in all its simplicity. Read More
Art in a Domestic Setting: Fine Art Painting
Graduates 2020: Ursula Vargas: Painting
My work is done based on memories from trips on the road in my country of origin Peru and later here in Europe, been the motorway the conduit to these imaginary landscapes of escapism and to my work.
Graduate Show now open!
This year (for obvious reasons) the University of Brighton’s graduate show is being held online – and we couldn’t be prouder of the art, media and humanities students who have produced brilliant work for their final year exhibition. Come and take a look around and sign up to an online event. Read More
Graduates 2020: Oonagh Quinn: Painting
My practice focuses on depicting a more accurate representation of the female form.
Graduates 2020: Emily Bond: Photography
The work I am presenting for the grad show is called ‘Sit Like a Lady’ and is a protest piece against the patriarchy and the ways in which men are more dominant in our society.
Graduates 2020: Rachel Atkinson: Sculpture
My work takes a humorous and light-hearted stance. Making works which confound the expectations of the viewer and creating a new experience of ‘illusion’, by mixing together old and new narratives of trickery.
Graduates 2020: Chloe Neil: Painting
My paintings orbit around ideas of absence, separation and secrecy.
Graduates 2020: Hattie Malcomson-Lifford: Fine Art Painting
“The central subject of my practice is the process of women empowerment in the context of contemporary society.” Read More
Graduates 2020: Charlotte Guerard: Painting
My painting practice engages with the language of Contemporary Abstraction. While reflecting upon its relationship to earlier movements in its history, I want to question the status of an abstract painting today through the legacy of formalism in contemporary art. Read More
“Working at home in my garage has meant finding new ways to develop my practice”
During lockdown Fine Art Painting student George Coll has been selling prints of her abstract works with all proceeds going to NHS Charities Together. Read More
Still, Here (an exhibition) by Kirsty Atek
Watch this powerful three-minute film made by Illustration BA(Hons) student Kirsty Atek about her lockdown exhibition of work Still, Here which looks at space and what it means to belong. Read More
Wondering if studying the arts is vocational enough? New British Academy report shows the benefits
Qualified for the Future (May 2020) demonstrates the tangible benefits of skills developed in the arts, humanities and social sciences to the UK workforce, economy and society, not only now but in the future.
Gender equality awards for the School of Art and School of Media
The School of Art, School of Media and School of Health Sciences have achieved Bronze awards from Advance HE’s Athena SWAN Charter in recognition of their commitment to gender equality. Read More
Got questions before you start? Read our FAQs for art courses
We have put together the most frequently asked questions from our recent School of Art online Q&A. Read More
Opportunities for creatives to connect, reflect and prepare
The current global pandemic presents uncertainty for everyone looking for work, whether you’re about to graduate, or you’re looking for ways to develop your skills and experience over the summer. Read More
Join our School of Art online Q&A event: Tuesday 5 May, 1-3pm
Got any questions about studying Art and Design at Brighton? If you’re an applicant or thinking of applying then sign up for our online chat with lecturers about fine art and painting, printmaking, fashion and textiles, 3D design or illustration and graphic design then sign up to the event. Read More
Apply now for new £2500 Undergraduate and Postgraduate International scholarships
Brand new for academic year 2020-21 we are launching international scholarships available to new full-time international students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught degree courses holding an offer to start their course in academic year 2020. Read More
School of Art responds to council’s PPE appeal for care workers
The School of Art has donated all of its existing personal protective equipment (PPE) to help social care workers during the coronavirus pandemic. Read More
Current and alumni students feature in Brighton CCA’s packed online programme of events and activities
Free and open to all Brighton CCA’s online events range from printing workshops to bespoke DJ playlists to brighten the long days of lockdown. Read More
Been asked to create an online portfolio?
Due to the coronavirus outbreak, many of our arts and media courses are replacing an interview with online portfolio submission – read our tips for making your work stand out digitally. Read More
Applying for 2020? Here’s all you need to know
If you are applying or have applied for a course in 2020 you’ll find advice on your application, virtual visits and much more.
Gallery programme moves online
Career advice from Head of Employability Clare Dawson
Clare gives expert advice on employability, CVs, placements, dealing with knock-backs and how to ease the pressure of choosing your career path. Read More
Competition open for mural design – enter by 27 April
Brighton Racecourse is running a competition for a University of Brighton student to showcase their work at the venue. Read More
Face to Face with second year painters
Second year painting students will be exhibiting their work at Edward Street from February 14. Read More
Alison Lapper MBE joins Brighton Fringe as Freedom Season Ambassador
The artist, television presenter and speaker who studied fine art at Brighton says she is “thrilled and excited”. Read More
Fine Art Painting graduate Sola Olulode has solo show in London
Sola, who graduated in 2018 and was shortlisted for the Evening Standard Art Prize 2018, has an exhibition ‘Where the Ocean Meets the Beach. Read More
Brighton graduate Helen Cammock is (one of four!) Turner Prize winners
In an unexpected announcement the 2019 Turner Prize has been shared between all four nominees, including Photography graduate Helen Cammock, who said “they wanted to make a “collective statement” at a time when there was “already so much that divides and isolates people and communities”. Read More
Painting graduate Miranda Forrester exhibits at FBA Futures
Miranda, 2019 Fine Art Painting graduate has been selected to exhibit her work in FBA Futures 2020, the annual survey of contemporary figurative art being produced in UK art schools. Read More
Win an artist’s residency in Italy
Open to students and recent graduates, a new partnership between the University of Brighton and Mahler & LeWitt Studios means an artist has a unique opportunity to develop their practice with a residency in Italy followed by an exhibition at Brighton’s Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA) between May – September 2020. Read More
Painting Oxbridge’s first female professor
A Brighton Illustration graduate has been commissioned to create a portrait of the first female Oxbridge professor. Read More
Naked Truths from painting graduate
University graduate Miranda Forrester has been selected to exhibit her work in FBA Futures 2020, the annual survey of contemporary figurative art being produced in UK art schools. Read More
MA students shortlisted for Signature Art Prize
MA Craft student Zahra Priddle and MA Fine Art student Jake Francis have both been nominated in the Sculpture category for the 2019 Signature Art Prize. Read More
University opens Centre for Contemporary Arts this weekend
Come and celebrate the opening of the first major contemporary arts space in Brighton for 20 years in the Grand Parade building’s beautifully refurbished new galleries and theatre – launch party Friday 19 October, 6-10pm
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Solo exhibition for Fine Art Painting graduate
Sophie Hulf, winner of the inaugural Cass Art & Phoenix Brighton Studio Award which sees University of Brighton students win a year’s free studio space, is showing paintings made during the her time spent at Phoenix Brighton Studios in a show called Vessel.
“Being shown alongside such artists …really makes me want to push my work further and further!”
Since graduating in 2018 artist Conor White has followed his dreams through to the Royal Academy. Here he tells us how. Read More
An artistic response to the Anthropocene
The University of Brighton is co-hosting an exhibition and programme of events based around the Anthropocene – curated by a Brighton graduate. 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
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
Artist Kellie Miller celebrates graduates with awards and exhibition
Work by winning students Joe Bulman (3D Design & Craft), Ani Grimes and Alastair Farley (Fine Art Painting) will be displayed at the Kellie Miller Art Gallery from 24 June – 1 July 2019. 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: 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
Graduates 2019: Ellen Gilbert: Fine Art Painting
“My artistic practice is centred on revealing the invisible technological environment that we are in and surrounded by.”
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: Lieske Weenink: Sculpture
My practice currently focuses upon the themes of human relationships, health, psychological boundaries, and time. Read More
How we got here – 2019 graduates
We spoke to four graduating students about their experiences of studying arts subjects at Brighton. Hear what they had to say! 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