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
It’s 100 days until the University of Brighton’s annual Graduate Show where our talented graduating students in the arts, design, architecture and media stage their final-year shows. Read More
University of Brighton students have secured original artwork from International artists and stars for an auction of postcards. Read More
“My intent was to capture the subtle beauty found within mundane objects.” Read More
“Influences include photographer Wilhelm von Gloeden – he took pictures of young peasant boys as nude Greek male statues. Italian fascists destroyed 2,000 of his glass plates.” Read More
“I have been particularly inspired by the idea of ‘the willing suspension of disbelief’ and find beauty in one’s commitment to put on hold their preconceived ideas about our world, to rather accept and invest in fiction.” Read More
“I explored the idea of how our relationship between popular culture and consumerism have similarities with religion.” Read More
“This photographic project investigates anxiety within young females living in the UK, exploring the feelings and emotions that occur when an individual becomes anxious or experiences an anxiety attack.” Read More
” The initial idea of these works comes from the notion of ‘space’.” Read More
“Most of my work is created through sketches and drawing. For me it feels like a more natural process to take a pen and explain my ideas with a quick sketch.” Read More
“My work focuses mainly around sentimentality and memories within designs, creating experiential and evoking designs that would allow a user to feel different emotions as they take a journey through our chosen site.” Read More
“My practice tends to directly explore expanded painting within the context of contemporary art, creating an aesthetic influenced by the designed environment.” Read More
“For some, the topic of the environment can be tedious and hard to digest, nevertheless it is a subject of great importance. Through the use of paint I am hoping to address some vital issues that are going on around the world covering matters such as pollution, deforestation and animal welfare.” Read More
“My work discusses the current issues of mental and sexual health within the LGBT+ community – particularity gay men – whilst alluding to the fashionable aesthetic of art today.” Read More
“Throughout my three years at The University of Brighton the influence of my surroundings have always been a strong subject linked with my work.” Read More
“My final year project looks to revive the almost lost concept of the family business within Newhaven Town. Although not in the traditional sense, instead reinventing each of them as a series of portable ‘shops’ individually designed using nostalgia.” Read More
“My work has taken influence from the methods and techniques from the Dada and Surrealist movements, currently furthering an exploration into the unconscious mind, studying thought, ideas and creating connections between esoteric knowledge and the contemporary world.”
“My work explores themes surrounding social-politics of representation, particularly within the LGBT community, as well a creating work to challenge the stigma surrounding mental illness.”
“The overall themes involved within my creative practice have been a combination of Religion, Archaeology, and contemporary concepts of Science Fiction.” Read More
“I’m hoping that the concept will encourage the user to question how the urban environments work and draw attention to the need for greater ecological unity in the urban environments we build for ourselves.” Read More
“I wanted to design for the preteen and teenage market to build upon the experience I gained at Disney during my placement year.” Read More
As part of the Brighton Fringe, graduating Fashion with Business students will be showing their collections at the main festival venue on 31 May at 7pm. Read More
“Coming from a foreign country and having never studied in a UK based school or college, I couldn’t have asked for a better place to be, I’ve had the most amazing time!”
“The idea of my product stemmed from my growing concern with the children enduring and living the current global refugee crisis.” Read More
“My final piece is called Pub Crawl, a series of illustrations which document drinking culture in Brighton. I was inspired by Brighton’s fantastic range of quirky pubs and the darker subject of binge drinking which surrounds them.” Read More
“Experimenting with the way people interact with colour within an installation enables me to explore the physical connection of colour and the potential affect it may have on an audience.” Read More
” The work I’ve been doing this year has been to explore the detrimental effects of stress within the workplace and has aimed to alter our perceptions of stress by improving well-being in the workplace.
Can’t stop gaming? Product Design student Anthony hopes his design will drag you from the sofa with the power of scent. Read More
If you’re a student in the UK about to complete an art or design-related undergraduate course then get involved. Read More
“The project explored the politics of diversity of European nationals based in Brighton in response to Brexit. I photographed eight people. People were very scared. It was very palpable. I asked them how they felt – you’re in a place that you think is home and it’s no longer home.” Read More
Photographic artist Nikki has already made a name for herself with her ongoing project Women Belong in the Kitchen – and her grad show will be a foodie installation. Read More
Remote community workshop from Matilda Grover on Vimeo.
“ I don’t want to design more products that solely use virgin materials when there are enough in the world. What I’m interested in designing are products that act as catalyst for change and education.”
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Preparations for the Graduate Show 2017 are well underway. Fine Art Painting course leader Chris Stevens describes the atmosphere in the studios.
The annual University of Brighton Graduate Show runs from June 3-11 and turns the university into the largest art venue in the South of England. Read More
Part of the Graduate Shows this year? If you’re posting to social media about the build up, your work, your exhibition, then use #brightonshow17. Read More