MA Craft 2021 graduate, Belinda Coyne, has been selected for the prestigious Crafts Council’s Collect exhibition 2023. Read More
Category Archives: Graduates 2021
Three Brighton art graduates shortlisted for Platform Graduate Award 2021
Nina Fisher, Anja Blau and Ainoa Burgos Gonzalez will be exhibiting at Brighton’s Phoenix Art Space after being shortlisted for a major South East art award.
Digital Media Arts MA graduate show Galvanized now live
Check out the brilliant work by the 2021 graduating students. Read More
Graduates 2021: Beth Izatt and Noah Kulman: Illustration
“It’s the people you meet at University which I find is the most important part of the university experience whether its tutors and technicians or friends who I will forever remain in contact with and collaborate with in the future.”
Graduates 2021: Alice Cathcart: Sequential Design/Illustration
My aim is to encourage a shift in perspective, revealing plants as the dynamic characters that they are. Read More
Graduates 2021: Sherry Shi: MA Sequential Design/Illustration
This project captures moments of everyday life to chronicle the many societal changes taking place in last three decades in China. Read More
Graduates 2021: Jiating Yang: MA Sequential Design/Illustration
I am always intrigued by the concepts of infinity and circulation. Planets move in orbits. Life goes around. Water vapours and drops. The tide comes back and forth. There are infinite possibilities with each small change. Read More
Graduates 2021: Erin Keen: MA Sequential Design/Illustration
The body of work I made during my MA explores the way we arrange our objects within a space. Read More
Graduating 3D student picked as rising star by Crafts Council
Annabelle Macleod, who graduates from BA(Hons) 3D Design and Craft this year, is one of seven students from throughout the UK tipped as rising stars by the Crafts Council. Read More
Graduates 2021: Voytec Brodacki: MA Fine Art
The work of an artist is the ability to see and interpret reality. Read More
Graduates 2021: Oanh Duong: Inclusive Arts Practice
“No matter how difficult it was for me to get out of my comfort zone and handle my study and life under the pandemic at Brighton, I found it worth taking the chance of moving from my home country to a completely new place for a new beginning… I was given huge support and encouragement from my course leader, lecturer, and a beloved mentor who taught me numerous valuable lessons and helped me become more confident in my path”
Graduates 2021: Charlotte Worrall: Textiles Design with Business Studies
“Brighton is a fantastic place to study a creative subject being such a vibrant city this definitely is reflected within the university. I have started working in the interior design industry since finishing my degree and I hope to continue developing my textile and design skills within interiors.” 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.
Graduates 2021: Trisha Stone: Fine Art MA
“Brighton’s Fine Art MAhas a very wide brief and it has been gratifying both for myself and other
students to witness the emergence of more nuanced and layered thinking realised in
new techniques and approaches to work.”
Graduates 2021: Anthony Griffin: Fine Art MA
“I have been aware of this course for a while, visiting the summer show in 2019 convinced me to apply. I wanted to give my work some depth and surround myself with other artists.”
Graduates 2021: Amber Franks: Fine Art MA
“I’ve met a brilliant group of like minded creatives that I know I will be in touch with regularly in the future. Amy Cunningham has been a great support and mentor to me and she really helped me to find my language as an artist.” Read More
Graduates 2021: Alex Lewis-Whitaker: Digital Music and Sound Arts BA
“Many courses in this area seemed more focused on the technical considerations within a recording studio whereas Brighton allowed me to interpret the course how I wanted to and take it in my own direction.”
Graduates 2021: Agnieszka Szymaniak: Printmaking
“Graduating in 2021 was obviously not without its challenges. That said I am incredibly proud of the bodies of work both I and my peers have produced in response to the pandemic. We couldn’t have done it without the brilliant support of our technical and lecturing staff.”
Graduates 2021: Hannah Griffith: Textiles
This course has helped shape who I am as a creative and I have made life long friends and important contacts relative to my future career. Read More
Graduates 2021: Bob Smith: Digital Music and Sound Arts MA
“Coming from a science and engineering background I wanted a course that would allow me to focus those skills alongside an arts practice, and the new MA at DMSA seemed to fit the bill. The reputation of the lecturers and previous students too was a draw, the quality and breadth of work emerging from DMSA makes it a really exciting place to study.”
Graduates 2021: Connie Howard-McCombe: Textiles Design with Business Studies
“The course equipped me with skills that broadened my understanding of the industry. The Historical and Cultural modules complemented my making as it was a source of inspiration and understanding for me. Additionally, the business modules were very useful, and I gained a lot of information about the possibilities and realities of running my own business.”
Graduates 2021: Isis Boundy: Photography
“I really loved going to the photography studios the most, as you can create whatever environment you want in there.” Read More
Graduates 2021: Amber Eder: Design for Digital Media
I chose DDM because it was full of experimentation and creative freedom; I also felt that it would teach me invaluable skills for my future career in design. Read More
Graduates 2021: Beth Swan: Fine Art Painting
“The second I stepped foot into the studios I knew this is where I wanted to be. I fell in love completely with the course, the studios, the general feeling of the University and Brighton too. It ticked every box.”
Graduates 2021: Vanessa Nkumbula: Architecture RIBA Part 2 MArch
“I thoroughly enjoyed my course and the autonomy it came with. I got a sense of owning my work and with that came a new confidence about my work. The virtual studio was challenging but I found that it was far more imaginative and with that came many successes.”
Graduates 2021: Jason Thompson: Design for Digital Media
Throughout the course, I always felt free to experiment and new ideas were always met with insightful resources and guidance that has helped shape my approach to tackling a brief and how I ultimately see myself as a designer. Read More
Graduates 2021: Samela Gjozi: Textiles Design with Business Studies
“I chose textiles as there is more variety on what it can be used for – not only fashion. The great thing about Brighton is that you can experiment and explore different textile specialisms, which help you choose what you are most interested in- mine being print design.”
Graduates 2021: Interior Architecture: Matilda Swift-Barnard
“My final project is called ‘Extinction Rebellion HQ & Clandestine Network of Tunnels for Protests’. Sustainability is the key theme. The narrative is told through an unlikely partnership between two characters: Gail Bradbrook, co-founder of Extinction Rebellion, a global environmental movement, and Ken Quantick, a Brighton-based bin man.”
Graduates 2021: Imogen Patel: Fine Art Painting
“Working from home during the pandemic was difficult, but I felt inspired by new-found intimacies and sensations of confinement. Tutors and technincians remained committed and dedicated and I was motivated to work diligently by my talented peers. My experience at Brighton wouldn’t have been the same without my incredible coursemates, whose smiling faces I look forward to seeing every day!”
Graduates 2021: Joshua Brammeld: Photography
I needed a course that would allow me to experiment and develop my personal approach to photography. Read More
Graduates 2021: Mia Vidamour: Design for Digital Media
It is a unique course, and through it I have met some of the most talented and creative people I know. Read More
Graduates 2021: Elsie Garner: Photography
“Being able to explore my practice and different mediums within art has helped me grow as a creative. I couldn’t have asked for better technicians, tutors or peers.” Read More
Graduates 2021: Catherine Whiteoak: Inclusive Arts Practice
My MA degree show work focuses on my creative response to the Arts Research Project carried out last Autumn. Read More
Graduates 2021: Joanna Ellams: Textile Design with Business Studies
I have made life-long friends and learnt new skills whilst also developing my technical ability ready for a career in the industry. Read More
Graduates 2021: Joel Goldstein: Photography
“On the course there’s an incredible group of tutors, technicians, and support staff… It’s been a fantastic opportunity to develop my practice in an exciting environment surrounded by a talented group of like-minded peers.”
Graduates 2021: Hannah Bryant: Textiles
“The course really opens you up to opportunities and ideas. I came to Brighton thinking I would be a print designer, however the first year rotation allowed me to discover that I was a natural weaver… My advice to any new students would be to experiment with techniques and styles.”
Graduates 2021: Lydia Durnall: Fine Art Painting
“Brighton is such a lively city full of fun, kind, crazy people. The course has the same atmosphere and it’s been a great environment to develop my practice, bouncing ideas off of like-minded creatives and some really inspiring tutors.”
Graduates 2021: Harry Harwood: MArch
I feel like Architecture chooses you. It is a long process, high stress, with many hoops to become an architect – 7 years minimum. Read More
Fashion Comms student wins prestigious Graduate Fashion Foundation award
In another great year at Graduate Fashion Week for our Fashion Communication and Business Studies course, Izzy Wells has won the 2021 Fashion Illustration Award. Read More
Graduates 2021: Rosa Isaacs: Interior Architecture
“I have been through the last three years with a group of diverse and talented people who I now call some of my closest friends. The last year has obviously presented some unique challenges, but also an opportunity to extend my work and identify what is actually fulfilling and what is not.”
Graduates 2021: Ellie Yexley: Fashion Communication with Business Studies
“My work is multi-disciplinary but specialises in creative direction.” Read More
Graduates 2021: Kynza K-j Fashion Communication with Business Studies
“I have learnt so much about myself both as a creative and a person and now feel so ready to go into the fashion industry.”
Graduates 2021: Belinda Wong: Fashion Communication with Business Studies
I started analysing the fundamental elements of fashion, reflecting on what is needed to make clothes and familiarising myself with the basics. From my research, I conclude that the most essential element of fashion is the body.
Graduates 2021: Tamsin Gaul: Illustration
“After attending the open day and seeing previous students’ work, I thought that the course at Brighton would be the best place to create work that was varied, experimental and purposeful.” Read More
Graduates 2021: Martynas Jankus: Fine Art Painting
“My time in Brighton has been a complete rollercoaster but I would not change a thing! I wanted to come here because my country is extremely homophobic, so I wanted to be in a space completely different from that.”
Graduates 2021: Jemma Gaisford: Interior Architecture
“The narrative of the project was crucial to understanding the spatial needs – what happened, why, and how. To understand this, I created a short three minute animatic-style short film describing the process of applying for the exhibition.”
Graduates 2021: Benjamin Richardson: Fashion Design with Business Studies
“I have a lot of respect for the tutors in the Fashion Department who go to great efforts to push pupils in a supportive way. The University of Brighton encourages everyone to design in their own personal style, which means that collections are varied, and people have more of a personal connection to their work.”
Graduate Fashion Week live: see our graduates’ final collections Monday 14 June, 2pm
Make a date to watch the catwalk show featuring collections by our graduating Fashion with Business Studies BA(Hons) students. Read More
Graduates 2021: Giulia Angelucci: Fashion Communication with Business Studies
“After graduation, I am planning to remain in Brighton, and I have two great collaborations lined up with brilliant studios that are based locally.” Read More
Graduates 2021: Ollie Howell: Architecture
“I chose Architecture for the reason most people do, I liked art and I liked maths and I didn’t want to stop doing either. Brighton’s architecture department is lucky to have some truly wonderful staff, nearly all of whom I have been luckily enough to draw from during my time there.”
Graduate Fashion Week award nominations for Brighton students
Annabelle Sweeney (Fashion Communication with Business Studies) has been nominated for the Terry Mansfield Publication Award and Damian Campbell (Fashion Design) has been shortlisted for The Fashion Illustration Award – good luck to you both!
Graduates 2021: Toby Hinks: Digital Music and Sound Arts
“I am now working on a commission with the Brighton Centre for Creative Arts to create a piece to accompany Nika Neelova’s exhibition SILT in the coming months.”
Graduates 2021: Nina Fisher: Illustration
“Three words to describe the course would be: challenging, experimental, stimulating. Its avant-garde approach questions what illustration is and what it could be. It underlines the importance of experimenting, spontaneity and, playfulness, pushing you to get out of your comfort zone.”
Graduates 2021: Nathan Grace: Fine Art Painting
“Painting connects me to the present and allows me to fully express myself, so a course in it was a no-brainer. I looked around a lot of places, but Brighton Uni had a uniquely homely quality about it. The studios are spacious yet intimate and I remember seeing it for the first time and feeling very comfortable”
Graduates 2021: Donald Venables: Fashion Design with Business Studies
“I was the only kid in our rural farming community to have a toy ironing board, which my parents point out regularly was a clear indicator. I chose fashion design because it blends form and function. What drew me to the University of Brighton was seeing the fashion graduates who were creating work that was beautifully made and had a strong identity.”
Graduates 2021: Peter Garfarth: Architecture
“My experience at Brighton has been most importantly, fun. Despite the more recent online learning delivery, the third floor at Mithras House has been a playground of exploration and development for the various projects we undertook.”
Graduates 2021: Jessica Rowley: Architecture
“I have found the course very challenging at times, often testing my skill set and pace of working. However this has been a positive challenge as I have learnt so many new skills and methods of working, be that collaborative, visual or written. My tutors as well as the student support team have been wonderful throughout my studies, enabling me to do the best I can and to push myself creatively.”
Graduates 2021: Joseph Ring: Fine Art Painting
“The university has offered me so much, not only through the tutoring I have received, but also in the opportunities it has exposed me to, alongside meeting other incredible artists I share a course with. Brighton really has shown me what can be done with painting and how open for exploration the practice truly is.”
Graduates 2021: Alex Dotchev: Media, Industry and Innovation
“I would not be in the position I am at the moment, mentally or professionally, if it was not for the efforts and attention I have received throughout my time at the University of Brighton studying the Media, Industry and Innovation course!”
Graduates 2021: Eliza Jubb: Illustration
Graduates 2021: Kasper Wahnstrom: Fashion Design with Business Studies
“What attracted me to the fashion design course at University of Brighton was the fact that it included business studies. The course allowed me to be both creative as well as understand different roles and aspects of the fashion industry.”
Graduates 2021: Ciara Knight: Fashion Design with Business Studies
“Leaving university with experience already on my CV is a relief…the placement taught everyone a lot, from knowing what sector you either want to be in or don’t want to be in to improving your skills in construction, the creative cloud or just general time management and professionalism.“
Graduates 2021: Joe Gilling: Digital Music and Sound Arts
“My time at the University of Brighton has been an eye-opening and artistically inspiring three years. The tutors have pushed my creativity to the edge and given me brilliant guidance throughout the modules. My work has excelled and innovated past anything I could have imagined.”
Graduates 2021: George Coll: Fine Art Painting
“To be surrounded by so many talented artists of all disciplines, inspires me every day. When work can seem difficult, it is wonderful to remind myself how lucky I am to be doing what I love and painting for my degree.”
Graduates 2021: Max Jennings: Fashion Design with Business Studies
“Looking back on my first year I can see such growth in my skills and my ideas, that really demonstrate the care and attention that has been put into my growth. When I first came to Brighton, my sewing skills were rocky, and I am leaving with a graduate collection that I am immensely proud of.”
Graduates 2021: Lucy Limage: Photography
“During my time at Brighton I have found my way as an artist – I plan on continuing to make work in both a professional and commercial capacity; at Brighton I was encouraged to think beyond the course and what opportunities might await me.”
Graduates 2021: Damian Campbell: Fashion Design with Business Studies
“The course has not only offered me the ability to explore my creativity, but also has a focus on technical skill and commercial appeal.”
Graduates 2021: Daryl Haines: 3D Design & Craft
“I was steered towards this course by a tutor on my foundation, I looked at loads of different similar courses but Brighton combined good facilities, fun projects, and a great location.”
Graduates 2021: Georgios Pafitis: Fashion Communication with Business Studies
“During the three years of university life, I have met wonderful and talented people that helped me grow but also to understand my power and what I am capable of as an artist and individual. Brighton has shown a new world to my eyes and opened my horizons.”
Graduates 2021: Shauna Maddison: Fashion Communication with Business Studies
“The course and the opportunities available through the work placement year has enabled me to open doors for my career and understand my own creative practice through practical experience.” Read More