BA (Hons) Fine Art emphasises the importance of ‘thinking through making’ to support life-long professional development. You’ll enhance your critical thinking, collaboration, independence and creativity skills in an ethical, diverse and sustainable context. Through this approach, you’ll develop skills and knowledge relevant to a broad range of contemporary applications.

You will shape your distinctive career path as an artist and join generations of graduates who have achieved national and international success.  Whatever your choice of medium, we will encourage and support you in developing your practice and a substantial portfolio. You’ll have access to the tools you need to make and create, including Printmaking facilities, 3D studios and a foundry, our historic Munnings Life Drawing Studio, Painting studios and Augmented and Virtual Reality.

Your creative development will include gaining valuable professional skills related to promoting and selling your work, curation, contracts, costing and networking. Opportunities will emerge through the course team’s close links with regional and national galleries like Tate Modern, Wysing Arts Centre, Firstsite, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts and OUTPOST. 

Why study with us

• Learn a variety of fine art approaches paired with a historical and theoretical foundation to encourage debate and reimagine the future of fine art practice.
• Gain key advanced techniques from drawing to digital media and technical knowledge through comprehensive workshops, developing your creative practice through experimentation, risk taking and playfulness.
• Work in our incredible studio space and workshops and explore different media techniques and materials.
• Learn how to contextualise your work and think practically about the audience while exploring collaborative, collective and socially engaged approaches.
• Develop business skills such as sales and promotion, growing your audience, curation, contracts, costing jobs and presenting your outcomes.
• Through our links with regional, national and international organisations, gain opportunities to engage in collaborative projects, including with other courses.