BA (Hons) Fine Art

Duration

3 years

Institution code

L28

UCAS Code

W100

A painting of a person holding a cake with a candle which they are getting ready to blow out. They are wearing a green t-shirt and the background of the painting is dark.

Amelia Clamp

A photograph of a concrete block with three vertical opaque glass panes on top. Behind each panel is an object including a t-shirt and a jacket hung up on the corner of the last pane.

Amelia Klein

A photograph of black spiral structures mounted against a white wall. There are three interlinking structures in total consisting of vertical lines.

Hannah Conway

A black and white painting featuring a row of people in long white dresses and veils standing in a line. On the left is a figure holding out an arm to present them. Behind them is a doorway, a shelf with frames and plates attached to the walls.

Immie Tuit-Sterling

A photograph of a plant terrarium on top of a wooden stepladder. Another stepladder can be seen in the distance against a white background.

Isa Walker

A photograph featuring an image of a person in clown makeup mounted against a white wall. They have a downturned unhappy expression and are wearing a white shirt and blue jacket. The image has a black background and is surrounded by a red frame. The side wall has the same image.

Jordan Smith

A photograph of an installation featuring a lectern, two tripods and two projector stands, one with a projector on top. They are lined in a row and adorned with different objects including a wig, jumper and small statues. One of the projector stands is upturned. On the floor there are cards, felt tips and crystal.

Nikhita Satchell

A photograph of three knitted structures hanging from the ceiling. The knitting comprises of greens, oranges, blues, yellows and creams. The structures have varying shapes.

Rebecca Cardwell

A photograph of a metal structure featuring a copper wire hook. Attached is a shelf with a blue bowl.

Sophie Heldt

A photograph of a painting featuring an open space building structure with two entrance openings. They look out to an open space. The painting comprises of shades of cream and beige with slight shadows on the walls and floor.

Tracy Law

The Course

This course has studio communities and facilities for painting, sculpture, and performance and digital practices. Led by an experienced team of practising artists you will learn how to explore, navigate, and define your own specialism.

You are encouraged to pursue your individual interests through tutorials, seminars, workshops, and group critiques; while engaging in wider social, political, cultural, environmental, economic, technological contexts and contemporary issues.

Located in our purpose-built studios and aligned to painting, sculpture, or performance and digital, you will develop a strong artist identity shaped by your specialism and any interdisciplinary approaches you take. Access to workshops and facilities, specialist staff, mixed discipline and cross year critiques, and opportunities to collaborate ensure that you can challenge the boundaries of your practice.

Throughout the course there is an emphasis on technical skill and critical thought that synthesises thinking and making. You will acquire a range of creative and technical strategies to support the development and sustainability of your creative practice. Through exhibition proposals, projects, and collaborations you will develop the essential skills and experience you need as a practicing artist, expand your networks, and make lifelong contacts.

We have several cultural institutions on our doorstep and make regular visits to galleries and exhibitions which have included Leeds Art Gallery, the Henry Moore Institute, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, and The Hepworth. National and international trips have included events such as the Venice Biennale. We also have a programme of industry speakers who engage in a range of arts practices and roles within arts organisations.

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The Structure

Your first year focuses on community building, making, and experimentation. Through a range of introductory workshops, seminars, and critiques you will explore materials and processes alongside developing your critical thinking.

Course Facilities

BA (Hons) Fine Art students are based in our purpose-built studios in communities aligned to painting, sculpture, or performance and digital and are given their own dedicated space in which to work.

Students will have access to a wide range of resources with a drop-in facility so work can be undertaken, provided resource inductions have been completed. For Fine Art students this will include 3D resources housed in dedicated workshops providing students with a hands-on experience over five main areas; wood, metal, laser-cutting and plastics, casting, ceramic and glass; print resources which provide excellent facilities for bookmaking and paper-based printmaking using a range of processes; and professional-standard, large-format digital printing and print finishing and a vinyl cutter enabling designs to be cut from many types of vinyl.

Fine Art students will also be able to borrow a range of photography equipment including digital SLR cameras for still and moving image, lighting, and a range of support equipment, which can be used in our lighting studios or off-site. Computer suites house networks of Apple Mac computers featuring regularly updated, industry-standard software for a wide range of creative applications that support all our courses and a purpose-built specialist library which includes including special collections of artists’ books, photobooks and illustrated books as well as the University archive. Self service facilities are available throughout, supported by a dedicated and experienced team of library staff.

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Study Abroad

Studying abroad can help Leeds Arts University students gain valuable experience, broaden their horizons, develop international networks and experience their practice from a different perspective. Leeds Arts University has a global network of international partner universities in 15 different countries. Students can apply for a semester abroad in their second year of study.

Accolades

Our students win many prestigious awards and prizes. Recently, these have included:

Associate Artists for Yorkshire Sculpture International
Winner Ingram Collection Purchase Prize
The Kenneth Armitage Student Sculpture Award
The British Art Medal Project Award
Aon Community Art Awards
Winner of The Northern Art Show Award Bursary
Winner of The Drawing Year at Royal Drawing School

Our students have also been shortlisted for the Royal British Society of Artists Rome Scholarship, John Moores Painting Prize, The Lynn Painters and Stainers’ British Painting Prize and the Royal Academy Summer Show.

Career Opportunities

Graduates go into a wide variety of careers including independent art practice, community arts, curating, arts management, arts therapies, and teaching. Graduates also continue to postgraduate study.