Our postgraduate Fine Art course is designed to provide a structured
context for the development of individual Masters projects. It does this through introducing and exploring various strategies for making art, and nurturing an understanding of the ideas that make such practices meaningful. Questioning and exploring personal strategies for making art, we offer a reflective environment in which to understand the ideas and contexts that make your practice meaningful.
The cross-disciplinary structure of the course encourages connections with other modes of thinking and working.
Guest lectures and professional practice seminars will help you develop your personal networks. You'll work closely with local and national galleries
and public arts organisations, including Turner Contemporary, Whitstable Biennale, The London Art Fair, Strange Cargo and the Folkestone Triennial, and be actively supported to develop and show work outside the context of the University.
With a well-established and strong history, our Master in Fine Art course is open to artists, designers, illustrators, architects and theorists (including graduates in the humanities). It's designed to foster new and innovative approaches to fine art study at an advanced level.
Building upon the practical and conceptual concerns of contemporary art practice, you'll develop an advanced ability to conceptualise and research in relation to your own practice.
We take great pride in ensuring that you have a fulfilling, engaging and inspirational experience. We're thrilled that this is reflected through our student satisfaction rates, which consistently reach almost 100%.
Working internationally with other universities, local and national galleries and museums, as well as specialist partners within industry, our course draws on a number of industrial links and expertise from a range of creative
fields.
Postgraduates are given immense freedom with their art, but we do maintain an emphasis on developing professional networks to better understand your craft. Guest lectures and professional practice seminars will help you develop these, and you'll work closely with local and national galleries and public arts organisations, including Turner Contemporary, Whitstable Biennale, The London Art Fair, Strange Cargo and the Folkestone Triennial, and be actively supported to develop and show work outside the context of the University. We continue to work internationally with other universities, local and national galleries and museums, as well as specialist partners within industry, our course draws on a number of industrial links and expertise from a range of creative fields.
Our course is supported by seminars, tutorials, workshops, work-in progress sessions, study visits and critiques. The progressive move from staff-directed to autonomous learning is an integral part of the structure of this course, too, as you identify, develop and manage your own Masters project.
Length of Study:
One year full-time or two years part-time
Level of Study:
Postgraduate
Starts:
Fall / Spring
Campus:
Limassol, Pentadromos
Entry Requirements:
Apply:
MA Fine Art MA Fine Art MA Fine Art MA Fine Art MA Fine Art MA Fine Art MA Fine Art
Ruth E Rollason
Madeline Jones
Liz Pallister
John Neary
James Padgham
Diana Harrison
David Vargas
You’ll be introduced to the University and the technical workshops and facilities available to you. The first term includes a range of lectures and seminars and you’ll start to explore your creative practice.
Context and Method
Through a series of lectures and seminars, this unit provides an overview of a range of current debates. These will provide you with a cultural and intellectual context for the consideration of ideas in fine art and encourage your active engagement with them. Our programme addresses interdisciplinary issues across the fine arts, through discussion of theory and consideration of specific artworks and texts.
Exploring Practice
This unit is concerned with the exploration of creative practice, to help inform the detailed development of your project proposal.
During term two you begin developing your MA project, evaluating and testing out the aims of your proposal over a sustained period of self-directed study.
Project Development
You’ll begin developing your project, evaluating and testing the aims of your proposal over a sustained period of self-directed study.
In the third term of the course, you’ll apply the knowledge gained through your research to create a final body of work.
Final Project
You’ll apply knowledge and experience gained in previous units, to create the realisation of your final MA project. This project realisation is the culmination and consolidation of your studies in the form of a resolved piece, or body of work.
For further info on how to apply or any other queries you may have please call our Admissions team on 7000 52 50 or fill in the contact form below and a member of staff will contact you as soon as possible.
and/or
Relevant work experience, demonstrating your ability to study at postgraduate level.
Consideration will also be given to applicants who can make a strong case for admission in relation to a particular project and can demonstrate their potential to satisfactorily complete the course.
Your portfolio
For this course, we’ll require you to attend an Applicant Day and bring your portfolio for assessment. Further information on how to compile a portfolio and the specific requirements for examples of work to be included will be provided after you’ve applied.
