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Fine Art BA (Hons)
Choose your own journey – define your interests and practices and immerse yourself in exploration.
It takes a rare and special ability to become a fine artist. You need both technical skills and creative insight to produce work that conveys an original perspective.
Our BA Fine Art degree gives you the space, freedom and support to fully express your artistic vision.
As you progress through the course, you'll develop both your technical and creative skills through a range of material exploration and use of media. You'll have access to your own studio space and will work with the academic staff in defining and developing your interests and practices in numerous capacities, including:
Process
& Material-Based Learning:
Painting, video, animation, printmaking, photography, drawing, performance, plaster, robotics, public art, participatory and inclusive practices, woodwork, metalwork, ceramics, product design, bronze casting, and sewing.
Through blending material exploration, practice and philosophy, you will explore the intricate connections between theoretical and conceptual ideas and artistic intention. You will gain insights from diverse interdisciplinary contexts, engage with critical theory and learn to apply them through your work.
Be ambitious, disciplined and motivated in your practice and you'll graduate with the skills, confidence and critical ability to continue your journey as a professional artist.
Your future
• There are frequent opportunities to interact with practitioners and external partners You can choose to learn how professional practices operate through industry placements and explore what entrepreneurship has to offer contemporary artists.
• Your final year is spent producing work for professional exhibition and you have the opportunity to develop a business plan.
• Progression to postgraduate and research study in Fine Art is an option within the Cardiff School of Art & Design.
Place of study: Llandaff Campus
Course length: 3-4 years full-time, dependent upon taking a year-long sandwich placement
Entry requirements: Typical offer: 96-120 UCAS Points plus portfolio and interview
Opportunities to study part of this degree in Welsh are available
