Studying will enable you to produce challenging contemporary artworks, and investigate the role of the artist in the 21st century.
You will be introduced to a range of media and practices that link traditional skills and approaches with alternative media such as sound, film and installation in order to develop imaginative, critical and informed fine art practice.Ê
Your work will consider audience and context, and you will benefit from our special relationships with galleries and art organisations in Oxford. There are opportunities for an annual visit to explore contemporary art in Europe.Ê
The Fine Arts program offered by the Oxford Brookes UniversityÊwill equip you with creative, interpretive, critical and analytical skills to develop an informed understanding of contemporary art and its cultural and historical contexts. It will help you to develop into a confident, reflective and self-motivated graduate within an environment that is supportive yet intellectually challenging.
Career prospects
Many of our graduates continue to work as artists, generating their own projects as well as working for others through commission or on community-based projects. Others go on to careers as teachers, arts administrators, art therapists and arts journalists, or continue their studies at postgraduate level.
A supportive and intellectually challenging environment is provided to enable you to:
- develop into a confident, reflective and self-motivated graduate
- become a skilled and practical maker, exhibiting high levels of professionalism
- acquire skills that will enable you to thrive in the art world and wider society
- learn to articulate your views and ideas, and to communicate clearly about your work and the work of others.
