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Through this website you can get up to date information about the BA (Hons) Fine Art, the suite of MA Art Based Courses and Research opportunities at Birmingham City University. The site also profiles the students, staff and events within the department.
Postgraduate Open Evening
Jesse Ash - Wheatley Fellow 2009 10
When words fold out to make screens 2009 We are delighted to announce that Jesse Ash is this year's fellow. He is a graduate in painting at the Royal College of Art and is currenlty completing his PhD at Goldsmiths College. His work is eclectic in exploring notions of concealment, editorial construction and manipulation of information and imagery. He works with drawing, collage, print, film and installation. During the 10 months of the fellowship he will be working towards exhibitions in Milan and Vilnius. He will conclude in Septemebr 2010, showing his work with graduating students from the MA Art Based Programmes.
Art from the heart of England
Ikon Gallery
To gain a real sense of the rich array of contemporary art galleries in Birmingham it is worth having a look at this recent Guardian review http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2009/jul/08/uk-birmingham-contemporary-arts-museums?page=all
Martin Creed lecture
"my work is like a handrail or ladder.... something that i can hold on to." In the second lecture in the series at the School of Art, following the success of last years talk by Cornelia Parker, the Turner Prize winner, Martin Creed, discusses his work to a public audience. This coincides with a major review of his work at the Ikon Gallery.
