Fine Art: Research and Teaching

Fine Art Research and Teaching at Newcastle University

Newcastle’s reputation is built on inspirational teaching, alongside excellent facilities and world-leading research and art practice.

Staff at Newcastle are engaged with contemporary art practice and research generated at the nexus of established and new practices, technologies and methodologies. Cutting-edge practice and research in fine art by our staff, results in a vibrant, creative culture and provides the basis for our excellent teaching. We encourage students to be imaginative and creative, to question orthodoxies, to cross boundaries, and to make their own mark in the contemporary art world.

Students studying Fine Art in the art school at Newcastle are taught by a group of distinguished artists and art historians who are all active practitioners, researchers and specialists in their fields. Our research and practice is disseminated in the form of exhibitions, installations interventions, books and other publications. 

Based at the very heart of Newcastle University's city-centre campus, the art school provides students, from undergraduate to postgraduate, with excellent workshops and studio spaces, support by excellent technicians, and a superb Visiting Artists Programme. 

The department is committed to supporting and engaging with the full range of both traditional, contemporary and emerging studio-based practices in Fine Art; whether a student is working with painting, sculpture, printmaking, drawing, performance, film and video, digital media, or installation, we are able to provide a unique level and quality of support.

What we do

Newcastle is one of the best and most vibrant cities in the UK in which to study and make contemporary visual art. It has a thriving art scene with numerous artists studios and galleries. The Fine Art department is at the centre of this and provides a supportive, challenging and inspiring environment in which to study Fine Art, as well as one in which staff engage in world-leading art-historical and practice-led research. 

Fine Art at Newcastle is also home to the Hatton Gallery, and we are part of the University's Institute for Creative Arts Practice, which supports Creative Practice in other subjects across the university. These and other partnerships - in the city and the region, in the UK, and on the international stage, are key to many of our staff’s individual, collaborative and interdisciplinary research projects.

Thinking of studying with us?

At Newcastle, you'll discover new passions and make friends that will last a lifetime. Students are at the heart of everything we do. We are continually investing in our campus, facilities and opportunities, to make sure you have the best experience possible.