Fine Art Degree Show 2023

Develop your professional practice and engage with different audiences, through multiple opportunities to test your work, such as on- and off-campus pop-up shows and exhibitions, open studios and test spaces.  Our programme of talks by visiting artists, curators and critics and opportunities to take part in international trips further underpins your advancement and development.

“Our experiences on the fine art degree allowed us to develop skills in research, experimentation, resourcefulness and self-discipline and to become confident in showing and talking about our work and ideas to public audiences.” Rachel Dobbs and Hannah Jones LOW PROFILE 

Announcing the winner of the Platform Graduate Award 2023

We are delighted to announce the 2023 Platform Graduate Award has been awarded to Zahra Khanum. 
A graduate of the University of Plymouth, Khanum specialises in filmmaking, photography, and oil painting to investigate how place, memory and migration influenced the complexities of South Asian identity in Britain. As part of the award, she will receive a year’s bespoke mentorship and a £2,000 bursary to support the next stages of her artistic practice post-university.
Young woman in a shawl beside card, Ma is calling home chapter two by Zahra Khanum

Degree Show

Showcase your final project in a faculty-wide exhibition alongside students from our 12 art and design degrees. The Degree Show is your chance to introduce friends and family, your new creative network and art community, prospective employers and the general public to your work. 
The Degree Show is a flagship event, which showcases the skills and knowledge  students, alumni and local practitioners. It is our annual celebration of student success and provides students to meet and engage with practitioners across the creative industries.
Fine Art Degree Show 2023
Fine Art Degree Show 2023
Degree Show 2023
Fine Art Degree Show 2023
Fine Art Degree Show 2023
Fine Art Degree Show 2023
HOT 17 FINE ART STUDENT MEGAN WAKEHAM

Fine art study opportunities and events

Fine art at the University of Plymouth offers a unique opportunity for students to follow their own path through a range of subject areas and forms of expression. We offer a broad-based programme of study at undergraduate and postgraduate levels at the cutting edge of contemporary art practice.

Studio practice lies at the core of this, alongside the development of theoretical and research skills, underpinned by international trips, regular exhibitions, open studios and a talks programme of visiting artists, curators and critics.

Be part of the study opportunities and events on offer