Fine Art with History of Art

Fine Art with History of Art brings your developing art practice into dialogue with art history Alongside your independent art practice, you will explore practices and interpretations of art across a wide array of intersecting cultures and different periods With an emphasis on the interconnections between art and society, the course facilitates a deep understanding of art history to illuminate the wider frameworks that shape our culture.

As with all Fine Art undergraduate courses at Leeds, you will be encouraged to explore and challenge your idea of art, experiment across different media and undertake original research. You’ll have opportunities to contribute to the creative community, to build networks in the city and to exhibit your work regularly. You’ll be encouraged to investigate the interconnections between art and the larger social dynamics that shape our culture, such as ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, being human and our relationship to nature and the environment. We’ll prepare you to be a socially conscious graduate with an array of relevant and transferrable skills. You’ll have opportunities to contribute to the creative community, to build networks in the city and to exhibit your work. Throughout the course, we’ll support you in discovering what kind of creative practitioner and art historian you want to be.

Our exemplary Year in Industry programme has led to students successfully undertaking work placements in the UK and internationally, some of which have become permanent employment in the arts sector, while our Study Abroad programme has provided life-changing experiences for many in our community.

Our Fine Art courses are distinct, with art historians, cultural theorists and fine artists studying alongside each other within a Russell Group University. The School building provides purpose-built studio space, a project space, specialist technical workshops, and a shared student common room, with regular open studio and exhibition events, opportunities for student-led social events and access to the city’s artistic scene.