MA Fine Art: Printmaking*

UWE Bristol's MA Fine Art: Printmaking builds on our celebrated reputation for postgraduate study in print practices; an experimental, forward-thinking approach to printmaking today. Ideal if you want to push the potential of your own printmaking practice.

Why study this course?

You'll study our innovative curriculum alongside a purposefully small group of peers, uniquely designed to offer critical, collaborative and personal approaches to printmaking in contemporary cultural contexts. With a focus on making, you can explore and experiment with a diverse mix of traditional and emerging fine art printmaking media and develop ideas through processes such as laser cutting, textile print, 3D, digital, wood engraving or lithography.

You will gain knowledge and insights into contemporary arts practice and debates, taught by experts in the field with international profiles. This, and the extensive range of creative resources available across our City Campus, will equip you to work at a professional level, plugging into the contemporary discourse of regional, national, and international communities.

Whether you're a recently qualified art or design graduate, or a well-established printmaking professional looking to develop yourself academically, this course offers all you need to push your practice to the next level.

Why UWE Bristol?

You'll be perfectly placed studying in Bristol, a socially and politically progressive city, widely recognised as one of the most creatively influential cities in the UK. Here you'll discover a range of galleries, print studios and organisations, plus art projects involving students and graduates. Active links with our world-class Centre for Print Research bring expertise, opportunities for placement, and exclusive access to associated conferences and exhibitions.

MA Fine Art: Printmaking is based at our Bower Ashton hub, where exceptional facilities and resources include state-of-the-art digital media, production and fabrication workshops offering a combination of traditional tools and the latest technology. Here, you'll be immersed in a collaborative and critical community where you'll develop your skills and knowledge alongside like-minded creative talent.

Where can it take me?

You'll graduate with a globally recognised qualification and have a broad range of options available to you regionally, as well as nationally and internationally. The course offers you the opportunity to develop your personal practice, which can lead you to a career as an artist-printmaker, technician, artist's assistant or in galleries and museums. Our students have also built careers in film, education, or the wider creative industries. You may also wish to consider a PhD pathway within one of our excellent research centres.

Hear from Printmaking graduate, Alia Knowlan, about exhibiting their work at the end of year degree show.

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The image above shows the fantastic work from one of our students (Gen Harrison, 2018 Printmaking graduate).

Careers / Further study

Our students are taught by practicing printmakers, artists, technicians and researchers, bringing skills and expertise exclusively to those at the postgraduate level.

Many of our graduates enter or continue employment in the creative industries, as self-employed printmakers or artists, in professional studios, as art collectives, or running their own businesses. Others continue into teaching roles in both formal, gallery, and community education programmes. Some students progress to PhD study at UWE Bristol, or elsewhere.

Our award-winning Careers Service helps you develop your employment potential through career coaching, a vacancy service for internships, placements, jobs, global opportunities, volunteering and community activity plus support for entrepreneurial activity, and access to employer events.

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