Art and Design staff

Jane Anderson

Course Director and Lecturer in Graphic Design

Jane Anderson is Course Leader for BA (Hons) Graphic Design at Birmingham City University. She has a BA (Hons) in Fine Art (1998), and an MA in Art and Design: Interdisciplinary Practice (2020). She is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), and has taught on the BA Graphic Design course since 2009, working with...

Professor Caroline Archer-Parré

Professor of Typography

Caroline Archer-Parré is Professor of Typography, Co-director of the Centre for Printing History & Culture at Birmingham City University/University of Birmingham, and Chair of the Baskerville Society. With particular interest in typographic history from the eighteenth to twentieth centuries, Caroline has published widely and is...

Paul Barrett

Course Director/ Academic Lead

Paul Barrett has been the course director for BA Hons Design for Performance: Theatre, Film and Live Events since 2001. A practising scenographer, his professional credits include designs for large-scale theatre, small-scale outdoor touring productions, corporate events and festivals. He has many years’ experience as a...

Anurag Basak

Lecturer in Visual Communication BIFCA

Anurag Basak is a visual artist and an educator from India. With over a decade of experience in university education, he has successfully synchronised his creative practice and teaching creating an innovative classroom environment for the students. His academic journey also includes teaching international students at...

Brian Bishop

Senior Lecturer in Fine Art; Course Director, BA (Hons) Fine Art

Brian Bishop is an American visual artist and educator based in the UK where he is a Senior Lecturer and Course Director for BA (Hons) Fine Art. He attended the School of Visual Arts in New York, NY; Memphis College of Art in Memphis, TN (BFA 1993); and Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, MI (MFA 1995). In addition...

Mona Casey

Course Leader: MA Fine Art

Mona Casey is MA Fine Art Course Director and International Lead. She is also module leader for the MA programme Models and Methods of Curatorial Practice. Mona was born in Ireland and currently lives in the UK, where she works as a curator, artist and researcher. Mona directs and has initiated a range of projects including...

Gareth Courage

Lecturer in Illustration BA (Hons)

Gareth is an experienced educator, illustrator and designer. He has over 15 years of experience devising, designing and delivering creative learning projects for compulsory education and arts-based organisations. These have been produced in various settings across the UK and have involved participant-led outcomes as...

Andy Denness-Hulland

Lecturer of Illustration

Andy is an experienced commercial illustrator, exhibiting artist and creative educator. With a determined interest in experimental analogue processes informing creative decisions and learning, his initial career as a solo practitioner has evolved through making connections with people, running workshops and teaching. With...

Beth Derbyshire

Course Leader: MA Art and Project Management

Beth is a practising artist who has been working largely in the public realm for over 25 years. Her practice explores the diverse nature of human presence and expression within social and historical registers. Themes have been: silence in society, conflict and collective memory, nationality and identity. Recent works have...

Ian Dodds

Deputy Course Leader in Illustration

Ian Dodds has worked as a freelance illustrator since 2002. His work covers Editorial, Design and Publishing Illustration working for a number of national and international clients including The Japan Times, Radio Times, Guardian, Cycling Plus Magazine, The Economist, Institute of Directors, Financial Times, Independent on...