Art and Design staff
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Dr Gyeonghwa Lee
Lecturer in Graphic Design
Awards 2021 AIC Best Paper Award International Colour Association. Milan, Italy. 2021 WD Wright Award The Colour Group (Great Britain), United Kingdom. 2018 AIC Student Paper Award International Colour Association. Lisbon, Portugal. 2016 Leeds Anniversary Research Scholarships University of Leeds, United...
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Jack Lewdjaw
Lecturer Fine Art
Jack Lewdjaw is an artist and educator who lives and works in Birmingham. He is Co-Director of the gallery East Bristol Contemporary , and Director of the alternative arts education project Day School . He was also a participant of Syllabus V: a peer-led alternative learning programme run in partnership with Wysing...
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Sophie Mackfall
Lecturer
Sophie Mackfall is an artist living and working in Birmingham. She is interested in surfaces and the edges of things, both material and immaterial. Starting with the idea of horizon as a spatial constant and her body as a physical constant to work with and against, she uses economical devices such as a clothesline or the fold...
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Chloé Masi
Senior Lecturer in Illustration BA (Hons)
Chloé graduated from the Royal College of Art in Communication Art and Design (Illustration) and gained academic experience in a number of art schools including London College of Fashion, Arts University Bournemouth, and the University of the West of England. She has experience of teaching international students at...
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Dr. Lisa Metherell
Senior Lecturer in Art and Design
Dr Lisa Metherell is Research Degree Coordinator, supporting PhD students across Art and Design. She co-leads the Art Activisms research cluster . Lisa's research is particularly informed by the tensions between queer theory and phenomenology and how what we 'know' might be usefully troubled by what we 'feel'. She is...
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Maya Mistry
ADM Technician
Maya’s role involves supporting students, academic colleagues and student monitors across the Art, Design and Media faculty. Through providing technical support and assisting with learning and teaching activities for our facilities: Creative Print, Photography, The Shell, TV and Radio Studios. For Maya, acquiring new...
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Christopher Morris
Senior Lecturer in Creative Advertising
After graduating from Northumbria University, Newcastle in BA (Hons) Advertising & Graphic Design, Christopher Morris was employed as an Art Director for several London agencies; Lowe Howard-Spink/Horseman Cooke, The Unknown Partnership & D4. As Art Director, Christopher worked on accounts for Boots, M&S, James Capel,...
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Simon Myers
Lecturer in Visual Communication BIFCA
Simon has a portfolio of market leading illustration, in paper, digital and garment graphic design. His extensive client list includes the BBC’s Doctor Who, Sherlock, and Star Wars, as well as global fashion brands Ted Baker, Top Man and Adidas. Initially invited to teach Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop for Coventry...
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Jo Newman
Foundation Course Director and BA course leader
Jo chose a career in education so that she could provide students with learning environments where conversations, ideas and materials can be selected, combined, analysed and shared, offering them a way of socializing, caring and questioning to grow their learning with meaning for their futures. She champions the integration...
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Jason Nicholson
Product Design Course Leader
From a career journey beginning in metalsmithing and related products, Jason has a wide experience in various product design sectors – in particular furniture and lighting design. He has taught across a range of specialist courses, focussing and developing ‘making’ as an integral part of the design process. A ‘hands-on’...