DJCAD DEGREE SHOW 2023: FINE ART

In a dimmed corner of the fine artworks on display on the fifth floor, Maria Touloupa’s Divine Femininity enlightens contemporary female divinity through dreamy saints superimposed upon their reflection on clear acrylic. Touloupa, who is concerned with evanescing traditions and a world which is ‘but a surreal imitation of normality’, accentuates religious iconography with manipulated photography to create an ‘almost illusionary world’ which reflects upon the absurdity of our own world, which is occupied by almost fanatical societal developments such as Artificial Intelligence.  

DJCAD Art, Design & Architecture Degree Show 2022

DJCAD Art, Design & Architecture Degree Show 202221 – 29 May 2022 The Duncan of Jordanstone Art, Design and Architecture Degree Show returned amidst much excitement this weekend following a two-year pandemic hiatus. Now accompanied by an online version, this showcase of graduating student talent is staged within DJCAD’s studio and exhibition space, organised into three Read More

DJCAD DEGREE SHOW 2019: FINE ART (5th Floor, Matthew Building)

This year’s Fine Art exhibits on the 5th floor of the Matthew Building showcase works by students remembering pasts, caring about environments, protesting against injustice, celebrating life and fearing mortality. Clustered together in groups representing connected themes or media, the coherence works well, though, on occasions, individuality is more appropriate and some work stands alone Read More

DJCAD Degree Show 2019: Fine Art (Various Locations)

Entering the Cooper Gallery, the first thing I see is a series of faces. Twenty portraits hang adjacent to the entrance, but before I can even fully step into the room the wind sneaks in from the open door and encourages an installation of pink fabric to my right to flutter and dance in the Read More

DJCAD Degree Show 2019: Fine Art (General Course Studios)

  General Course Studio Three Artists working with colour dominate the exhibits in Studio Three. Entering the exhibition space, you’d be confronted by an array of bright colours. Laura May uses hot pink and yellow in her op-art prints and childrens’ workbooks and toys. She has arranged her show to resemble a nursery play area, Read More

Fine Art

The 2018 DJCAD Degree Show is the culmination of four years of hard work and dedication. The Fine Art course encompasses all forms of making from film to fabrications, painting to performance. This year is no different with a wide variety of techniques on display, ensuring a diverse viewing experience around every corner. Not a Read More

Fine Art

Degree shows are such fun but can be exhausting. I therefore recommend heading to Level 5 in the Crawford building at the start of your visit; it would be a shame otherwise to find yourself here at a point when you are running out of steam or time. This floor offers a true multisensory experience, Read More

Fine Art

With sweeping views of the Tay, this year the top floor of the Crawford Building is aptly suited to some of the young artists and their work; there is a strong theme of being connected to the landscape through geological observation or site-specific myths. As I begin my travels, I find myself in the Scottish Read More