Fine art - F20031

Your qualification will be a Bachelor of Fine Art

Our Bachelor of Fine Art specialisation is a studio-based degree with a strong focus on contemporary fine art. At Monash, the studio is a shared space for experimentation, collaboration and learning where you’ll be introduced to a range of contemporary art practices and interdisciplinary methodologies and be taught by nationally and internationally recognised practicing artists.

Why study fine art at Monash?

At Monash, we teach fine art differently. You’ll be encouraged to experiment across a range of mediums such as painting, photography, drawing, printmaking, glass, sculpture, jewellery, and digital fabrication. Throughout your study, we’ll challenge you to think about your ideas across different creative platforms and mediums to refine your personal methodology and approach to creating and making art to help you cultivate and develop your creative voice.

With purpose-built facilities and dedicated fine art studios and workshops, we connect you with the resources, professional practice, expert industry knowledge, and a dynamic artist community to ensure you are set up for success after you graduate. Absorbed in the making, exploration, conceptualisation and analysis of contemporary art for the duration of your degree, you’ll graduate with a critically-informed studio practice, a unique body of work, and the confidence and knowledge needed to succeed as a professional artist.

Our studio classes will build your skills, knowledge and experience of the art world as you meet artists, curators and writers and learn about the contemporary art industry through visits to galleries, exhibitions, artist’s studios, and biennales.

Be part of our creative hub
Fine art at Monash is a dynamic and diverse community that encourages experimentation and freedom of expression. You’ll be part of our creative community from your first day where you’ll share spaces with printmakers, painters, photographers, performance artists, curators, writers, designers and more – providing the perfect environment to spark ideas and build your creative network.

Internships
We’ll give you a taste of life as a working artist through our internship unit. Our students have done internships at un Projects, Meridian Sculpture, Monash Art Projects, Liquid Architecture and many more. You can either source your own placement or we can connect you to one of our partners.

Your own studio space
You’ll have access to your own dedicated studio space to practice your art, giving you a place to experiment, explore and hone your creative practice.

Career options
Our award-winning graduates exhibit nationally and internationally and engage with the many opportunities offered in professional and creative fields. Our graduates have gone on to be contemporary artists, museum or gallery professionals, studio managers, artist collaborators, art directors, art conservationists, or arts administrators.

Find out more: https://www.monash.edu/mada/careers

Double degrees
Stand out in a competitive job market by taking on a double degree.. You can choose to add one year of extra study to graduate with two degrees. You can study our Bachelor of Fine Art degree in combination with:

Bachelor of Arts (Humanities/Social Sciences)
Bachelor of Business
Bachelor of Information Technology
Bachelor of Education (Honours)
Bachelor of Media Communication

This will lead to the award of two degrees, the Bachelor of Fine Art and the degree offered by the partner course.

Interested in this Specialisation?

Refer to the courses below for specific details on locations offered, duration, and entry requirements.

Courses

This specialisation is offered in the following courses. Entry requirements may differ depending on the course you choose, so click through to see the full details.

Angus, a third year Fine Art student, talks about his creative journey studying the Monash Bachelor of Fine Art - from first year through to exhibiting in our MADA Now graduate exhibition in his third year.

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How to prepare your Fine Art folio

To study Fine Art at Monash, you will need to prepare a portfolio of your work. But what makes a good folio? And what can you expect as part of your folio presentation? Hear from Amélie Scalercio, Fine Art lecturer, to answer some of your FAQs.

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