Research and doctoral education at the Academy of Fine Arts

Our international community conducts artist- and art-based research in fine arts and educates artist-researchers who renew the arts.

Introduction

We are responsible for doctoral education and research in the Academy of Fine Arts. Our unit delineates and implements the research-oriented basic function of the Academy, which is to train artists and artist-researchers working in the field of fine arts, and to conduct research in this field. The term ‘fine arts’ here refers to the areas of contemporary art that are represented in the Academy of Fine Arts. Our research community is an academic community of doctoral candidates, teachers and researchers, along with administrative personnel. The Academy of Fine Arts conducts artistic research as well as research on contemporary art.

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Contact information

Maiju Loukola

Vice dean, research University lecturer Uniarts Helsinki's Academy of Fine Arts

+358504720344 maiju.loukola@uniarts.fi

Our research focus areas

The Academy of Fine Arts conducts a wide range of research related to visual and contemporary art. Our research focuses on the practices and theories of making and presenting art, as well as artistic thinking.

  • Image research

    Researchers and artists working in the focus area of ​​Image Research study the agency of images, as well as image-making techniques and visual thinking from the perspectives of art making and image theories.

  • Spatial practices

    Artists and researchers working in the area of Spatial Practices study the practices and theories of space and place, and site and situation specific arts and artistic research in multiple environments and contexts.

  • Contemporary art research

    Researchers in the focus area of contemporary art research examine current phenomena in contemporary art with the help of various materials, theoretical discourses and research settings.

  • Artist pedagogy

    Artist pedagogy is both the ways in which artists teach artists, and research into this.

Read more: Re­search fo­cus ar­eas at the Acad­emy of Fine Arts

Who we are and what we do

We conduct artistic research and research on contemporary art.

  • KuvA Research Days

    Our annual Research Days are a forum for researchers, doctoral candidates and invited artists and researchers from both Finland and abroad.

  • Read Kuva Research Activities blog!

    The blog highlights the activities of the research unit and doctoral programme at the Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki.

  • Our staff

    Find our experts and graduate students.

Find out more about the artistic research carried out in our unit

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