SFU SCA

Visual Art

Students enrolled in Visual Art are immersed in a dynamic and progressive education in contemporary art. The program balances studio-based production with a strong theoretical component. Our method of continuous enquiry connects hands-on production with critical reflection and is recognized for fostering an informed, experimental approach. Contemporary art is a form of material knowledge that produces thought and experience. We are committed to investigating the ways in which art connects to a broad range of social questions and functions. Through exposure to the most challenging and innovative examples of contemporary art, our program encourages students to envision their own artistic practice while exploring a wide variety of media.

Students have opportunities to present work in the Audain Gallery, in our visual art studio at 611 Alexander, and site-specific projects throughout our downtown campus. As well as attending our ongoing series of talks by local and visiting artists, our students benefit from working with international artists participating in the Audain Visiting Artists in Residence Program. In addition to our multidisciplinary approach to studio practice, our students study side by side with students from other disciplinary backgrounds. The presence of students from the MFA in Interdisciplinary Studies further contributes to our close-knit intellectual community that fosters critical thinking and creative growth.

Many of our students are admitted to prestigious national and international graduate programs while significant numbers of graduate students go on to successful careers in the arts or related fields. All students acquire knowledge that forms the basis for life-long learning connected to community networks.

Program Information

The goal of the visual art program is to provide students with the integrated practical and theoretical skills necessary to become self-sufficient and productive artists. The program includes open studio courses in which students produce work in a variety of media. There are also practical skills courses, which focus on specific techniques. Students receive regular feedback on their work through faculty-led group critiques. Cultural study classes, art history courses, and critical seminars provide an historical and philosophical framework for understanding how meaning is conveyed through the images around us.

Not only do our students contribute to and participate in the vital art communities of our contemporary world, but also their learning experience in our program supports active life-long learning for them as locally and globally minded engaged citizens.

611 Alexander St. Studios

The Visual Art program include a large open-plan studio at the Alexander building.

SCA has occupied the Alexander Centre, the site of most of our visual art studios since 1993 to specifically accommodate the visual art area and also houses graduate student MFA studios. Scholarly lectures and classes are held at Alexander Centre.

611 Alexander Centre & Studios
611 Alexander Street
Vancouver, BC, Canada V6A 1E1

Lectures and Visiting Artist Talks often take place at #300-611 Alexander Street

http://www.611forum.com/

Audain Gallery

The Audain Gallery at Woodward’s and the Audain Artist in Residence Program are intimately tied into our pedagogy as a whole. This relationship, through seminars, panels, artist talks, studio visits, and working directly with visiting artists, offers our undergraduate and graduate students a unique opportunity to participate in locally anchored yet internationally focused engaged art practices. The high-profile programming of the Audain Gallery brings attention to graduate and undergraduate exhibitions shown in the gallery.

Audain Gallery
Simon Fraser University
Goldcorp Centre for the Arts
149 West Hastings Street
Vancouver, BC, Canada V6B 5K3

Faculty Profile

Jin-me Yoon

Professor

Through photo and video based installations, explores questions concerning identity, place and subjectivity in an accelerated globalized era. Has exhibited extensively across Canada as… More