Visual Arts Hong Kong Baptist University

Overview

The Visual Arts programme offered by Hong Kong Baptist University is centred on treating creative practice as a form of knowledge production. It supports the development of original artistic work within a structured academic framework that combines studio activity with research, enabling candidates to explore the relationship between production and theory.

Key Facts

Study is conducted in a studio-based environment supported by tutorials, seminars, and lectures, where candidates engage with conceptual, philosophical, material, and theoretical perspectives. The programme requires reflection on artistic processes and encourages the integration of written research with creative outputs, which may form part of the final thesis.

Research areas include body aesthetics and performance art, Chinese arts, contemporary and modern art, design, interactive and time-based media, material culture, museum and curatorial studies, public art, and visual culture. The programme emphasizes the development of both creative practice and analytical understanding within the context of contemporary visual art.