Learning Outcome 1
Demonstrate a systematic and critical understanding of current debates, contexts and histories relevant to contemporary art practice
Evidence from Work Plan & Methodology:
- Ongoing engagement with feminist literature, motherhood, care, embodiment, mental health and sustainability through:
- Reading The Baby on the Fire Escape, Look at My Ugly Face, feminist texts and exhibition catalogues
- Attending and critically engaging with exhibitions including:
- Tate Modern (Rothko; Performer and Participant)
- Saatchi Gallery (The Long Now)
- Hayward Gallery (Chiharu Shiota)
- The Woman Question 1550–2025
- Research into historical and contemporary female artists and mother-artists informs studio decisions and conceptual development
- Blog reflections demonstrate critical awareness of how personal experience relates to wider social, political and art-historical contexts
✔ Mapped Weeks: 1–60 (continuous)
Learning Outcome 2
Demonstrate independent research skills and the ability to critically reflect on practice through written and visual documentation
Evidence from Work Plan & Methodology:
- Consistent use of a course blog to:
- Record thoughts, feelings and discoveries
- Reflect critically on successes, failures, and learning points (e.g. Norblin exhibition outcomes)
- Visual documentation through photos, videos, sketches, and process recordings
- Zotero bibliography development and blog curation during Weeks 11–14
- Written reflection embedded within making, exhibitions, workshops, and assessment preparation
Mapped Weeks: 1–15 (intensive), 15–60 (ongoing)
Learning Outcome 3
Demonstrate experimentation with materials, processes, and technologies appropriate to Fine Art Digital practice
Evidence from Work Plan & Methodology:
- Extensive studio experimentation across:
- Acrylic and oil painting
- Reclaimed fridge doors as sculptural painting surfaces
- Paper lamp installations
- Sewing, embroidery, thread, and textile-based processes
- Video recording and film editing (Between Movement and Breathing)
- Workshop participation including:
- Life drawing
- 3D Make (wood, metal)
- Paint/surface workshops
- Digital print and printmaking
- Willingness to identify and reflect on mistakes as productive learning (e.g. sanding issues, installation failures)
Mapped Weeks: 4–14, 19–30, 31–60
Learning Outcome 4
Demonstrate the ability to develop a personal, critically informed practice that integrates concept, process, and material
Evidence from Work Plan & Methodology:
- Development of recurring bodies of work:
- MOTHERCORE (fridge door paintings)
- MOTHERLAMP (paper lamp installations)
- Clear conceptual through-line linking:
- Motherhood, care, anger, provision, invisibility, and visibility
- Integration of personal lived experience as methodology, aligned with feminist and maternal art practices
- Increasing clarity about scale, quality, and intentionality following reflective analysis of exhibitions and critiques
Mapped Weeks: 6–18 (formative), 19–60 (refinement)
Learning Outcome 5
Demonstrate engagement with professional practice, public presentation, and collaborative working
Evidence from Work Plan & Methodology:
- Participation in multiple public exhibitions and events:
- Fringe Warsaw (Norblin Factory)
- Body/Mind Festival (Studio Theatre)
- Bomb Factory Window Wonderland – Freedom of Speech project
- Church and pop-up exhibitions
- Experience of real-world professional challenges:
- Installation logistics
- Working with technicians (or lack thereof)
- Audience engagement, sales reflection, and scale considerations
- Collaboration with:
- Dancers
- Family members
- Film editors
- International artist peers
- Applications to open calls, residencies, and RA Summer Exhibition
Mapped Weeks: 2–12, 15–30, 31–60
Learning Outcome 6
Demonstrate autonomy, resilience, and the ability to manage time, workload, and creative development
Evidence from Work Plan & Methodology:
- Self-directed 60-week plan structured around:
- Studio practice
- Reading and research
- Gallery visits
- Blog reflection
- Recognition and critical reflection on overcommitment during Unit 1
- Adaptation of working rhythm (studio days vs reading/blog days)
- Acceptance of non-linear, interrupted working as a valid methodology linked to lived maternal experience
- Commitment to “keep showing up” as a core practice principle
MA Fine Art Digital – UNIT 1 Methodology: 60-Week Macro Work Plan
Key Methodological Strands (used throughout all weeks):
- Exhibitions (attending & participating)
- Blog (recording thoughts, feelings and discoveries)
- Methods for recording research (photos, videos, blog posts)
- Workshop and Studio work
- Participation & Collaboration
- Read / Watch / Listen
- Skill practice & Professional practice
Weeks 1–3
| Week(s) | Focus | Actions (original wording preserved) |
|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Exhibitions / Reflection / Blog | Exhibitions attending: Joanna Fluder Śluz at Zachęta in Warsaw. Blog. Recording my thoughts, feelings and discoveries on my course blog. Taking photos and videos while making and adding them to my blog posts |
| Weeks 2–3 | Workshop, Studio, Exhibition Participation | Finalising 20+ pieces for my individual Fringe Warsaw exhibition at Norblin Factory. Recording process for a Collaboration exhibition with mum and dancers, to be shown at Studio Theatre as part of Body/Mind Festival, editing film: “Between movement and Breathing”. Acquiring sponsors for framing, lights, space. Meeting with dancers daily and sketching on vellum in Posca markers and oil pastels. Framing, mapping out the exhibition, hanging tests. Creating posters and flyers, sending out invitations. Becoming a British Citizen on 17.09.25. Reading: Look at my Ugly Face, Bodies |
Weeks 4–5
| Focus | Actions |
|---|---|
| Exhibitions | V&A East Storeroom opening visit: exploring new ways of exhibiting work. FRIEZE LONDON – mesmerised and inspired by Do Ho Suh and others |
| Studio / Skill Practice | Experimenting with acquiring environmentally friendly sustainable surfaces for creating my art by collecting discarded fridge doors. Weekly life drawing sessions. Sanding fridges and drawing with markers. Mistakes: drawing without sanding |
| Participation & Collaboration | Responding spontaneously to a pop-up exhibition opportunity in Whitechapel… learning that their sculptural interior might be a great base for painting… shut down after 3 days |
| Blog / Reading | Recording my thoughts, feelings and discoveries on my course blog. Reading: Look at my Ugly Face, Bodies |
Weeks 6–7
| Focus | Actions |
|---|---|
| Exhibition Participation | Individual Fringe Warsaw exhibition at Norblin Factory. Exhibition with mum and dancers at Palace of Culture & Science Studio Theatre Gallery, Body/Mind Festival |
| Studio / Reflection | First oil and acrylic mix painting on canvas. Masking tape stripes. Result of Norblin exhibition: good turnout but no sales. Lesson: quantity over quality. Anger. Recycling “unsuccessful” drawings into paper lamp – NEW |
| Crit & New Concept | Painting with acrylics on the interior of the fridge door. Express deeper internal emotions using abstract art. NOTE: need to sand first |
| Blog / Reading | Recording progress on blog. Reading: Look at my Ugly Face, Bodies |
Weeks 8–9
| Focus | Actions |
|---|---|
| Exhibition / Workshop | Two Temple Place workshop festival. Reworking paper lamp into pregnant female torso. First workshop leading experience – RIOT 🙂 |
| Collaboration | Husband, dancer Lara Turk, workshop participants – CONNECT |
| Studio | Finalising MOTHERCORE (Fridge Door collage) and MOTHERLAMP (Paper lamps). Measuring space at Holborn |
| Outcome | SUCCESS: The Bomb Factory | Window Wonderland | Freedom of Speech Finalist |
| Blog / Reading | Recording on blog. Reading: The Baby on The Fire Escape |
Week 10
| Focus | Actions |
|---|---|
| Installation / Professional Practice | Delivering lamp to Lincoln. Installation of Freedom of Speech Challenge. No technician – solved with family support |
| Reflection | Lesson learned: scale, planning help, independence |
| Blog / Reading | Blog updates. Reading: The Baby on The Fire Escape |
| Holiday | Christmas holiday: Writing study statement, reading, Woman Question 1550–2025 exhibition |
Weeks 11–12
| Focus | Actions |
|---|---|
| Exhibitions | SAATCHI: The Long Now, Standing On The Shoulders of Giants, Priest, Digital Artist of The Future Prize |
| Collaboration | Finishing film for Milano Pride House 2026 Olympics |
| Studio / Reflection | MOTHERCORE tests on cardboard, foam, canvas board. Painting reacting to Iran protests. Children interpreting dreams. Sanding fridge |
| Blog / Reading | Blog curation, bibliography. Reading: The Baby on The Fire Escape. Watching: Rothko, Louise Bourgeois |
Weeks 13–14
| Focus | Actions |
|---|---|
| Exhibitions | TATE MODERN Rothko, Performer and Participant. Saddlers Wells East: The Wedding |
| Studio | Acrylic pouring on fridge doors. Oil sky and cloud tests. Lamp making – DONE |
| Exhibition Prep | St Gabriel’s Church exhibition tests |
| Blog / Reading | Blog, Zotero, bibliography updates |
Week 15
| Focus | Actions |
|---|---|
| Assessment | Study Statement and Unit 1 assessment. Finish Pouring Paint Triptych |
Weeks 15–18
| Focus | Actions |
|---|---|
| Exhibitions | Hayward Gallery Chiharu Shiota. Saddlers Wells East: Pina Bausch |
| Studio | Complete Unit 1 blog. Continue MOTHERCORE 01 on canvas. Lamps for Interim Show |
| Collaboration | Exhibit work 7 Feb as part of concert collaboration |
| Reading | Minimum 1 hour daily reading |
Weeks 19–22
| Focus | Actions |
|---|---|
| Interim Show | Install lamps, MOTHERCORE 01 |
| Workshops | Wood, metal, paint/surface, digital print, printmaking |
| Reflection | Decide which medium best suits my practice |
| Blog / Reading | Ongoing documentation |
Weeks 23–30
| Weekly Rhythm | Actions |
|---|---|
| Studio (Sat–Sun–Tue–Wed) | Sewing recycling fabrics or paper. Create Family Hair piece. Exhibit sewing alongside grandmother’s work |
| Blog & Reading (Mon–Thu) | Bibliography reading and blog |
| Galleries (Fri) | Look at other artists relevant to my practice |
Weeks 31–60
| Weekly Rhythm | Actions |
|---|---|
| Studio Practice | Continue sewing, recycling, installation planning, exhibition strategies |
| Blog & Reading | Ongoing bibliography, reflection |
| Galleries | Continued exhibition attendance |
Intended Outcomes (linked to whole plan)
A new and more expansive body of work, greater confidence, clearer positioning within art history, honed skills, deeper processes, participation in residencies and exhibitions, and ultimately to “know yourself in order to be happy” (Louise Bourgeois).