Andrea Sutton MA, BA, PGCE

Current roles

Lecturer - BA (Hons) Fine Art and Crafts

Biography

I originally studied Fashion at Northumbria University before securing a teaching post at the University of Papua New Guinea for four years. The vibrancy and energy of this cultural experience still inspires my teaching practice and artwork today. Always a fine artist at heart, on returning home to England, I studied for a master’s degree in Fine Art at Leeds University.

I am currently the course leader for the Foundation course in art and design. My teaching specialisms are contextual research, drawing approaches, material manipulation, and reflective practice, with the aim of making students into self reliant practitioners ready for degree level study.

Current modules taught

BA (Hons) Fine Art and Crafts:

• Studio Practice – Final Major Project
• Tutorial Role in 1st and 2nd Years

Research / scholarly activity

My work spans the Textile and Fine Art disciplines exploring both the material and symbolic qualities of materials and processes. My preferred discipline is drawing, with the latest series of studio works being 3D and concerned with the qualities of line, edge and negative space that the new materials can offer. The introduction of lighting literally projects the drawing process an extra step.

External activity / professional links

Over the past 12 months my work has been selected for a number of open art exhibitions including Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery and the 12A Gallery. I have also participated in a series of Visual Arts staff exhibitions, the latest one having been housed at The Point gallery