Art and Design staff
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Natalie Hart
Lecturer in BA (Hons) Digital Marketing
Natalie graduated from Birmingham City University with a degree in BA (Hons) Digital Marketing and a degree in MA Future Media. Whilst at university, Natalie set up Hart Digital Agency, a social media management business that catered to the set-up and day-to-day running of small businesses' social media platforms as well as...
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George Hart
Head of the College of Digital Arts (Interim)
George Hart was the first member of his family to go to University, which has given him an understanding of the challenges students face when going to universities. The enthusiasm of a wonderful art teacher at school inspired George to follow his creative ambitions and make the most of his talent. This encouraged him to...
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Sophie Hedderwick
Lecturer of Creative Technologies
Sophie is a multimedia artist/researcher, completing a practice research PhD at BCU, funded by M3C/AHRC. She has worked as a performer, textile designer and media artist, and her practice is a synthesis of the body, technology, and movement. Sophie designs and makes interactive and sensory installations, using photography, film...
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Lee Hewett
Lecturer in Fine Art and Art and Design
Lee is an artist, designer, researcher and lecturer who works across a range of disciplines including sculpture, books/publications, photography and moving image. Lee has worked on a range of funded research projects, edited journals and also has teaching experience covering a broad range of levels and subject areas including...
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Yvonne Hindle
Senior Lecturer in Fine Art
Yvonne Hindle is an experienced painter. Her most recent series of paintings, “Somewhere Adrift” and “Almost, Nearly, Not Quite” sit between representation and matter. Yvonne graduated in 1987 with an MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art. Her RCA graduation exhibition was awarded a major travel award from the Painters...
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Becky Howson
Lecturer
Becky has over twenty years of professional experience working internationally across several disciplines; graphic design, fashion communication, textile design and interior design. Becky is undertaking PhD research in typography letterpress printing and is developing experimental typographic research practice. Recent and...
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Gemma Ince
Lecturer and Personal Tutor
Gemma has 14 years of experience as a part time visiting tutor, first teaching at Central Saint Martins (where she did her BA degree), then the University of Derby. She was nominated by the NUS for an inspirational teaching award in 2017. She recently became a permanent tutor at Birmingham City University, teaching on...
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Theo Inglis
Lecturer in Graphic Design
Theo Inglis joined Birmingham City University in 2024 as a full-time lecturer on the BA Graphic Design course. He studied Graphic Design at Norwich University of the Arts and completed an MA in Critical Writing in Art & Design at the Royal College of Art. Theo has over ten years of professional design experience, including...
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Dr Colette Jeffrey
Associate Professor of Wayfinding & Inclusive Design
Dr Colette Jeffrey is an Associate Professor of Wayfinding and Inclusive Design at Birmingham City University where she teaches wayfinding and graphic design on the BA(Hons) Graphic Design course, supervises PhDs, and researches real-world wayfinding behaviour. Her PhD investigated why people get lost in buildings and the...
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Professor Jiehong Jiang
Head of Research
Professor Jiang Jiehong is Head of Research (Art), Director of the Centre for Chinese Visual Arts, Birmingham City University, and he is also Principal Editor of the Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art (Intellect). Jiang has extensive research and curatorial experiences in contemporary art and visual culture. Jiang...