Studio Space for Printmaking
The studio perceives graphic art as an autonomous medium within a contemporary context, one that allows free movement, crossing boundaries within its own environment, while organically entering into dialogue with other media in support of the individual direction of students. These overlaps expand graphic art so that, as a medium, it becomes part of broader visual and social discourses.
Studio Concept
Looking outward (objective perspective) – graphic art as a reflection of the external world, based on research, observation, and critical thinking. Outputs arise in the context of social issues or themes, natural or urban spaces and related phenomena, and are supported by specialized workshops and lectures from various fields.
Looking inward (subjective perspective) – graphic art as an introspective process, where subjective experience, intuition, emotion, and vision are transformed into an authentic visual language.
These two approaches interweave into a dynamic creative process that fosters sensitivity to the individual artistic expression while anchoring it within the current social context.
Individual and Collective Creation
Alongside individual work, the studio also supports group projects, shared consultations, and discussions. Collective experience brings creative confrontation, knowledge sharing, tolerance, and the ability to collaborate.
Verbalization and Presentation
An important part of the study process is the ability to articulate one’s own starting points, concept, and intentions. Verbalization fosters a conscious relationship with one’s own work and prepares students for functioning within grant projects, interdisciplinary cooperation, and broader artistic presentation.
Study
The studio emphasizes an authorial approach to the medium of graphic art and contemporary interpretations of graphic techniques. During the bachelor’s program, students work with classical techniques (etching, aquatint, mezzotint, lithography, linocut, woodcut, serigraphy, and others), which they also develop in authorial and experimental forms. Techniques are not used solely for mastering craftsmanship, but become tools of conceptual thinking. During the master’s program, the studio focuses on working with graphic art as an autonomous medium, while also on dialogue and interconnection with other media.
Collaboration
The studio supports collaboration with other study programs at AFAD as well as abroad, connections with professionals from practice, cultural institutions, and communities. It actively involves students in the organization of exhibitions and presentations of studio work, visits to professional institutions, and events of contemporary art and graphic art.
Pedagogical Guidance of the Studio
The studio is a dynamic environment for the development of creative potential, based on open, tolerant, and partnership-oriented dialogue between teachers and students, through individual and group consultations. Teachers act as guides – encouraging questions, stimulating the search for individual solutions, and supporting students in discovering their own artistic work.