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Department of Fine Arts

Department of Jeonnam Arts School, as a leading organization of the National Universities in Jeonnam province, has cultivated numerous talented people over 30 years. We strive to foster domestic and international students in Gwangju aiming at the culture center in Asia with practical and creative education. Since 1982, we have provided numerous business ventures such as academic seminars, special lectures of famous artists, publication of academic journals, etc. In addition, we had made an agreement with Yanbian University and have had exchange programs and joint exhibition of works in Gwangju as well as Yanbian. Our department is made up of six parts: Korean Painting, Western Painting, Sculpture, Visual Design, Crafts and Theory. Each department recruits students in their own ways and offers the methodical practice education and theory with the subdivided curriculum to them. Graduates can work in many areas as an artists, sculptors, designers, craftspeople and curators in an administrative agency. Especially, our students who hold high ranks for three semesters can have a qualification for being a middle school teacher after completing a course in teacher education. Our department was established in 1982. The number of our graduates who received Bachelor’s degree is presently about 2,433, 208 for Master’s and 20 for Ph.Ds. All of them have improved our status while working in various fields internationally and domestically. Moreover, our graduates distinguish themselves in culture and arts fields as a curator, designer in exhibition and museum. The volume of recruitment is 11 in each department in order to improve education and environment quality. Also, we have consistently selected excellent personnel since 2010

Careers

    Students may obtain positions in/as :
  • Art Administrators
  • Curators in Fine Art Museums
  • Restoration and Judgment of Cultural Assets
  • Private Art Institutes
  • Professional Designers in Companies and as Freelancers
  • Art Teachers in Middle and High Schools
    Mental Treatment in Art Students may obtain positions in :
  • Broadcasting and Newspaper Company Related Art Departments
  • Art Gallery Management, Display and Planning
  • Developing Art Products
  • Manufacturing Environmental Monument
  • Producing Video Image Methods and Advertising Media

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