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Masters showcase stories

A list of our Masters showcase stories

  • Type
    Press release

    Up-and-coming Dundee student co-curates new festival

    A next generation curator from the University of Dundee has developed a programme of creative activities for an exciting new music and arts festival

    • Published on 31 July 2024
    exterior of building with large red letters DJCAD
  • Type
    Press release

    Finding inspiration from anxiety: student’s sculpture takes centre stage at Masters Show 2026

    A student’s experience of anxiety is explored through her art as part of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design’s Masters Show 2026.

    • Published on 13 August 2026
    A headshot of Nayoung, smiling, whilst looking through a circle of her ceramic discs.
  • Type
    Press release

    From a cardboard kitchen to jewellery inspired by blood cells - DJCAD's Masters Show 2025

    Students share the stories behind their work on display at Masters Show 2025, at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design

    • Published on 26 August 2025
    image of art exhibit, with a sculpture of a torso on the left hand side and two abstract art images on the right hand side, which are turquoise coloured shape
  • Type
    Press release

    Dundee’s marmalade history celebrated in Masters Show 2025 as students prepare to open exhibition

    In total, 84 Masters students will exhibit their work at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design’s Masters Show 2025

    • Published on 14 August 2025
    computer drawing of a tall square tower with a tree and vintage lamppost in front of it
  • Type
    Feature

    “Art is a journey of self-discovery” – Afghan scholar explores identity in documentary

    An Afghan student who left Iran to take up a scholarship at the University of Dundee explains how she uses her experiences of a displaced person as inspiration for her work

    • Published on 22 August 2024
    Headshot of Mary Mousavi
  • Type
    Feature

    Student invites public into her Polish granny’s home

    A University of Dundee student is offering a glimpse into 1990’s Poland through a 3D visualisation of her grandmother’s living room

    • Published on 22 August 2024
  • Type
    Feature

    Student shines light on rare disease to help newly diagnosed children

    A University of Dundee student has used the liver disease which altered her life as a form of inspiration for her Masters project

    • Published on 21 August 2024
    Leah works on a laptop
  • Type
    Feature

    Your drawing, good or bad, may help identify a suspect

    A forensic artist at the University has revealed witnesses who draw their own image before an interview with a composite artist are more likely to remember further details about the face they saw

    • Published on 19 August 2024
    Close up of an unseen individual's hands sketching a face of a man with a pencil
  • Type
    Feature

    What do you sea?

    An elegant wing, a snail with horns or something else entirely? See the world in a new way and decide for yourself at this year’s DJCAD Masters Show.

    • Published on 1 August 2024
    Sculptural metal piece with holes and spikes on a stone pedestal.
  • Type
    Press release

    Masters Show presents innovative and thought-provoking work

    Over one hundred postgraduate students will showcase their work to the world when the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design Masters Show 2024 opens this month

    • Published on 1 August 2024
    Sculptural work that resembles seaweed with overlay text reading Masters Show 2024 24 August - 1 September
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    Feature

    Changing career path with an MFA in Art & Humanities

    Dhira Chakraborty talks about how her Masters in Art & Humanities has helped her career onto a new path

    • Published on 11 August 2021
  • Type
    Press release

    Bringing Scotland’s nature to London - Dundee student shortlisted in prestigious drawing awards

    When Kirsty Bogle set up her easel and drawing tools in the Angus Glens earlier this year, she had no idea that the completed art piece would be displayed at an exhibition featuring works shortlisted for one of the world’s most prestigious drawing prizes

    • Published on 22 September 2023
    Drawing 'Summer is Coming' by Kirsty Bogle
  • Type
    Press release

    Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design Masters Show 2023

    Work by students from some of the UK’s most exciting postgraduate degree programmes will be on show to the public next month at the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design Masters Show 2023

    • Published on 25 July 2023
  • Type
    Press release

    Planting an idea: student designs plantable prescription form

    A University of Dundee student, inspired by a city initiative that allows healthcare professionals to prescribe time outdoors, has designed a seeded prescription form to encourage people to spend more time in nature.

    • Published on 30 August 2022
    card with seeds in it showing a prescription and a plant with green leaves
  • Type
    Press release

    Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design Masters Show 2022

    Work by students from some of the UK’s most exciting Postgraduate degree programmes will be on show to the public at the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design Masters Show 2022 next week

    • Published on 26 August 2022
  • Type
    Press release

    Student work explores touch in times of Covid-19

    How our physical interactions with others have changed due to restrictions implemented as a result of the pandemic is the focus of one of dozens of exhibits at the University of Dundee’s Masters Showcase 2021

    • Published on 3 September 2021
    orange origami-like folded sculpture
  • Type
    Press release

    Student speaks up for seaweed

    Seaweed: it’s slimy, smells and often comes hand in hand with a swarm of flies, but one University of Dundee student is encouraging others to rethink how we engage with the marine plant

    • Published on 3 September 2021
    twisted, dried yellow painted seaweed
  • Type
    Press release

    Student sheds light on dental care inequalities for those with Down syndrome

    A University of Dundee student, inspired by her brother, has created a website to bring awareness to inequalities in dental treatment for people with Down syndrome

    • Published on 1 September 2021
    Profile view of labeled muscles on Down syndrome écorché
  • Type
    Press release

    Online showcase for DJCAD Masters students

    The work of students from some of the UK’s most contemporary and exciting postgraduate courses will be exhibited online when the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design Masters Showcase 2021 launches this week

    • Published on 30 August 2021
    DJCAD SHOWROOM
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    Feature

    Making invisible pain visible through installation art

    An interview with Mhairi Wild, a Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD) MFA Art and Humanities student

    • Published on 18 August 2021
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