Painting
The painting course is committed to practicing, exploring, and expanding the stakes of art, both through the pictorial medium itself and through its possible transformations.
The Painting curriculum at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of the City of Brussels is committed to practicing, exploring, and expanding the stakes and possibilities of art through pictoriality, both through the pictorial medium itself and through its possible transformations.
With or without a brush
In light of developments in art over recent decades, it is clear that pictorial practice has been enriched by the contributions of other media that have appeared more recently than painting itself: far from being limited to painting as essentially the practice of applying brushes and pigments on a surface, all contemporary artistic forms are considered as fields of investigation into the concerns of current painting.
All pictorial practices are taken into account, these practices themselves being forms that shape a singular way of thinking, a relationship to the world, to time, to existence, and to society.
The painting curriculum is a place of exchange, experimentation, and reflection; a laboratory where each student develops a personal research project, within a constant questioning built through a dynamic of intense and regular work. The curious and passionate student dedicates their research to the question of painting, its meaning, its function, and its theoretical implications, without hesitation in claiming the use of various plastic languages assigned to the visual arts.
Bachelor – 180 credits
From the very first year of the Bachelor’s program, the student is expected to propose a personal focus of work, chosen by themselves, which they will develop with openness, experimentation, and consistency.
During evaluations and individual meetings, the curriculum’s instructors will provide the student with practical, technical, and conceptual guidance and advice to help develop their practice and artistic intentions.
Instructors will also offer occasional workshops, both technical and experimental.
Students also attend a workshop led by a guest artist, centered on a specific issue.
These workshops are open to a group of students from B1, B2-B3, and M1, all combined.
Master – 120 credits
In the Master’s program, the student is expected to propose a personal focus of work which they will develop throughout their years of study with openness, experimentation, perseverance, and consistency.
The student’s ability to respond to the questioning with precision and uniqueness, as well as their understanding and creative application of the taught concepts and practices, will be taken into account.
Orientation instructors will provide the student with guidance, reflections, and advice during individual meetings, both practical/technical and conceptual, to help them develop their practice, intentions, and approach.
A constant analysis of the plastic language is required, aiming for the student’s autonomy by the end of the program, both theoretical and practical.
At the end of each academic year, an external jury evaluates the entirety of the work during an exhibition open to the public.
PRE-REGISTRATION:
All admission applications must be submitted via the admissions portal. The website allows you to apply and upload all the necessary documents for your pre-registration.
Entry into the First Year of the First Cycle (B1)
Admission into the first year of the Bachelor's program is subject to passing an entrance examination.
The exam consists of three parts: a practical test, a research-based test, and a motivation interview during which the candidate may present a portfolio of works.
The exam is open to all applicants; no prior artistic training is required.
Entry During the Bachelor’s Program (B2 and B3)
Admission into the second or third year of the Bachelor's program at ArBA-EsA is based on an artistic portfolio.
For selected candidates, an interview and/or practical test is organized and coordinated directly by the program coordinator.
Entry into the Second Cycle (Master's Program)
Admission into the Master's program is based on an artistic portfolio.
For selected candidates, an interview is organized and coordinated by the program coordinator.
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Professeur et co-titulaire : Stephan Balleux
Professeur et co-titulaire : Gauthier Hubert
Assistant.e.s : Dominique Aulit et Florian Kiniques
Contact : peinture@arba-esa.be
Relations internationales :
2015-2017 : École des Beaux-Arts de Nantes Saint-Nazaire : Echange entre professeurs avec workshops et/ou lectures de travaux.
2016 : Icelandic Academy of the Arts, Reikjavik : Conférences des enseignants et lectures de travaux des étudiant.e.s de Reikjavik
2020-2022 : Vilnius Academy of Arts, Vilnius Lithuanie, workshop, conférences des enseignants et entretiens/lectures de travaux avec les étudiant.e.s de Vilnius, participation à des jurys de doctorat.
Suivi de doctorat par le cursus peinture :
En cours depuis 2014
Samah Hijawi Chicken Scribbles and the Dove that Looks like a Frog
Soutenue en 2018
Artistes invité·e·s depuis 2013 :
Emmanuel Vander Auwera, Laure Cottin Stefanelli, Cédric Dambrain, Hadassah Emmerich, Céline Gillain, Gudny rosa Ingismardottir, Florian Kiniques, Emilio Lopez Menchero,Toma Muteba, Ellen Pil, Cédric Noël, Christophe Terlinden, Anne-Mie Vankerckoven, Nguyen Van Minh, Daniel Wagener.
