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HDK-Valand - Academy of Art and Design
HDK-Valand - Academy of Art and Design

HDK-Valand - Academy of Art and Design

  2. HDK-Valand – Academy of Art and Design

HDK-Valand at the University of Gothenburg, conducts education and research in Design, Film, Photography, Fine Art, Crafts and Literary Composition – as well as teacher education in Visual Arts and Sloyd. We provide highly specialised degree programmes in an outgoing, international environment.

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Freestanding Courses at HDK-Valand, Spring 2022
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Lecture
Zizipho Poswa: Clay Totems to My African Heritage
HDK-Valand GRADUATION 2021
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News – 5 July 2021
Apply for Doctoral position in design with a specialisation in AI
HDK-Valand invites applications to conduct design research at doctoral level. Your application must be submitted by…
Exhibition
To dig holes, search for cables and visit the sea
Anne-Marie Dehon, Marilen Rauch and Angelica Strandberg are three master students in craft at HDK-Valand – Academy of Art…
Exhibition
Master the Matter
12 students from the Master's program in Crafts at HDK-Valand show current work - in the upbeat to the spring's master's…
Lecture
Artist talk with Hasselblad Award Laureate 2020: Alfredo Jaar
Alfredo Jaar's art moves between photography, film, text, architecture, performance and installations. The political…
Watching movies
Opacity and the Act of Making an Image of Dancing Bodies
Opacity, a concept in photo and video editing, is the degree to which light is allowed to travel through, where the full…

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Dissertation
Public defence, design: Helena Hansson
Helena Hansson, Design, HDK-Valand – Academy of Art and Design, University of Gothenburg: Designing Together-a Frugal Design…
L'Internationale Online
Online publications on urgent matters in the expanded field of contemporary art.

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Locations and workshops

HDK-Valand is situated on two different addresses in Gothenburg, but also in Steneby, 170 kilometers north of Gothenburg.

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Kristinelundsgatan, Gothenburg
Our facilities on Kristinelundsgatan are situated in the middle of Gothenburg in the same building complex as Röhsska Museum…
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Steneby, Dals Långed
Steneby is a creative cultural and educational environment in Dals Långed. The educational programmes at Steneby share a…
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Vasagatan 50, Gothenburg
Based in the centre of Gothenburg, HDK-Valands facilities on Vasagatan 50 is closely integrated into the city’s cultural…
Our research
The University of Gothenburg is the only Swedish university with practice-based research spanning the arts from design,…

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