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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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The MFA programmes are open for application

On the 1st of January 2020, Valand Academy and HDK – Academy of Design and Crafts merged and formed HDK-Valand – a new…

Exam Projects 2020

See the work by graduating students

Research story/portrait

The Reluctant Game Maker

Video games of all varieties have become an increasingly common feature of many people’s lives. What kinds of images are…

News

Event
New dissertation on publishing will be released as a Wiki
page
Culture and languages
18 Million Kronor for Artistic Research at the Academy of Art and
Design
Culture and languages
Viviana Checchia joins
HDK-Valand
Children can influence the design process on their own
terms
HDK-Valand shows exam projects
online

News – 7 October 2020

18 Million Kronor for Artistic Research at the Academy of Art and Design

Five researchers from HDK-Valand – Academy of Art and Design at the University of Gothenburg, have been awarded a total of…

LAUNCH: MASTER’S OF CRAFT DEGREE (ONLINE) EXHIBITION 2020 FOR JEWELLERY,…

It is with great pleasure the Master’s Programme in Craft at HDK-Valand presents the final MFA Degree projects for Jewellery…

Events

Start date 5 Nov 2020 To End date 31 Dec 2020

Culture and languages
LAUNCH: MASTER’S OF CRAFT DEGREE (ONLINE) EXHIBITION 2020 FOR JEWELLERY, TEXTILE AND CERAMIC
ART
Start date 20 Nov 2020 To End date 12 Dec 2020

Culture and languages
Exhibition: The Path of a Falling
Leaf
Start date 25 Nov 2020

Culture and languages
JOYCE J. SCOTT
“Unplugged”
Start date 26 Nov 2020

Research
Public defence: Khashayar Naderehvandi, Artistic
Practice
Start date 30 Nov 2020

Research
Speculative
Worlds

Study at HDK-Valand

Master's programmes at HDK-Valand

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On the 1st of January 2020, Valand Academy and HDK – Academy of Design and Crafts merged and formed HDK-Valand – a new…

News and events

The University of Gothenburg and COVID-19

The University of Gothenburg is following the Swedish Government's and Public Health Authority's recommendations regarding…

The University of Gothenburg is the only Swedish university with practice-based research spanning the arts from design,…

Last modified

23 November 2020