Since 2017, Reading College has hosted artists-in-residence, supporting their artistic growth, connecting them to resources and facilitating professional opportunities. In 2025, Reading College formed a partnership with Reading School of Art, choosing four graduating finalists to be artists-in-residence for the following academic year. Read more.
Benefit from our global creative connections and access to our high-profile alumni network of practising artists and curators.
Reading College Artist-in-Residence
"Reading has partnerships with several international art schools, and so when I was offered an opportunity to exhibit my work at the Seoul Institute of Arts I jumped at the chance."
Alia Coleman, BA Art and History of Art
Artist talks
On all our courses, we provide you with direct access to artists and curators. We regularly invite a member of the creative community to speak to you, enabling you to learn from their experience and advice.
Art is not made in a vacuum; collaboration is at the heart of how we teach and how we encourage you to develop in your own work.
Our alumni
We have a strong and impressive alumni network, including high-profile, active artists and curators.
Alumni are regularly involved with our students – running workshops, curating exhibitions, and offering career development advice. Every student has the opportunity to join our prestigious alumni network when they graduate.
Our alumni network includes:
- Mark Beasley, Curator of Media and Performance Art at the Hirshhorn Museum, Washington
- Susan Collins, Professor of Fine Art, Head of Department, The Slade School of Fine Art
- Andy Hunt, curator and Turner Prize judge
- Omar Kholeif, Manilow Senior Curator and Director of Global Initiatives at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
- Mike Nelson, installation artist, represented Britain at the Venice Biennale in 2011 and was a Turner prize nominee, 2001
- Cornelia Parker, sculptor and installation artist, Turner prize nominee,1997
- Bob and Roberta Smith, contemporary artist
- Elke Krasny, Professor of Art Education, Academy of Fine Art Vienna
ABC der UnMöglichkeiten, T. Adler, 2019. F+F @ Vögele Kultur Zentrum Pfäffikon-CH. Photo: V. Hoegger
F+F School of Art and Design, Zurich
A major international exchange project with our partner university, the F+F School of Art and Design in Zurich, focused on research-led teaching.
It involved joint workshops with students and staff from Zurich and Reading as well as guest talks and exhibitions conducted both online and face to face.
Research
We foster the development of artistic research, stimulate new modes of art practice and encourage discourse around our subject. 97% of our research is of international standing (REF 2021, combining 4*, 3* and 2* submissions – Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory; Art) and 100% of our research impact has been classed ‘outstanding’ or ‘very considerable’ (REF 2021, combining 4* and 3* submissions – Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory; Art).
Student stories
Read our undergraduate student stories to find out what it's like to study art at the University of Reading.
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