Student & Graduate Stories - Gray's School of Art

Magnetised to the cover art of the movies filling his dad’s near-endless DVD collection, the seed for creating visual concepts was planted with Andy Dicks from a young age.

After graduating in 2018, Anna returned to her native Orkney to continue her practice as a Ceramics Designers.

A student from Gray’s School of Art, at Robert Gordon University (RGU), has won a national award to create a campaign to encourage more people from ethnic communities in Scotland to give blood.

Morphe: The word morphe comes from the Greek “Shape”, “form”. In English it also means to evolve, change shape.

In February 2004, Facebook launched for people to share their narratives of the day. But over at Gray’s School of Art, plans were in motion for another portfolio of stories to be shared.

Printfield 10 - Denis Law Legacy Trail has now been officially opened in Printfield, which highlights another example of how RGU is helping to transform people and communities.

Two stunning murals of Denis Law have now been completed in Printfield, Woodside – the area in Aberdeen where the Scottish footballing legend was born and raised – and marks a milestone in planned legacy projects in Aberdeen.

"If pain is the feeling of loss brought from failing to arrive at the destination that nationhood promises, where does this attachment to pain take us?"

Communication Design Alumna Eilidh is flourishing in her role as a Graphic Designer for a hotel in St Andrews. She shares her career evolution and achievements as well as how the course at RGU helped her in developing the skills needed for her work.

After graduating in 2020, Emma has been featured on the London Fashion Week website under ‘the class of 2020’ as well as being featured on the British Fashion Council website for Graduate Preview day.

Once Emmy Collins realised in secondary school that a career in the fashion industry is what she wanted to pursue, she knew that university was the next best step to help broaden her knowledge and understanding of her passion - and it’s at RGU where she did just that.

An intriguing black and white image of a woman walking in the very centre of Aberdeen’s Union Street has won the inaugural Charles Skene Street Portrait Photography Award.

Fraser graduated in 2010 and is now as a freelance cinematographer and manages the planning and creation of images on film and video projects.

After obtaining an undergraduate degree in Nigeria, Hannah moved to Aberdeen to study a Master’s in Journalism at RGU. She spent four weeks on placement with STV, where she had the opportunity to work as a journalist and learn a wide variety of skills.

RGU Fashion Management student Hannah Jones spent her third year of university on placement with Nike in Amsterdam. She shares more about her experience moving abroad and expanding her skills working for the multinational company.

After working part-time with the RGU Marketing team on a video for the UnDiscovered Aberdeen campaign, Communication Design student Jake Irvine shares his experience and what he’s learned, along with his own perception of Aberdeen in this blog.

It was an adventure back to his childhood through his Gray’s Degree Show in 2023. Kartik Suni turns back the clock to tell us about his exhibiting year in our Gray’s Degree Show Q&A.

Tumbling over and grazing your knee, a common past time of our childhood. But could we have avoided those knocks and bruises? At her Gray’s Degree Show in 2023, Kirsty Skea explored that very thing

MSc International Fashion Business Lavanya shares why she decided to study for a master’s degree at RGU and how her course and placement experience helped her develop essential skills and confidence to pursue a career in the fashion industry.

After studying Fashion Design at Gray's School of Art, it didn't take long for Laura Sherriffs to start producing outdoor accessories under her brand Fernweh.

Lauren is currently Graduate in Residence at Leith School of Art where she is developing her career and practice as an artist.

An Aberdonian student from Hazlehead Academy had only just graduated from Robert Gordon University (RGU) when she rejoined the institution to enrol in a master’s degree.

As part of this project, students were tasked with illustrating book covers based on the classic J.M Barrie novel, Peter Pan.

The aim of this project was to design a piece of jewellery that tells a story through design using casting processes.

Natali Dimitrova, a BA (Hons) Media student from Bulgaria, writes about applying to RGU, her course experience and doing a placement during COVID-19.

"I didn’t know that I wanted to study journalism until my last year of high school. Since I was little, I had been jumping from one thought to another; my options ranged from being a dentist to an actress, but it wasn’t until I realised that writing was my passion that I decided to study journalism in RGU."

‘The Traveller’, explores the concept of a fictional traveller from the future who has returned to the current time to observe, document and learn from humanity at this time when we are on the cusp of change regarding how we treat the planet.

A Three-Dimensional Design student from Gray’s School of Art at Robert Gordon University (RGU) is celebrating success after winning the Offshore Achievement Awards (OAA) trophy competition.

Fashion Management student Rachel shares her experience in the RGU Motorsport Society and the benefits it has provided her.

Denis Law Legacy Trust has unveiled a new student-designed football that reflects the sparkling career of one of the city's greatest ever players.

Gray’s School of Art and the Denis Law Legacy Trust (DLLT), the children’s charity based at RGU SPORT, have officially revealed a commemorative kit designed as part of a collaboration with Macron, the global sports brand headquartered in Bologna, Italy.

Talented students from Gray’s School of Art at Robert Gordon University are celebrating success following an award’s ceremony at the historic North-East Aberdeen Weaver Incorporation.

After graduating in 2015, Shaun now manages the recruitment for Sky Creative.

Simona graduated from RGU in 2020 with a degree in Communication Design and has since been growing her career working for a wide range of companies while building her own freelance business. She shares her experience at RGU as an international student and how what she learned at university has helped her post-graduation.

Communication Design students from RGU’s Gray’s School of Art will sell bespoke prints at Edit, the independent lifestyle store in the Bon Accord Centre, Aberdeen.

A group of Fine Art and Design students from Gray’s School of Art at Robert Gordon University (RGU) present ‘aBROAD HORIZONS’, a multidisciplinary student led and curated ‘Study abroad’ exhibition, that celebrates their experiences in a different country.

Fashion and Textile students from Gray’s School of Art at Robert Gordon University, are working with a team from Braemar Castle, to create a unique sustainable fashion collection that will be unveiled at Gray’s Fashion Show at Aberdeen Art Gallery on Friday 5 May.

Gray’s School of Art is to host a solo exhibition curated by a talented artist awarded the prestigious Freelands Studio Fellowship.

An interdisciplinary project at Robert Gordon University (RGU) involving three different academic schools has kicked off this semester as they collectively work together to discover the intricacies of community engagement and participation in a unique environment.

This project was created in collaboration with sound artist Samm Anga, hosted by Agora Digital Art and curated by Elizabeth Richardson

A “treasure trove of invaluable experiences” is how she reflects on her 2023 Degree Show. But the experiences didn’t stop there, Weronika Turowska gives us an update on the road to now.

As a freelance animation/motion designer Zoe has worked for a range of clients and agencies including: Form Digital, as a Motion Designer to create a range of animated social media content.