MaHKU is the working title of the one-year Master programme of the Utrecht Graduate School of Visual Art and Design. MaHKU comprises five disciplines, i.e. Editorial Design, Fashion Design, Fine Art, Interior Design, and Public Space Design.
MaHKU is accredited by the Open University in London. Upon successful completion of the Master programme you earn the internationally acknowledged title of Master of Arts (MA). Check here for information about the accreditation/validation process.
Master programmes in art and design focus on a research-based process of creation. As a Master student, you critically reflect on the boundaries of your discipline through research methodologies, a variety of theoretical discourses, and interdisciplinary activities. But you will also engage in a rich mix of discipline-specific topics and discussions.
In the context of research presentations of students, MaHKU has organized since 2010 the annual DARE (Dutch Artistic Research Event) symposium, where a keynote speaker offers thought-provoking views on how to publicize [...]
May 9, 2012
From the summer of 2006 onwards, the Utrecht Graduate School of Visual Art and Design (MaHKU) has published the biannual MaHKUzine, Journal of Artistic Research. Through MaHKUzine, the School intends to contribute con[...]
August 25, 2011
MA Fine Art Share the Square Curator Mika Hannula (i.c.w Expodium, Platform for Young Art) Locations Mariaplaats and Academiegalerie, Minrebroederstraat 16, Utrecht Opening 24 June, 17–19 Dates 25 June–9 July, W[...]
June 20, 2011
In 2010, Jeremiah Day initiated an experimental collaboration with the Utrecht Graduate School of Visual Art and Design (maHKU) and the Free University of Amsterdam, working between the two institutions in structuring a [...]
February 21, 2011
maHKU offers one-year Master of Art programs in visual art or design. These programs offer seminars, workshops, and tutorials where artists, architects, communication design professionals, curators, editorial designers,[...]
January 20, 2011
The possibilities for publishing, showing, distributing, and promoting are currently expanding at a swift pace. That wave of dissemination also affects artistic research and its issues and debates. How is the outcome of [...]
November 25, 2010
This presentation is based on a situated and committed take on the chances and challenges of temporal and immaterial works of art outside the white cube. The focus and the starting point of the actions is the Jaarbeurspl[...]
August 23, 2010
These past four years in September, the Utrecht Graduate School of Visual Art and Design (maHKU) has organised the annual Dutch Artistic Research Event (DARE).
March 23, 2010
For four years now, MaHKUzine. Journal of Artistic Research has been a platform for reflection and discussion in the context of the international situation of artistic research and graduate art education. The MaHKUzine p[...]
March 1, 2010
maHKU, the Utrecht Graduate School of Visual Art and Design in The Netherlands offers a one-year Master program in visual art or design.
December 1, 2009
