Nagoya Zokei University Of Art & Design
Master in Art Expression & Conception
Komaki, Japan
Master degree
DURATION
LANGUAGES
Japanese
PACE
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Apr 2027
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About: Students research, experiment with, and create across expressive methods and media while questioning traditional art and design frameworks. They prioritize concept development, planning, and the creative process, combining investigation, collection, study, and production, including a thesis. The campus offers ateliers and studios, industry partnerships, collaborative exhibitions such as "Transit", community projects like “Yasashii Bijutsu”, and academic–industry projects.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can pursue roles as curators, independent artists, creative directors, cultural project managers, community arts practitioners, exhibition producers, researchers, or art educators. They can work in galleries, museums, cultural organizations, design studios, healthcare arts programmes, social-practice projects or arts management.
Students research, experiment with, and create in various expressive methods and mediums, while considering and researching issues without being limited to traditional art and design frameworks. Rather than producing tangible “things,” they come up with concepts, make plans, and carry them out, resulting in expression. In other words, they study the creative process itself and perform research while focusing on the importance of concepts. The overall research method combines investigation, collection, planning, study, and production (including a thesis).
