Dr Nick Cass
- Position: Director of Student Education, Associate Professor
- Areas of expertise: heritage and contemporary art
- Email: N.Cass@leeds.ac.uk
- Phone: +44(0)113 343 7633
- Location: 3.02 Fine Art, University Road
Profile
I am an artist and lecturer. I have extensive exhibiting and teaching experience in a wide range of contexts. I have worked for Leeds Museums and Galleries and the Royal Armouries as an Education Officer; I have also worked freelance for a variety of museums in the north of England including Tate Gallery Liverpool, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester Museum of Science and Industry and Hull Museums. Prior to teaching at the University of Leeds, I was a Lecturer in Visual Communication at Leeds Arts University.
My art practice inhabits a perceptual space between sculpture and collage, and draws influence from both traditional printmaking techniques and contemporary technologies.
Responsibilities
- Director of Student Education
Research interests
My primary interest lies at the conjunction of museums, heritage and contemporary art practice; this stems from my interdisciplinary background as an artist and museum education officer.
<h4>Research projects</h4> <p>Some research projects I'm currently working on, or have worked on, will be listed below. Our list of all <a href="https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/dir/research-projects">research projects</a> allows you to view and search the full list of projects in the faculty.</p>Qualifications
- PhD Museum Studies
- MA Contemporary Art Practice
- PGCE Junior Education
- BA Fine Art
Student education
My teaching is largely focussed around Art Gallery and Museum Studies, teaching particularly around my interest in the relationship between contemporary art practice and ways in which this intersects with heritage.
Research groups and institutes
- Centre for Critical Studies in Museums, Galleries and Heritage