Nicola Edwards

Senior Lecturer

Digital, Tech, Innovation & Business

Nicola is a visual artist with a specialism in life drawing and visual analysis. Her main area of interest lies in anthropological analysis of visual imagery.

I am a Senior Lecturer and Course Leader for the Game Art and Concept Art for Games and Film Foundation degrees, lecturing across both courses. I have a background in Fine Art with a specialism in traditional drawing and portraiture, with a further discipline in visual analysis and environmental storytelling.

Since joining the Games and Visual Effects team in 2016, I have developed my love of traditional observational drawing into the digital realms, with further skills in digital sculpting and digital painting.

In my spare time I like to paint portraits of early 1990’s WWF wrestlers and embroider offensive phrases in floral cross-stitch.

https://www.artstation.com/nicolagriffiths

Academic qualifications

  • Postgraduate Certificate in Higher and Professional Education, Staffordshire University.
  • MA in Visual Culture, Manchester Metropolitan University.
  • BA (Hons) in Fine Art, Staffordshire University

Expertise

  • Environmental storytelling
  • Traditional art production
  • Visual analysis

Research interests

  • Games and Concept art
  • Illustration and graphic design
  • Nostalgia and souvenirs
  • Visual culture
  • Anthropological art production

Teaching

Undergraduate

  • Life drawing
  • Digital painting
  • Art theory
  • Environmental storytelling
  • Visual culture and analysis
  • Game and Concept Art production
  • Independent projects
  • Collaborative modules
in the UK for Quality Education

Sustainable Development Goal 4, Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2024

for Career Prospects

Whatuni Student Choice Awards 2023

for Facilities

Whatuni Student Choice Awards 2023

for Social Inclusion

The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023

of Research Impact is ‘Outstanding’ or ‘Very Considerable’

Research Excellence Framework 2021

of Research is “Internationally Excellent” or “World Leading”

Research Excellence Framework 2021

Four Star Rating

QS Star Ratings 2021