PXL University of Applied Sciences and Arts

Mission Statement

We offer academic education and research in the visual arts (Bachelor, Master, Educational Master, and Postgraduate). Starting from a critical awareness of the past, we help shape the artistic and societal practices of today and tomorrow. Our programmes stimulate in-depth exploration within specific media, foster artistic research, and encourage interdisciplinary collaboration. We educate artists, designers, and researchers who engage with a complex and ever-changing society—not only responding to social challenges but actively helping to shape them. PXL-MAD regards artistic practices as powerful tools for social reflection, inclusion, sustainability, and transformation.

International Role

Our gaze is directed outward, toward the world. Through international collaborations, guest lectures, symposia, Erasmus exchanges, and our international Master in Visual Arts, we bring the world into our school—and send our students out into it. We challenge them to contribute to urgent global issues such as diversity, inclusion, climate, and social justice through their artistic practice. We believe that art and design do not stand on the sidelines but are active agents of social change.

National Role

PXL-MAD functions like an archipelago: each studio and discipline is a unique island, firmly connected to the others. We respect the specific character of each domain while encouraging interdisciplinarity and cross-pollination. Theory, artistic research, and practice are closely intertwined. These bridges foster a dynamic learning environment where art and design engage directly with societal questions, opening up space for new perspectives and critical artistic responses.

Main Focus

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