Professor in Fine Art with specialisation in Sculpture and Installation

The Royal Institute of Art (KKH) in Stockholm invites applications for a position as Professor in Fine Art with Specialisation in Sculpture and Installation. The position includes teaching, time for research and development, and participation in institution-wide activities.

Description
The position is based within the 3D area of the degree programme. This area spans multiple fields of knowledge, technology, and materials, encompassing workshops for sculpture, mechatronics, wood, metal, and glass, as well as a digital 3D lab. The 3D area is part of the new research environment CKD – Centre for Art and Digitality. This research environment aims to investigate and deepen the connections between sculptural processes, technological development, and societal issues.

The position focuses on sculpture and installation, along with their associated methods, discourses, and artistic contexts. As a professor, you hold subject responsibility and contribute deep knowledge and experience from the field, including its artistic practices and theories.

A central aspect of the role is conducting and developing your own artistic practice and contributing to the pedagogical and artistic development of the educational program.

Criteria for assessing artistic proficiency
The position requires that the applicant:

–Has a well-documented artistic practice of high quality and significant scope at an international level.
–Can demonstrate a documented ability to independently initiate, plan, develop, execute, and lead high-quality artistic projects, including artistic practice-based research.
–Can demonstrate documented active engagement and strong national and international standing within their artistic field through continuous presence, collaboration, and participation in relevant artistic contexts and networks.
–Can demonstrate documented experience in presenting and sharing their artistic practice with diverse audiences and societal actors, and in various contexts.
–Can demonstrate documented artistic activity that makes a significant contribution to the development of the artistic field and is clearly relevant to the position in question.

Assessing pedagogical proficiency
The position requires that the applicant:

–Can demonstrate extensive experience in individual supervision, group critiques, and assessment.
–Can demonstrate the ability to apply knowledge pedagogically and adopt a critical approach to the field of sculpture and installation—including relevant research, theories, methods, and historical and contemporary artistic practices and contexts.
–Can demonstrate the ability to plan, develop, conduct, and lead high-quality education using various teaching methods at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and to foster an inclusive teaching, research, and learning environment characterized by gender equality.
–Can demonstrate documented experience in pedagogical development work, as well as a reflective approach to their own pedagogical perspective and practice.
–Can demonstrate active and clear engagement in teaching by fostering student interests, participation, and motivation, as well as the ability to adapt instructions to students' needs and circumstances and contribute to a positive learning environment.

Other assessment criteria
Requirements for the position:

–Training in higher education teaching and learning (equivalent to at least 7.5 ECTS-credits) or equivalent knowledge. If the applicant lacks such training, they must be willing to complete it during their employment.
–Excellent collaboration skills and the ability to foster engagement.
–Administrative ability to plan and organize work, assignments, and activities.
–Excellent proficiency in spoken and written English.

Meritorious criteria
At least three years of documented experience teaching at the professorial level within, or relevant to, the subject area of the position.

Great importance is attached to the applicant’s personal qualities.

Process
The selection process includes external experts' assessments, interviews, trial lectures, studio visits and reference checks. Interviews are scheduled to take place in mid-January 2027.

The Royal Institute of Art (KKH) is a leading art college with a long artistic tradition dating back to 1735.

KKH offers a five-year programme in fine art and a two-year master programme in fine art. The college offers several advanced level further education courses that encompass both architecture and fine art. Its activities also include artistic research, development, and doctoral projects.

Read more and apply here.