Patrick Wichert BA, MA, FHEA
Senior Lecturer in Photography
- Department of Media Arts and Communication
- Art Design and Media Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Centre
- Culture and Creativity Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Institute
Summary
I have worked in higher education over more than 20 years, teaching photography and visual communication while fulfilling a number of leadership roles. I'm a practising fine art photographer and researcher, dedicated to the professional & personal development of my students.
About
I'm an experienced academic in European and UK education within the subjects of visual arts, photography and communication. I studied Fine Arts in Switzerland, Germany, and the UK and I’m currently completing practice-led PhD studies in photography. I've held a number of leadership positions over more than 20 years in HE as International Co-ordinator, Course Leader, Subject Group Leader, Global and Academic Partnerships Lead, and now Deputy Head of Postgraduate & Fine Art in the department of Art & Design. My photographic research explores the relationship between place and a sense of personal and community identity after forced migration. I maintain a portfolio in conceptual landscape photography and teach professional photography practice as well as visual art at levels 4-7.
Teaching
Department of Media Arts and Communication
College of Social Sciences and Arts
Subject Area
Fashion and Photography
Courses taught
BA Photography, MA Photography
Modules taught
Analogue Practices, History Practices and Debates, Introduction to Critical Analysis, Advanced Production and Printing Methods
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- Art and Design Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Centre
- Culture and Creativity Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Institute
PhD Studies: "Vestiges of Affect: A Photographic Re-calling of a Forced Migrant Community's Landscapes"
Publications
Exhibitions
Robinson, A. (n.d.). . [Website based gallery].
Gent, S., Watson, A., Lee, J., Wichert, P., Robinson, S., Robinson, A., ... Lazenby, M. (2018). . [Video, photography, and sculpture]. Sheffield Institute for Art.
Wichert, P. (2019). Versazca Foto Festival 2019 Exhibition "In Cammino". [Photography]. Brione Versazca, Switzerland.
Hartle, S., Robinson, S., White, D., & Harrison, T. (2018). Exhibition: Yorkshire Artspace – Proximity and Distance. [Exhibition: Landscape Photography]. Yorkshire Artspace, Sheffield, UK.
Bacchus, D., & Wichert, P. (2022). . [Virtual Reality, Photography]. Ï㽶ÊÓƵ.
Stewart, J. (2023). Hanse: Re-Imagining the North Sea. [Photography: 3*A3 size framed prints]. Cromer Artspace on the Prom.
Presentations
Wichert, P. (2025). Memories imprinted across generations: the Great Colchester/Essex earthquake of 1884. Presented at: EURHO 2025 (European Rural History Organisation), Coimbra, Portugal
Wichert, P., Stewart, J., & Quinn, J. (2025). Double Panel Session: Working with Visual Archives: Repositioning the Arts in Transdisciplinary Collaborations. Presented at: EURHO 2025, Coimbra, Portugal
Stewart, J. (2023). Artists and their affective responses to archives and oral histories: what do these contribute to our understanding of the histories of rural spaces? Presented at: EURHO 2023 - Rural History, Cluj, Romania
Wichert, P. (2022). Blocked Access: Evaluating Re-shaped Methods. Presented at: Method 2022: Postgraduate Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Conference, Sheffield
Wichert, P. (2022). United Archives: The photographs of Karl Heinrich Laemmel, 1920-1945. Presented at: Spring Seminar 2022 - Traumatic Landscapes, Porto