Nic Clear

Dean, School of Arts and Humanities

University of Huddersfield

Speaker Biography

Professor Nic Clear is an architect, writer, filmmaker, and curator, he is the Dean of the School of Arts and Humanities at the University of Huddersfield. In 2015 he was the inaugural Professor for Research in Visionary Cities at the Institute of Fine Arts in Vienna funded by the City of Vienna. Professor Clear has been at the forefront of architectural education for over 30 years, specialising in the use of video, animation and motion graphics in the development and representation of spatial and architectural concepts and practices. Professor Clear’s writing and drawings have been published internationally and he uses the design and curation of exhibitions as a central part of his research practice. Since 2016 Professor Clear has worked with Hyun Jun Park under the name Clear+Park, they have edited three issues of the Journal ‘Architecture Image Studies’, and in 2025 won first prize in the RIBA Journal Eye Line drawing competition.  

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