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a-n Degree Shows Guide 2018

Degree show plans and expectations Class of 2018 students on the ‘drama, joy, jealousy and successes’

Ryan Gander: “All that matters is what you make” The artist on degree show memories and life after art school + Listings: more than 70 shows across the UK www.a-n.co.uk/degree-shows

Image: Angus P Forbes, Untitled (detail), installation and video projection, 2018. BA (hons) Fine Art, University of Lincoln

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The role of artists and art education feels more important than ever. Art helps us to look at the world afresh, often raising questions that demand a new outlook from the viewer. It’s with this in mind that this year’s a-n Degree Shows Guide puts artists firmly at its centre. Conceptual artist Ryan Gander talks candidly about his time studying at Manchester Metropolitan University, his views on art education today and what students should aim to get out of their degree show. Meanwhile, current final-year students give an honest assessment of their experiences, working processes and hopes for their degree shows. Brand new for this year is a digital resource on a-n.co.uk/degree-shows focused around the shows as they open and the needs of current and graduating students. An interactive map and expanded listings make it easy to find the shows near you.

Keeping attention on degree shows throughout May, June and July, there’ll be a steady flow of new stories, and useful resources added. Watch out for an indepth interview with film artist Rehana Zaman, and artists including Cathy Lomax, Helen McGhie, Simeon Barclay and Damien Meade reflecting on their degree shows. We hope that this publication and the new digital resource capture the buzz of excitement and creativity that this time of year is all about. We’ll be sharing more views and pictures from this year’s shows via a-n.co.uk/degree-shows and social media using the hashtag #andegrees18.

Sue Kim, BA Fine Art 2017 Degree Shows at Goldsmiths, University of London. Photo: Fiona Grady (from her a-n Instagram degree shows takeover in June 2017)

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26 GRADUATING ARTISTS: Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, Textiles, Printmaking, Installation, Photo and Video. EXHIBITION INFORMATION: • You are invited to the Preview on Thursday 10th May, 6.00pm-9.00pm • Open: Friday 11th to Thurs 17th May, weekdays: 11.00am-6.00pm, weekends: 11.00am-4.00pm • Meet the Artists: walkabout & talks from exhibiting artists on Tuesday 15th May, 5.30pm-8.00pm • ‘Semi-skimmed’: selected works from the degree show, Friday 8th to Saturday 30th June, 10.00am-5.00pm, closed Sundays • Summer Open Day: Saturday 30th June. www.chi.ac.uk/open-days VENUE: artOne, University of Chichester, Bishop Otter Campus, College Lane, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 6PE. Please note: car park charges apply until 5.00pm, weekdays only. For directions please visit: www.chi.ac.uk. FREE ENTRY www.chi.ac.uk/ﬁne-art | Tel: 01243-816000

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Contents 11-14 RYAN GANDER The London and Suffolk-based artist on ‘welcoming’ visitors to his degree show at Manchester Metropolitan University in the late 1990s, and how ‘what you make’ as an artist is more important than which college you attended. 17-22 CLASS OF 2018 Eleven students from art schools across the UK reflect upon their degree show hopes and plans, plus their expectations of what comes next.

39-37 DEGREE SHOW HIGHLIGHTS From Falmouth in south west England to Aberdeen in the north east of Scotland, a snapshot of degree shows activity taking place during May, June and July.

More online at www.a-n.co.uk/degree-shows

Ryan Gander, Other Places, 2018. Installation view of the 21st Biennale of Sydney (2018) at Cockatoo Island. © Ryan Gander; Courtesy: the artist; TARO NASU Gallery, Tokyo and Lisson Gallery, London and New York; Photo: Silversalt Photography 2

Erin McQuarrie, manipulated rust dyed silk. 3

Katie Avey, Waiting on the Telephone, 41x37cm. 4

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REHANA ZAMAN The London-based artist reflects on her BA degree show at Goldsmiths in the early 2000s, as well as the importance of making sure people from less privileged communities, and working class and ethnic backgrounds still have access to art education. REMEMBERING DEGREE TIME Artists including Simeon Barclay, Evan Ifekoya, Joanna Kirk, Cathy Lomax, Helen McGhie and Damien Meade look back at the ambitions and anxieties of their own degree shows, and reflect on the longgame of being an artist. UPCOMING DEGREE SHOWS Expanded degree shows listings plus interactive map view of upcoming shows. PLUS LATEST DEGREE SHOWS NEWS Including updates from this year’s #andegrees18 Instagram takeovers. 9

FIRST THOUGHTS

Ryan Gander: “No-one’s ever asked me whether I got a first or not” London and Suffolk-based artist Ryan Gander makes artworks that materialise in many different forms from sculpture to film, writing, graphic design, installation, performance and more. Here he discusses ‘welcoming’ visitors to his degree show at Manchester Metropolitan University in the late 1990s, and how ‘what you make’ is more important than which college you attended.

Ryan Gander, The Self Righting of All Things, 2018. Courtesy: the artist. Photo: Jack Hems

My strongest memory of my degree show is the smell of emulsion, which I always equated with enthusiasm. Even now when I go into someone’s flat and they’ve had it decorated, that smell is one of excitement and optimism, and an unjaded view of reality, which maybe when you get to 40 you tend to lose. I applied to Goldsmiths, and then I applied to Chelsea and didn’t even get an interview. I felt a little bit weakened by the authority of London art schools after being turned down twice. Manchester Met was my third choice but I loved the city and it was also only 40 minutes away from my parents’ house so I could do my laundry. I knew from the first week that the course would only give me what I put into it. I realised on the Friday there was only half as many people at the studios as there was on the Monday. This sounds like I was the

work ethic kid, but I was consistently in and out with the cleaners every single day. I didn’t do any of that student union crap, I just wanted to make art. I thought it was amazing that the studios were so empty and that people didn’t bother going in. We had so much space and facilities that I could use. For me, going out and getting pissed at the student union just wasn’t fun, but it seemed that’s what everyone else was doing. What’s always been fun for me has been making art. If I’m making it, I’m happy. It’s like going on holiday. I’d rather spend money on that than anything else. So yes, my degree was ace, because I got to make art and not work at Allied Carpets. For the actual show, I took over the entrance foyer. I made the word ‘welcome’ in all the languages of the world and the colours of Europe and made this weird 11

abstract composition of fire extinguishers, sand bags and burst balloons. The thing that it had in common with what I’m doing now is that I identified a need and a gap, and that I wanted to defy expectation. The need was that everyone was arguing about what space they were going to have for their degree show. They wanted the biggest space, and nice white walls etc etc. Instead of playing to that, I understood it and acknowledged it. The response was to resist expectation. I did the thing that would be the complete opposite, which is usually the way that creative solutions happen. I just chose the shittest space in the college, which was the entrance hall. It was right at the front by the café, before you even got into any of the degree shows. This is where I began to learn about context and the benefits of restrictions. I also rented a Portakabin and put it out the back by the bins in the car park. I used the same typographical style, signage and colouring as the front entrance and commissioned 10 essays from writers about visibility and approachability. These were available as print outs in this kind of information bureau. My mum and dad gave me £1,000 to help out, and I paid the writers £100 each. 12

In terms of the response from my fellow students, I don’t think many of them really understood what I was I was doing. I find it insane that of all the areas in the world, art is the place where things that are completely mad and bonkers can happen. It’s the only place where things that you don’t understand and make you feel uncomfortable can exist. That’s what art is. Yet, most art looks like art and conforms to its own set of rules. Most people would enter the show and walk straight past my work, not even realising it was art. Maybe because it wasn’t framed. I wasn’t trying to make a statement, and I didn’t have a pile of business cards... obviously. The degree show didn’t feel like the end of something – more like the start of something better. I knew that as soon as I was gone I’d be making something else, I just wouldn’t be in that situation anymore. It felt like the beginning of the rest of my life. I think a lot of young artists lose traction as soon as their course finishes and it’s because they are at university or art school just to get a degree. It’s the difference between wanting to be an artist and wanting to make art. Some people can’t do anything but

Ryan Gander, A toppled Breuer chair after a blizzard of snow, 2017. © Ryan Gander; Courtesy: the artist and Lisson Gallery, London and New York; Photo: Jack Hems

Ryan Gander, The Self Righting of All Things, 2018. © Ryan Gander. Courtesy the artist and Lisson Gallery, London and New York; Photo: Jack Hems

Ryan Gander, Notes on Nothing – Watching Oneself Fall, 2018. © Ryan Gander. Courtesy the artist and Lisson Gallery, London and New York. Image by Jack Hems.

Some institutions in Europe are a little bit like art finishing schools that produce really eloquent visual linguists who have great common knowledge of their visual language. They have great intonation and vocab, and I don’t think art schools in Britain necessarily are doing that. 3

The direction of art education in this country is towards mass class prejudice. There’s a lot of talk about prejudice, inequality, gender, sexual preference etc but actually the biggest inequality in the world is money, it’s not any of those other things. Money provides the worst instability and the worst inequality. In the art world, you can be a fantastic artist who just makes enough money to pay the rent but has a load of shows. There’s so many levels of being a good artist. Not everyone’s ambition is to be Damien Hirst. The funny thing about art and education is that no-one can identify whether art is good or bad. I can go to a gallery and see an artwork that I really detest and hate and then be driving home and I can’t stop thinking about it. Actually, the mark of quality with an artwork isn’t whether you really like it, it’s how long it stays in your brain for. Those are the ones that are probably better artworks.

make art, it’s all they are interested in. If you don’t have a reason to make art without the validation of getting a piece of paper, then you just stop. It doesn’t really matter what you do at university or art school. The only thing that matters is what you do the day that you leave. In terms of whether art education needs to change, I just think it is what it is. There are better models than what we have got in this country in places like Germany, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Italy and France. It comes down to there being fewer students and more elitism. There’s also worse models, like the United States and it’s obviously getting much worse in Britain. You can go to art school and leave and still go on to do anything. You may not end up being an ‘artist’ but because of art school, you will intuitively think and perform differently. It’s about having the creative value in your brain opened. Art schools don’t just make artists, they make creative bankers, creative firefighters and creative criminals etc. They produce ‘difference’ and with the increasing monotonisation of the world, any difference is positive.

If I was to give one piece of advice to a student finishing their degree, it would be that it doesn’t matter what college you went to or course you did, or even whether you get that little bit of paper at the end. All that matters is what you make. The more you make, and the more shit you throw away, the better an artist you’ll be and the more eloquent in visual language you will be. That’s why it’s called an artist’s ‘practice’, because going to art school is practice. No-one can judge whether you are a good artist or not. Some of the best artists I know didn’t even go to art school or get a degree. The big currency for young artists is time and space and not having a job. The paradox of being an artist is not always based around money but needing space to make art and time to make art, but needing to go to work to pay for it. And if you are at work you can’t use the space. It’s a self-defeating circle. The objective of art school isn’t to get a degree. No-one’s ever asked me whether I got a 1st or not. The only thing that matters is how long you get to be an artist for free. I didn’t bother going to any of my graduations. I didn’t see the point of shaking hands with someone who didn’t know any of the art I had made. Most people that did go were the people that were never in their studios making art. That’s the paradox of education. For young 13

artists reading this that are going to make art the day after they leave art school and are not hungover because they didn’t yet feel like they had anything to celebrate the night before, getting a degree means fuck all. They are the ones that will do really well. Ryan Gander was speaking to Jack Hutchinson. Ryan Gander has exhibited internationally for over a decade, with recent solo exhibitions at Lisson Gallery, London, National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan, Hyundai Gallery, Seoul, South Korea and Manchester Art Gallery. For the Great Exhibition of the North (22 June – 28 August 2018), he is showing To Give Light (Northern Aspirational Charms), in Baltic Square, Gateshead, consisting of pared down sculptures depicting various objects, originally designed to emit or to shine light, each with a historical link to the North of England. These include one of the first functioning incandescent light bulbs, developed by Joseph Swan (b 1828, Sunderland) in the late 1800s, and the Geordie lamp, a safety lamp for use in inflammable atmospheres, invented by George Stephenson (b 1781, Wylam) in 1815. For Liverpool Biennial 2018 (14 July - 28 October 2018) he has devised a collaborative project Time Moves Quickly, working with five children from Knotty Ash Primary School in Liverpool (Jamie Clark, Phoebe Edwards, Tianna Mehta, Maisie Williams and Joshua Yates). Ryan Gander will produce a series of artworks for a group exhibition at Bluecoat, as well as a series of five bench-like sculptures at Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, and an artistic film exploring the activities carried out in the workshops.

More online at www.a-n.co.uk/degree-shows Rehana Zaman: “Art education shouldn’t be the realm of the elite” London-based artist Rehana Zaman’s practice explores the effect of multiple social dynamics on how individuals and groups relate. She reflects on her BA degree show at Goldsmiths in the early 2000s, as well as the importance of making sure people from less privileged communities, working class and ethnic backgrounds still have access to art education.

Ryan Gander, Potent motif of ambition (Dramaturgical framework for structure and stability), 2018. © Ryan Gander; Courtesy: the artist and Lisson Gallery, London and New York; Photo: Kitmin Lee

Ryan Gander, Let the world take a turn, 2018. © Ryan Gander; Courtesy: the artist and Lisson Gallery, London and New York; Photo: Jack Hems

Rehana Zaman, Lourdes, 2017, exhibited in her exhibition ‘Speaking Nearby’ at CCA Glasgow 10 February - 25 March 2018. Photo: Alan Dimmick

EXHIBITION 2018

DEGREE SHOW

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Image: Darryl Whitworth, BA (Hons) Fine Art 2018

FIRST THOUGHTS

Class of 2018 Eleven students share their degree show hopes and plans. As students across the UK work towards their final shows, eleven artists from this year’s graduating cohort reflect on their art school experiences and look forward to their shows. Read more from the CLASS OF 2018 graduating students – go to www.a-n.co.uk/degree-shows

‘I want to have fun with it and produce something exciting’ Michaela Hall 1

Michaela Hall, Wrap (installation shot), 2018

Michaela Hall BA (Hons) Fine Art, Newcastle University “My work has certainly taken a direction I didn’t expect it to, becoming more and more concerned with reflective materials, such as glitter, foils and iridescent tinsels and fabrics. I now like to work across a variety of painting, photography, sculpture, collage and most recently, installation. I think a degree show is important in giving other people a glimpse of what is to come and the elements of your practice you are most interested in taking forward. The most important part however, is that I want to have fun with it and produce something exciting for others.” Degree show: 2-16 June. www.newcastledegreeshow.com 2

Michaela Hall, Untitled wall sculpture, 49x30cm, tinsel and cardboard.

Demi Bromfield BA (Hons) Fine Art, Lancaster University “During my course I have transitioned from working digitally with photographs and often transcribing them into pencil drawings to painting and abstraction. I want my degree show to showcase my creative outlet at this milestone and hopefully capture a glimpse of the future possibilities of my practice. After I graduate, I plan to continue in my creative journey as an artist, continue to grow, learn from my surroundings, experiment and reflect on my personal development. In the long term, I aim to become a full-time artist.” Degree Show: 19-30 June. www.ludegreeshow2018.com 4

Demi Bromfield, Untitled, 2018.

Michaela Hall, Glitter Hex painting, 16x30x30cm, glitter and glue on wood.

Georgina Boyd

Georgina Boyd BDes (Hons) Graphic Design and Illustration, Belfast School of Art “Throughout the course I’ve improved the quality and richness of my work, but I always strive for better. My degree show will include a number of zines that feature strange and wacky comic panels, a newspaper titled The Graduate and large digital prints of my final works, plus a huge illustration.

Even if I get I disappointing final grade or something goes wrong in my final show, I can’t allow myself to think that my entire future career relies solely on these next few months. I’d just like a sense of satisfaction and achievement.” Degree show: 8-16 June. www.ulster.ac.uk

Robert Cooper MA (Hons) Fine Art, Edinburgh College of Art “I have works from when I was about 15 that would prove that absolutely nothing has changed in the time I’ve been doing my course! However, I never would have predicted all the collaborations, performances, technologies, and so much more that I have tried out throughout this degree that have become part of my practice as a whole. I have been at art school for five years now and watched the same drama, joy, jealousy and successes repeat every year at the time of degree show. I want to go through all these ridiculous emotions because it’s hard to tell when or whether you’ll ever be in this kind of creative community again.” Degree show: 2-10 June. www.eca.ed.ac.uk 6

Robert Cooper, Wear it with honour – Its free with your first order, 2018.

Emily Chapman BA (Hons) Fine Art, Teesside University “At the start of my degree my work was centred on the environment but more specifically, human interaction and the way the world is affected by people. Through my time on the course I began researching ideas around the corporeal and an interest in identity and the human body began to emerge. As an artist, I hope to be able to use this show to demonstrate my ability to work with a variety of mediums. I have applied to do my masters degree at Teesside and would like to continue exploring identity and producing work that intrigues the viewer.” Degree show: 14-25 May. www.tees.ac.uk/undergraduate_courses/The_Arts 7

Emily Chapman, Untitled, 2018.

Frances Kelly

BA (Hons) Fine Art and Visual Culture, University of the West of England, Bristol “I started art school thinking I was going to be a painter and I couldn’t have been more wrong. My practice has developed over the three years and now sits inbetween sculpture and video which is led by fictional narratives. For my degree show I want to create an immersive environment that transports the viewer outside of the gallery space. I’m hoping that the show will provide me with opportunities and experiences that I haven’t yet had, and that I can push my practice further. I want to continue being experimental and taking risks with my work.” Degree show: 8-13 June. www1.uwe.ac.uk 20

Frances Kelly, More Than One (video still).

Katie Avey BA (Hons) Painting, Gray’s School of Art, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen “In the first two years at Gray’s we were challenged with topics that were out of our comfort zones and this taught me so much. In my third year, my interests turned to personal memories and how I could depict them, focusing on a particular time period. The lead up to the degree show is going to be the busiest couple of months to date in the studio and the exhibition will allow me to acknowledge how an audience reacts to my work. Seeing the painting with breathing space alongside my other works will allow me to view my paintings in a whole new way.” Degree show: 16-23 June. www.rgu.ac.uk

Heidi Chan BA (Hons) Fine Art, Nottingham Trent University

Katie Avey, In the front garden, 2018. 11 10

Heidi Chan, Acrylic I.

In the time I’ve been doing my course, my understanding about painting has transformed and expanded. It’s not just about oil on canvas but instead has become a methodology with which I approach different medium and materials. For my degree show I’m working on a new mixed-media installation that involves multiple video projections onto sculptural objects placed on the floor and hung from ceiling. It explores the passage of time and personal memory of my study as an international student here. The experience of setting up the exhibition, organising the space and resources together with other students will be challenging but rewarding. I see the degree show is not just about exhibiting my own work, but also about how to curate and cooperate with others.” Degree show: 2-10 June. www4.ntu.ac.uk/art

Erin McQuarrie

Erin McQuarrie, Printed and bonded fabrics.

BA (Hons) in Textile Design, Glasgow School of Art “My final year project uses the Glasgow School of Art’s Mackintosh building as its starting point, working from imagery of the building’s post-fire interior, gathered during site visits. I’ve worked with fabric manipulation, rust dyeing, digitally printing on wood and screen print techniques in an attempt to push the form that printed textiles can take.

This year’s degree show is the biggest platform I have had to do that on so far. I would hope that it opens gateways to interesting conversations and knowledge of new opportunities in the arts.” Degree show: 2-8 June. www.gsa.ac.uk 21

Angus P Forbes BA (Hons) Fine Art, University of Lincoln “My work has changed considerably since starting my course. I started out as a painter and now use a much wider range of disciplines, such as installation, projection, video and sound. My work also had less meaning and depth to it, but my practice is now heavily concerned with sociopolitical issues and humanitarian crises, something that I have established a morbid curiosity towards. I see my degree show as a giant stepping stone in my artistic development.” Degree show: 26 May – 9 June. www.insertarthere.co.uk

Angus Forbes, Untitled (detail), installation and video projection, 2018.

Holly Nicholls BA (Hons) Fine Art, Bath Spa University “My work has changed hugely over the past three years. I have gone from making small-scale paper works, dabbling in acrylics, inks and graphite to now making large-scale oil paintings on panelled boards which I make myself. For my degree show I am planning to make a triptych or quadriptych of panelled oil paintings. The looming prospect of a degree show acts as this kind of momentum for me to keep making the best work I can. For me it’s still about the art.” Degree show: Bath 9-17 June. www.bathspa.ac.uk/art-and-design

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Holly Nicholls, Unclouded.

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Public View Sunday 3 June 1pm – 5pm Monday 4 to Thursday 7 June 1pm – 7pm Friday 8 June 1pm – 5pm

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Friday 25 May to Wednesday 6 June 1pm – 7pm This year for the first time the degree show will be held at multiple locations. For more information please visit www.kingston.ac.uk/ugdegreeshow18

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Degree show highlights From May to early July, degree show season is an opportunity to see work by thousands of graduating students in exhibitions across the UK. Here we list a snapshot of activity, with over 70 shows featuring painting, sculpture, film, photography and more. For expanded listings with more on each show, located by map view so you can see which degree shows are taking place where you live, go to www.a-n.co.uk/degree-shows

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UNIVERSITY OF CHICHESTER PV 10 May, 11-17 May COVENTRY UNIVERSITY 10-26 May OXFORD BROOKES 12-17 May TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY PV 15 May, 14-25 May WRITTLE SCHOOL OF DESIGN PV 16 May, 17-20 May EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY 18-27 May DUNCAN OF JORDANSTONE COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN PV 18 May, 19-27 May, SWANSEA COLLEGE OF ART PV 18 May, 19 May - 1 June UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER PV 18 May, 19-25 May

SLADE SCHOOL OF FINE ART (BA/BFA) 19-24 May

ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ART PV 19 May, 21-31 May UNIVERSITY OF KENT 19-26 May WESTMINSTER SCHOOL OF MEDIA, ARTS AND DESIGN 21-31 May UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN, COLLEGE OF ARTS 21 May – 1 June CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS UAL, SHOW ONE 23-27 May CITY OF GLASGOW COLLEGE 24 May – 1 June LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF ART & DESIGN Liverpool John Moores University 26 May – 8 June

Amy Truscott preparing for degree show, Edinburgh College of Art

Magdalena Puchalska, Gray’s School of Art

BA Fine Art BA Painting and Drawing Private View Friday 8th June, 6pm Public opening 9th - 15th June, daily 10am – 4pm See us at Free Range. The Old Truman Brewery, London E1 6QL Private View Thursday 5th July. Public opening 6th - 9th July

MA Fine Art Private View Tuesday 18th September Public opening 19th - 25th September Fine Art, Avenue Campus, St George’s Avenue, Northampton, NN2 6JD Course enquires: study@northampton.ac.uk

LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY PV 25 May, 26 May – 4 June

GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART (BA) BA, 2-8 June

WREXHAM GLYNDWR UNIVERSITY PV 25 May, 4-15 June

EDINBURGH COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN, UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH 2-10 June

CARDIFF SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN 26 May – 1 June CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY 28 May – 11 June UNIVERSITY FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS Farnham 7-15 June; Rochester 8-22 June; Epsom 14-23 June; Canterbury 16-29 June GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART (MFA) PV 30 May, 31 May-10 June JUNE

HULL SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN 1-6 June UNIVERSITY OF CUMBRIA 2-8 June

NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY 2-10 June UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON PV 1 June, 2-10 June UNIVERSITY OF DERBY 2-13 June NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY PV 1 June, 2-16 June LEEDS SCHOOL OF ART, ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN, LEEDS BECKETT UNIVERSITY PV 1 June, 2-18 June KINGSTON SCHOOL OF ART, KINGSTON UNIVERSITY PV 2 June, 3-8 June

SCHOOL OF CREATIVE ARTS, UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE PV 7 June, 4-8 June

Ursula Illett preparing for degree show, Edinburgh College of Art 5

William Hughes, Fine Art, Bath School of Art

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F E S T I V A L Join us to experience the talent, creativity and ingenuity of our final year students. Birmingham School of Art courses exhibiting include: â&#x20AC;˘ BA (Hons) Art and Design â&#x20AC;˘ BA (Hons) Fine Art The Inspired Festival also celebrates student work from our other creative subject areas such as Visual Communications, Jewellery, Fashion and Textiles, and more. Work by Tony Mclure, BA (Hons) Fine Art, 2017 graduate.

11-17 JUNE 2018 www.bcu .ac.u k/in s p i re d

UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD 7-15 June SLADE SCHOOL OF FINE ART (MA/MFA/PHD) 7-17 June UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS, FINE ART 7-21 June UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND, BRISTOL 8-13 June ARTS UNIVERSITY OF BOURNEMOUTH PV 7 June, 8-15 June UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH 8-21 June

PLYMOUTH COLLEGE OF ART 8-21 June ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS 8 June â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1 July LEEDS COLLEGE OF ART, LEEDS ARTS UNIVERSITY 9-14 June UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON PV 8 June, 9-15 June BATH SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN PV 8 June, 9-17 June

BELFAST SCHOOL OF ART 8-16 June

HEREFORD COLLEGE OF ARTS BA, 9-17 June MA, 23-27 June

CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL OF ART, ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY 8-16 June

LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY 9-17 June

WOLVERHAMPTON SCHOOL OF ART 9-20 June

STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY 9-17 June

Charlotte Ellis. Copyright: Demi Bromfield 7

Belfast School of Art. Photo: David Copeland

Knitwear by Jean Oberlander. Photo: Peter Bonomi 9

Holly Nicholls, Fine Art, Bath School of Art

MANCHESTER SCHOOL OF ART PV 8 June, 9-20 June SHEFFIELD INSTITUTE OF ARTS, SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY PV 8 June, 9-22 June BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY 11-17 June WINCHESTER SCHOOL OF ART, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON PV 14 June, 15-23 June GOLDSMITHS, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON (BA) PV 14 June, 15-18 June

UNIVERSITY CENTRE COLCHESTER, SCHOOL OF ART 15-18 June UNIVERSITY OF SUFFOLK 15-21 June WIMBLEDON COLLEGE OF ARTS, UAL PV 14 June, 15-23 June UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND PV 15 June, 16-22 June GRAY’S SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN, ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY, ABERDEEN PV 15 June, 16-23 June

CHELSEA COLLEGE OF ARTS, UAL PV 15 June, 16-23 June

NORWICH UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS 26 June – 4 July

CAMBERWELL COLLEGE OF ART, UAL 16-23 June

CITY & GUILDS OF LONDON ART SCHOOL PV 26 June, 27 June - 1 July

UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE 13-22 June

WEST DEAN COLLEGE OF ARTS AND CONSERVATION 30 June – 6 July

LANCASTER ARTS AT LANCASTER UNIVERSITY 19-30 June

THE ART ACADEMY 6-8 July

CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS, UAL, SHOW TWO 20-24 June

GOLDSMITHS, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON (MFA) PV 12 July, 13-17 July

ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART 23 June – 1 July 37

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Unfinished Business UCC School of Art Summer Show, Colchester

BA (Hons) Fashion and Textiles BA (Hons) Fine Art BA (Hons) Graphic Design BA (Hons) 3D Design and Craft BA (Hons) Photography June14 Preview Night: 6–9pm, June15: 9–4pm June16: 9–12am, June 18–21: 9–4pm

University Centre Colchester, Colchester Institute, Sheepen Road, Colchester. CO3 3LL www.colchester.ac.uk

SUMMER GRADUATE AND POSTGRADUATE

SHOWS VISUAL ARTS PROGRAMMES

2018 AN_DEGREE_SHOW_GUIDE_AD_FINAL.pdf

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30 JUNE – 6 JULY 10am-5pm FREE ENTRY WEST DEAN COLLEGE, PO18 0RX PREVIEW: FRIDAY 29 JUNE, 4-9pm

25 – 29 JULY 1-7pm FREE ENTRY ESPACIO GALLERY, LONDON, E2 7DG EVENT: THURSDAY 26 JULY, 7-10pm www.westdean.org.uk @westdeancollege

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NORWICH UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS

BA DEGREE SHOW 2018 26.06.18 - 04.07.18

www.nua.ac.uk/degree-shows #NUAdegreeshows

Naomi Kirk-Smith, BA (Hons) Fine Art Finalist in the Broomhill National Sculpture Prize 2018 41

www.a-n.co.uk/degree-shows

UPCOMING DEGREE SHOWS

NEW DIGITAL RESOURCE Find a show near you Interactive map and expanded listings make it easy to plan a visit.

Longer reads featuring

New graduate resources

Featuring Goldsmiths graduate Rehana Zaman looking back at her degree show, artists including Cathy Lomax and Simeon Barclay, and more degree show insights from this year’s graduating students.

As degree season progresses, our focus shifts to helping graduating students to sustain practice and explore options after study.

Angus P Forbes, Untitled (detail), installation and video projection, 2018. BA (hons) Fine Art, University of Lincoln

Rehana Zaman, Some Women Other Women and all the Bittermen, 2014. Exhibited in her exhibition‘Speaking Nearby’ at CCA Glasgow 10 February – 25 March 2018. Photo: Alan Dimmick

News and views Keeping attention on degree shows from May to July, a steady flow of new stories, reviews and Instagram takeovers.

Cathy Lomax, Strangers on a Train: Flame Eyes (detail), 21x30cm, oil on paper, 2017.