BA (Hons), Fine Art: Painting and Printmaking, Glasgow School of Art. Speaking about her work, Emma Boiston says: “A patchwork of thoughts, smells, textures; layers of a past that looms on my mind, stitched together as a way of treasuring […]
BA (Hons) Fine Art: Painting, Wimbledon College of Arts, UAL. Louisa Clark says of her practice: “My work aims to form different perspectives on familiar things, inviting a type of playful observation. My practice is primarily concerned with the translation […]
BA(Hons) Fine Art, Sculpture and Environmental Art, Glasgow School of Art final year student Jack McElroy speaks to Jamie Limond. “It’s about making an artwork that can be enjoyed by people who don’t want to enjoy it as an artwork” […]
BA Fine Art Painting, University of Brighton final-year student Charlotte Guérard speaks to Kitty Bew. “The painting becomes an object or an archive of my gestures, something that happened in my body separate to what happened in my head.” Charlotte […]
British artists Jane and Louise Wilson began working collaboratively in the late 1980s when studying at different art colleges in Newcastle and Dundee. Nominated for the 1999 Turner Prize, the Newcastle-born twins are known for their moving image and photographic […]
a-n’s Julie Lomax kicked off a busy few days of Instagram degree shows posting following her visit to the University of Bolton Creative Show 2019. Lomax officially opened the show ahead of a “really enjoyable” evening speaking to the graduating […]
This week sees a bumper batch of degree shows opening as we head into the busiest period for final-year exhibitions. So, good luck to all the students involved, including painters Jessie Davies and Aidan Stephen, both of which are profiled […]
Our degree shows Instagram focus for 2019 is underway with takeovers from shows in Scotland and the south of England, plus an a-n team visit to one of the graduate shows in London.
“Don’t follow trends, they’ll be over before the show opens.” That’s the advice from independent curator Lucy Day to students preparing for their degree shows. Day is one of five visual art professionals quoted in our What makes a great degree […]
“Not simply mirroring their tutors’ thinking” Primarily it is the students and of course the work that they exhibit. Everything they learn up to that point filters in to the level of ambition and the quality of the work made. […]
“The work should not attempt to be a complete answer, how can it be?” Degree shows are always a tricky balance for the soon to be graduate student and burgeoning artist. They operate as multiple mini solo shows clumped together, […]
For the next couple of months we’ll present a weekly pick of degree shows across the UK as they open to the public, selected from the a-n Degree Shows Guide 2019 listings. This week’s selection includes final-year shows in St […]
This year’s just-published guide includes details of degree shows across the UK, an extensive interview with London-based artist Larry Achiampong – a graduate of the University of Westminster and Slade School of Fine Art – plus insights from graduating students, […]
BA (Hons) Fine Art, University of Gloucestershire “In my first year I was introduced to etching and printmaking, which have given me a new visual language and allow me to spend time in the process of making. I have developed […]
BA (Hons) Fine Art, Edinburgh College of Art “My work has changed in the time I’ve been doing my course due to the education I never had where art is concerned. I was in my 40s when I started the […]
As degree shows season reaches its final few weeks, we look back at a-n Instagram takeovers from Warwickshire College and City & Guilds of London Art School.
A look back at this week’s a-n member Instagram takeovers with posts from Birmingham City University’s School of Art degree show and Camberwell College of Arts’ undergraduate show. Janet Tryner continued her degree shows coverage on the a-n Instagram with a visit to […]
14 final-year undergraduate and postgraduate shows that are opening over the next 7 days from 14 June 2018. The a-n Degree Shows Guide 2018 and online interactive map at www.a-n.co.uk/degree-shows provide listings for degree shows taking place throughout the UK. As June progresses degree […]
We highlight 22 final-year undergraduate and postgraduate shows opening during the week of 4 June 2018. As we head into June the number of openings is in full flow, and here we highlight 22 shows opening over the next seven days […]
We highlight 16 final-year undergraduate and postgraduate shows that are open from 25 May 2018. The a-n Degree Shows Guide 2018 and online interactive map at www.a-n.co.uk/degree-shows provide listings for degree shows taking place throughout the UK. As we head […]
As degree show season starts to get busy, we highlight 11 final-year undergraduate and postgraduate shows opening during the week commencing 14 May 2018. The a-n Degree Shows Guide 2018 and online interactive map at www.a-n.co.uk/degree-shows provide listings for degree shows […]
BDes (Hons) Graphic Design and Illustration, Belfast School of Art, University of Ulster 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 […]
BA (hons) Fine Art, Lancaster University During my course I have transitioned from working digitally with photographs, often transcribing them into pencil drawings, to indulging in the world of painting and abstraction. My experience of working with paint prior to […]
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 […]
