Marysia Gacek awarded Glasgow Sculpture Studios MFA Graduate Fellowship

June 16, 2014


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Glasgow Sculpture Studios
has announced that its next MFA Graduate Fellow will be
Marysia Gacek
The Glasgow Sculpture
Studios MFA Graduate Fellowship is awarded annually to a graduating artist from The Glasgow School of Art’s MFA programme who demonstrates artistic excellence, a
nd a commitment to maintaining a
studio-based
, contemporary sculptural
practice.
Marysia Gacek Penelope’s Shroud (detail) 2014,
(t-shirts, chain, key chains, hooks)
Running for one year from
November 2014 to November 2015, the award includes membership to Glasgow
Sculpture Studios, access to production facilities, professional artist’s
opportunities, private studio accommodation, and support to realise a solo
presentation of new work towards the end of the Fellowship.

The selection panel also
awarded Aniara Omann one year’s free membership to Glasgow Sculpture
Studios.
Aniara Omann Tell me what you want, what you really, really
want
(Plastic mask.
Latex nose prosthetic)

The 2014-15  GSS MFA Graduate Fellowship is generously
supported by The Fenton Arts Trust.
Work by Marysia Gacek and Aniara Omann can be seen in the MFA Degree
Show
at The Glue Factory until 22 June 2014.
Ends

Further information on the
MFA at The Glasgow School of Art
Lesley Booth
0779 941 4474
press@gsa.ac.uk
Notes for Editors
  • Previous Graduate Fellows are: Laura Aldridge, Carla Scott Fullerton, Risa Tsunegi, Jonathan Scott,
    Sarah Forrest, Alex Impey, Scott Rogers
    and Tessa Lynch

  • The 2014 selection panel for the award comprised:

Laura
Aldridge –
Artist,
Glasgow Sculpture Studios member and MFA Graduate Fellow 2007; Louise Briggs
– Programme Coordinator at Glasgow Sculpture Studios;
Kendall
Koppe

Director of Kendall Koppe Gallery, Glasgow;
Kyla
McDonald

Head of Programme at Glasgow Sculpture Studios; and
Pavel
P_y_ś _

Exhibitions & Displays Curator at the Henry Moore Institute, Leeds.

  •  Glasgow Sculpture Studios is a unique centre for research,
    production, presentation and the dissemination of contemporary sculptural
    practices, based at The Whisky Bond. GSS supports a vibrant community of
    professional artists who focus on innovative sculptural techniques and
    practices. This wide-ranging community is at varying stages of their careers,
    from emergent and recent graduates through to established artists whose
    practices are recognised at the highest level; including representing Scotland
    at the Venice Biennale, being nominated for the Turner Prize and winning Becks
    Futures