The Glasgow
School of Art physical degree show returns for celebration of creativity
School of Art physical degree show returns for celebration of creativity
Students will welcome the public to
view Degree Show 2022 from June 1
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| Left to right: Billy Paterson (Communication Design Y3), Jihye Baek (MFA 2022), Fleur Connor (Painting and Printmaking 2022), Sophie Ammann, Leonie Hiller (Communication Design 2022). |
Students at The
Glasgow School of Art (GSA) will present dynamic and memorable
exhibitions of creativity and innovation in the
first physical degree show to welcome the public in two years. GSA’s Degree
Show 2022 opens on Wednesday 1st of June together with the launch of the
Digital Graduate Showcase.
Over 600 students
from GSA’s five Schools will display bodies of work which address some of the
world’s most important contemporary issues and challenges – from climate
emergency and sustainability, to gender, race and representation, health and
wellbeing, social injustice, post pandemic recovery and how creative and
co-designed responses can shape tomorrow’s world.
Held over three
weeks, the first exhibitions open to the public across GSA’s Garnethill campus
on the 1st of June are from the Schools of Fine Art, Design, Innovation, and
Simulation and Visualisation. The exhibition by the Mackintosh School of
Architecture will open to the public on the 11th of June. The GSA’s
Master of Fine Art Degree Show, sponsored by citizenM opens on 31st May at
Florence Street.
The reach of the
physical exhibition is amplified by the Digital Graduate Showcase, which will
allow people from across the world to engage with students’ work and
participate in digital events over the three weeks of the physical Degree
Show. Graduates will also be able to add to their digital portfolios on
the showcase for up to 12 months, offering the opportunity to present their
developing professional practice post-graduation supporting them to secure new
roles and commissions.
This year’s degree show promotional
poster designs are a striking example of creative collaboration as they feature
the work of five students, who worked alongside a Glasgow creative agency to
produce the marketing materials. The posters include three fonts designed by
2022 Communication Design graduates Leonie Hiller and Sophie Ammann whose work
can be seen at Degree Show and third year Communication Design student Billy
Paterson who will be part of Degree Show 2023. Central to the promotional
campaign is an oil painting by 2022 Painting and Printmaking graduate, Fleur
Connor from the School of Fine Art. The painting, ‘Untitled Diptych 1’,
is one side of a diptych that shows a loosely figurative depiction of a person
looking upwards. The painting by Fleur shows the challenges faced by the
students during lockdown and how they tackled those issues creatively.
GSA student Fleur Connor said: “My
painting was produced by adapting during lockdown to what little space I had
and the few physical resources I had to create. That’s why it follows a grid
pattern, because the painting is made from smaller works from my sketchbooks.
It’s really exciting for me to have the diptych, which was borne out of
frustration, to now be a symbol of something positive. It’s really nice to be
featured alongside the work of my fellow students and for that work to be
celebrated.”
The
Master of Fine Art Degree Show poster uses another image by Joy Baek, who recently
completed her master’s degree in Fine Art from the GSA, following an
undergraduate degree in Fine Art (BA) from the Chelsea College of Arts in
London. Her work explores socio-cultural issues in Korean society, embodying both
public and private interpretations of those issues. The image of a hand was
captured in the process of the creation of a video, which explores the
relationship between children and their parents.
Professor Penny Macbeth, Director of The Glasgow
School of Art said: “Every year our students
create the most inspiring and dynamic portfolios of work and we are very
excited to be welcoming the city into the GSA for the first time in two years
to experience in person the incredible creative talent that has been part of Glasgow’s
creative community over the past few years.”
“Degree show is always a celebration of
creativity and hard work and the physical Degree Show, which sits alongside our
digital Graduate Showcase, illustrates brilliantly the individuality and imagination
that GSA students are renowned for worldwide to a local and global
audience.”
“Students everywhere have had a challenging
and unique experience of studying over the past few years but particularly for
our students this has prompted them to adapt traditional approaches, to think
about their practice and consider how to mediate and push the boundaries
between the physical and digital to create inspiring and powerful work.”
“This can often be a daunting and
challenging process but can open up new and exciting ways in which to
collaborate, organise and create. This Degree Show is a great example of
what can be achieved by creative people and what they can offer the world as
they move into the next stage of their creative journey as professional artists,
designers and architects.
Robin Chadha, Chief Marketing
Officer, citizenM said: “citizenM is delighted to be supporting
the MFA Degree Show at The Glasgow School of Art for the eighth year.”
“Art is one of our core
pillars. We believe that art should be accessible to all – our hotels are full
of original and specially commissioned pieces for visitors to enjoy. The GSA is
recognised worldwide as a leading creative school for the arts, and as firm
believers in helping new talent, we are thrilled to once again support the GSA
MFA students graduating this year.”
GSA Degree Show runs from 1st to 19th June across
the GSA Garnethill Campus. Please check website www.gsashowcase.net for buildings and opening times. Buildings are closed on 2 and 3
June 2022 (Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Bank Holiday)
2022’s Digital Graduate Showcase launches with a
digital event featuring an international panel of guests at 5pm, 1st of June
2022 at gsashowcase.net
Available to view and explore online at www.gsashowcase.net
Full events programme now live at www.gsashowcase.net/events
ENDS
NOTES FOR EDITORS
Images are available to download here [URL] with
credit to GSA Alumna, photographer Kirsty Anderson.
For more information or to arrange any interviews
and press previews, please contact Katie Palmer or Bobby Thomson at Muckle
Media on [gsa@mucklemedia.co.uk] or
via 0131 228 9713.
To attend any of the GSA Degree Show previews
About The Glasgow School of Art (GSA)
The Glasgow School of Art (GSA) is
internationally recognised as one of Europe’s leading independent
university-level institutions for education and research in the visual creative
disciplines. Our studio-based, specialist, practice-led teaching, learning and
research draw talented individuals with a shared passion for visual culture and
creative production from all over the world.
Originally founded in 1845 as one of the first
Government Schools of Design, the School’s history can be traced back to 1753
and the establishment of the Foulis Academy delivering a European-style art
education. Today, the GSA is an international community of over 3500 students
and staff across architecture, design, digital, fine art and innovation in our
campuses in Glasgow and Altyre (in the Scottish Highlands) and a thriving Open
Studio programme delivering non-degree provision to over 1500 students
annually.
www.gsa.ac.uk
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