Platform Graduate Award Shortlist Announced

Platform is a coalition of visual arts organisations in the South East, consisting of Margate’s Turner Contemporary, Portsmouth’s Aspex, Bexhill’s De La Warr Pavilion, Milton Keynes’ MK Gallery and Oxford’s Modern Art Oxford, and has been initiated by CVAN (Contemporary Visual Art Network South East). Each organisation has selected graduates from within their immediate geographical reach for their exhibitions. One Platform artist from each gallery will be put forward to be considered for the Platform Graduate Award 2015, receiving a £2500 bursary and a year of mentoring from an experienced art professional. The overall Platform Award winner from across the five South East venues will be announced on 31 October 2015 at De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill

The Platform Graduate Award showcases and mentors the very best of young and emerging artists in the southeast -  itis pleased to announce its shortlist for its 2015 £2500 bursary and mentoring.

Shortlisted artists are:

Tom Heatley, University of Brighton, chosen by De La Warr Pavilion

Amelia Marsh, Winchester School of Art, chosen by Aspex

Deborah Mills, Buckinghamshire New University, chosen by MK Gallery

Emily Willey, University of Reading, chosen by Modern Art Oxford

David Vargas, University for the Creative Arts, chosen by Turner Contemporary

The overall Platform Award winner from across the five South East venues will be announced on 31 October 2015, 2 pm to 4 pm, at De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill.

Platform is a coalition of visual arts organisations in the South East, consisting of Margate’s Turner Contemporary, Portsmouth’s Aspex, Bexhill’s De La Warr Pavilion, Milton Keynes’ MK Gallery and Oxford’s Modern Art Oxford, and has been initiated by CVAN (Contemporary Visual Art Network South East). Each organisation has selected graduates from within their immediate geographical reach for their exhibitions. One Platform artist from each gallery will be put forward to be considered for the Platform Graduate Award 2015, receiving a £2500 bursary and a year of mentoring from an experienced art professional.

For further information on Platform, its long and short-listed graduate artists and images of their work, please click here