Announcing the nominees for the 2024 Platform Graduate Award

We’re delighted to announce the return of the Platform Graduate Award!

Now reimagined in its twelfth year, showcasing a dynamic season of exhibitions that celebrate emerging artistic talent across the South. This year will feature four awardees, rather than a single winner.

Launched in 2012, the Platform Graduate Award is a unique initiative celebrating emerging artistic talent in the South East and South West regions. Designed to provide crucial support to graduate artists at a pivotal stage in their careers, the award offers opportunities for exhibitions and professional development. In recognition of the ongoing challenges faced by artists in establishing their artistic practice post-university, this year’s award will provide selected artists from each participating higher education partner with a £500 bursary and six months of mentoring support.

For the 2024 award we are proud to partner with four arts organisations and higher education institutions across the South: Aspex Portsmouth, Modern Art Oxford, Phoenix Art Space in Brighton, and a collaboration between Arts University Plymouth, University of Plymouth and Falmouth University.

CVAN South East and its partners are excited to announce the graduate artists selected for the first stage of the award. Their exceptional work will be showcased in exhibitions across the region.

Aspex Portsmouth

Exhibition on display: 25 October 2024 – 12 January 2025
Selected artists: Jessica Babbini-Baker, Daniele Balsyte, Hima Bijoy, James Coombes, Ian Golding, Prajvi Mandhani, Isabelle Munckton, Ben Ng, Ellie Svrlanska, Lynne Williams

Modern Art Oxford

Exhibition on display: 2 November – 1 December 2024
Selected artists: Jamie Bragg, Luca and Katrina Dayanc, Ash Goller

Phoenix Art Space

Exhibition on display: 31 August – 22 September 2024
Selected artists: Megan Batten, Ella Benson, Christopher Brown, Ellie Davies, Leon French, Kitty Reeves, Peggy Sykes, Alice Triff

Studio 11 (Arts University Plymouth/University of Plymouth/Falmouth University)

Exhibition on display: 5 – 12 July 2024
Selected artists: Natasha Bowden, Sophie Cleverley, Dezeta Fantie, Miranda Hallett-Pullen, Amy-Lee Julian, Shereon Knowles, The Little Wild (m)Others (Isabelle Clilverd-Mynne; Terri-Ann Aubrey Smith; Lucy Wood), Aaron Peters, Jude Smith, Ellen Stultiens, Indigo Wills, Matilda Woolley.

The awardees of the Platform Graduate Award 2024 will be announced later this year.