Announcing the Platform Graduate Awardees 2025
6th Nov 2025
After an inspiring season of exhibitions showcasing the region’s most exciting emerging artists, we are delighted to announce the winners of the 2025 Platform Graduate Award.
Clockwise from left; Self Portrait, Minka Stear; Arrah! Who is it that’s dead?, Ailbhe Callanan; The Doctor Won’t See You Now, Eloise Gleave; Futile Fertile, Sofia Pantsjoha
This year’s recipients were selected in partnership with four leading arts organisations and higher education institutions across the South: Aspex Portsmouth, Modern Art Oxford, Phoenix Art Space in Brighton, and a collective initiative between Arts University Plymouth/MIRROR, University of Plymouth, and Falmouth University.
The 2025 awardees are: Minka Stear, (AUP/MIRROR), Ailbhe Callanan (Brighton University/Phoenix Art Space), Eloise Gleave, (UCA Farnham/Aspex Portsmouth), Sofia Pantsjoha, (University of Reading/Modern Art Oxford).
Launched in 2012, the Platform Graduate Award celebrates emerging artistic talent in the South East and South West. The award provides vital support at a pivotal moment in the careers of graduate artists, offering exhibition opportunities and professional development.
The Platform Graduate Award 2025 exhibition programme continues this Autumn/Winter at Aspex Portsmouth and Modern Art Oxford.
Platform Graduate Award is on display at Aspex Portsmouth from 24th October – 30 November 2025. More information can be found here
Platform Graduate Award: This is Really Happening is on display at Modern Art Oxford from 10 October 2025 – 18 January 2026. More information can be found here
See the full list of 2025 Platform Graduate Award exhibiting artists here.