On Monday 7 September, the Art School community came together to celebrate our MA Fine Art, Carving and Conservation graduates at their end of year Ceremony and Prize-Giving. The Chair of the Board of Trustees, Jamie Bill, opened the event and introduced the Head of Graduate School Dr Charley Peters, who congratulated our graduating students and welcomed our guests.
Guest speaker Simon Head provided an address to our graduates. Simon is a recent graduate from our MA Fine Art course (2022), where he also received the distinguished Tony Carter award. Over many years Head has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions across UK and Europe; his work is held in private collections; his photography has been displayed by The Royal Photographic Society and London Independent Photography. Simon has given talks and lectures at Chelsea College of Arts, Film as Measure exhibition/symposium, and at Photofusion, he was elected as a member of the London Group in 2026, and lives and works in London.
Teaching staff Richard Barnes (MA Carving Tutor), Jennifer Dinsmore (MA Conservation Tutor) and Frances Richardson (MA Fine Art Senior Lecturer), presented certificates to the graduating students. Dr Jaimini Patel (MA Fine Art Senior Lecturer) presented prizes to graduating students, please see a full list of the prizes at the end of the article.
The Ceremony ended with addresses from graduands from each course on behalf of their classmates. Each speaker thanked their fellow students, the staff and the team at Art School.
This year’s graduands addresses were delivered by Nina Bilbey and Paul Farmiloe (MA Carving), Amanda Lancaster (MA Conservation) and Eleanor Cowell, Rose Fullbright and Maurice Mutua (MA Fine Art). We wish our graduating students the very best of luck and we look forward to hearing about their future projects and endeavours.
2026 GRADUATE PRIZES AND AWARDS
ART SCHOOL PRIZES
City & Guilds of London Art School Prize for Outstanding Critical Engagement: Adam Iezzi, MA Fine Art
City & Guilds of London Art School Prize for Outstanding Critical Engagement: Josie Cheong Appleby, MA Fine Art
PRINTMAKING PRIZES
City & Guilds of London Art School Prize for Outstanding MA Work in Print: Eleanor Cowell, MA Fine Art
PRIZES
The ACS City & Guilds of London Art School Studio Prize: Dana Hubraq, MA Fine Art
The Standpoint Artist’s Residency: Katkin Pringle, MA Fine Art
Painter Stainers CGLAS Decorative Surfaces Fellowship: Rafael Pedrosa Dorado, MA Fine Art
Mercers’ Arts Awards: Charlotte Troy, Ilidio Moura and Maurice Mutua (MA Fine Art)
