We are thrilled to announce the winners of our 2024 awards and prizes for continuing students. Our student prizes recognise excellence and achievement shown throughout the academic year, along with a number of awards for outstanding competition entries. As always, we have been extremely impressed with our students’ work and the high standard of competition entries. We would like to commend all students for their continued hard work and dedication. Congratulations to our 2024 prize winners!   2024 PRIZE WINNERS Artists Collecting Society Undergraduate Prize: Louis Petit (BA Hon ..read more

We are delighted to share that two of our Fine Art alumni have been selected for New Contemporaries 2024. Congratulations to Valentino Vannini (MA Fine Art 2023, Glass and Casting Fellow 2023/24) and Sophie Lloyd (BA Fine Art 2023)! The exhibition will launch at KARST, the Levinsky Gallery and MIRROR, Plymouth from 28 September – 7 December, before travelling to the ICA London from 15 January – 23 March. Header Image: ‘ANON – DTF’, Valentino Vannini (MA Show 2023) Image 2: ‘The Live Show – on demand’, Sophie Lloyd (Degree Show 2023)   ..read more

On Friday 21st June, the City & Guilds of London Art School community came together to celebrate our BA Fine Art, Carving and Conservation graduates at their end of year Ceremony and Prize-Giving. The Deputy Chair of the Board of Trustees, Laurence Benson, opened the evening and introduced the Art School Principal Dr. Lois Rowe, who congratulated our graduating students and welcomed our guests. Deputy Chair of the Board of Trustees, Laurence Benson This year, we were delighted to award an Honorary Art School Fellowship to former Vice Principal, Magnus von Wistinghausen, in recognition of h ..read more

  We were pleased to recently welcome BA (Hons) Fine Art 2013 alumnus Jack Bullen, Director and Co-Founder of Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, back to the Art School to speak to our students. Jack generously shared his journey of building the Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair and his experience in entrepreneurship and printmaking. A practicing painter and printmaker himself, through WCPF Jack educates collectors and novices alike on printmaking processes and techniques through the curated exhibition of invited print galleries, individual artists, printmaking studios and artist-led demonst ..read more

Last month, our First and Second year BA (Hons) Fine Art students showcased their latest body of work at their Interim Show, ‘Salon’. The exhibition ran from 20th-22nd June, hosted at Stokey Popup, Stoke Newington. Featuring work by 40 students, the exhibition demonstrated their variety of disciplinary styles and practices, including painting, sculpture, printmaking, performance and installation. The Professional Practice Programme on the BA (Hons) Fine Art course sets out to prepare students for life after art school through a range of study visits, seminars and artist talks by art world prof ..read more

  We were thrilled to see third year BA (Hons) Fine Art student Eleanor Cunningham featured in this year’s a-n Degree Shows Guide. Students are selected from the guide by open call, and Eleanor was amongst 31 artists from 28 UK art schools featured this year. Eleanor Cunningham, Laura Wearing the Pigeon Mask, 112 x 44cm, papier-mache and acrylic paint, 2023. “Using simple papier-mache techniques, Eleanor Cunningham creates garish masks, often of animals and recognisable characters. In works such as Laura Wearing the Pigeon Mask, there is a play ..read more

  Each year at the mid-point of their course, our MA Fine Art and MA Carving students and Decorative Surfaces Fellow produce an Interim Show at City & Guilds of London Art School for the Art School community of staff and students. Please see below a selection of photos of some of the works on display this year. Congratulations to our students on a fantastic show, and we look forward to seeing everyone at the MA Show in September. Keep an eye on our website and socials for updates on our graduate shows this summer!   Image Credit: Maxim Burnett Image ..read more

Our congratulations to Natalia Glinoer (BA (Hons) Fine Art graduate, 2016), who has won the Surgeon’s Prize 2024 from the Royal Society of British Artists (RBA) for her painting ‘iPad’. Her work is on display at the RBA Annual Exhibition at the Mall Galleries until 9 March 2024. This is the second year in a row that Natalia has received an award from the RBA, having won The Michael Harding Prize for her painting ‘In the Artist’s Studio’ last year. Natalia Glinoer, iPad, Oil on Linen, 24 x 18cm Natalia is an artist based in Brighton. She studied at City ..read more

We are delighted to share that BA (Hons) Fine Art alumnus Kofi Perry was announced last month as one of the winners of the Ingram Prize 2023 for his work ‘A Young Initiate’. A Young Initiate, oil on canvas, 30 x 20.5 cm The Ingram Prize is “an annual purchase prize open to visual artists who are within five years of graduation from a UK-based art school. Now in its eighth year, this leading prize for contemporary artists was established by The Ingram Collection to celebrate and support artists at the beginning of their professional career.” Our warmest congratulations to ..read more

First-year BA (Hons) Fine Art student Rebecca Armstrong shares her experiences from her current first term studying at City & Guilds of London Art School. Interviewed by fellow student Frances Leung, Rebecca discusses the projects, teaching style, and community at the Art School. Rebecca’s first day involved gallery visits with tutors to the Tate Britain and National Gallery. Their introductory project focused on the body, and students were tasked with observing fragments or expressions that caught their eye quickly. “It was fascinating to look at art in that way for the first time,” Armst ..read more