UK Graduate Shows 2025 Spotlight Emerging Artists Across Multiple Universities
In 2025, several art institutions across the UK will feature graduate exhibitions. UWE Bristol's Showcase 2025 is scheduled for June 6-11 at venues including Bower Ashton, Frenchay, Arnolfini, and Spike Island, showcasing 1,200 graduates and works such as Joshua Hitchcock's coastal light paintings. From May 21 to July 31, Arts University Plymouth will display Jo Nudd's sustainable textiles. Grad Fest at Norwich University of the Arts will run from June to September, with undergraduate exhibitions from June 13-26, featuring Abbie Green's Feminism Is (2025). Arts University Bournemouth will operate as the largest gallery in the Southwest from June 10 to October 17, while York St John University's School of the Arts Festival takes place from May 15 to June 13, and London College of Communication will exhibit Photography from May 15-19.
Key facts
- UWE Bristol Showcase 2025 runs June 6-11 at Bower Ashton and Frenchay campuses plus Arnolfini and Spike Island
- Arts University Plymouth graduate shows span May 21 to July 31 across multiple diploma levels
- Norwich University of the Arts Grad Fest includes undergraduate exhibitions June 13-26 and postgraduate shows September 5-9
- Arts University Bournemouth Summer Shows begin June 10 with London exhibitions June-August
- York St John University School of the Arts Festival occurs May 15-June 13 with Art Degree Show June 6-12
- London College of Communication presents Photography May 15-19, Design May 30-June 3, and Screen June 13-17
- Jo Nudd creates sustainable textiles using fish waste yarn colored with algae and berries
- Abbie Green's Feminism Is (2025) and Anthony McLoughlin's Mod subculture work feature at Norwich University
Entities
Artists
- Joshua Hitchcock
- Sarah-Jane Bonner
- Teddy Gibbons
- Lily Ainsworth
- Jo Nudd
- Abbie Green
- Anthony McLoughlin
- Jenna Rubenstein
- Roy Mehta
- Joanne Coates
- Lisa Mann
- Heidi Payne
- Yasmin Carey
- Kimberly Chusonis
- Ayomide Bolarin
- Imogen Withers
- Emma Bucknam
- Molly Pearce
- Olympia Diamandakis
- Rosalind Foster
- Emily Kinson
- Ibai Acevedo
Institutions
- UWE Bristol
- Arts University Plymouth
- Norwich University of the Arts
- Arts University Bournemouth
- York St John University
- London College of Communication
- Arnolfini
- Spike Island
- Aesthetica Magazine
Locations
- Bristol
- United Kingdom
- Plymouth
- Norwich
- Bournemouth
- London
- York
- Bower Ashton
- Frenchay Campus