Edinburgh College of Art graduates taking part in the RSA’s annual exhibition have been recognised with awards following the opening of the exhibition, including the prestigious £15,000 Glenfiddich Artist in Residence Award.
Fifteen of ECA’s art and architecture graduates from 2021 were selected to exhibit at this year’s RSA New Contemporaries exhibition, showcasing the best work from graduates shows across Scotland, with six recognised with additional awards from the RSA and beyond.
External awards for ECA graduates
Congratulations to Lorna Phillips, BA (Hons) Sculpture, who won the biggest award of the exhibition, the £15,000 Glenfiddich Artist in Residence Award for a three-month residency. The award includes an exhibition opportunity at Glenfiddich, plus a work added to the Glenfiddich Collection.
Congratulations also to Mhairi Fenton, BA (Hons) Photography, on being jointly selected for the NHS Lothian Charity Tonic Arts Award, a purchase prize for an artwork suitable for an NHS Lothian hospital setting.
RSA Awards
Four ECA graduates were selected for Royal Scottish Academy awards. Eva Cortes, BA (Hons) Intermedia, was jointly awarded the RSA Friends Award winning a share of £1,000, and Kat Cutler-MacKenzie, MA (Hons) Fine Art, was jointly recognised with the RSA Art Prize, winning a share of £400.
Otto Gobey, BA (Hons) Sculpture, was awarded the RSA Stuart Prize and Daniel Turner, BA (Hons) Painting, received the RSA Chalmers-Jervise Prize, both worth £150.
ECA’s 2021 graduates at RSA New Contemporaries
This year’s exhibition will run until Sunday 16 April 2023 and showcases work from 2021 graduates, following disruption to the annual shows in 2020 and 2021 by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Visitors can enjoy the work of all fifteen ECA graduates, including paintings, sculptures, films, photography, printmaking, installation, performances and architectural displays from graduates.
ECA graduates exhibiting at the exhibition this year are:
- Alice Barker, BA (Hons) Painting
- Ben Caro, MA (Hons) Fine Art
- Eva Cortes, BA (Hons) Intermedia
- Miriam Craddock, BA (Hons) Painting
- Kat Cutler-Mackenzie, MA (Hons) Fine Art
- Mhairi Fenton, BA (Hons) Photography
- Jasmine Forbes, BA (Hons) Sculpture
- Georgia Gardner, MA (Hons) Fine Art
- Otto Gobey, BA (Hons) Sculpture
- Natalie Godjamanian, MA (Hons) Fine Art
- Lorena Levi, MA (Hons) Fine Art
- Lorna Phillips, BA (Hons) Sculpture
- Emily Topping, BA (Hons) Photography
- Daniel Turner, BA (Hons) Painting
- Vsevolod Yurchenko, MArch Architecture