OLYMPUS UAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD

OLYMPUS UAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD 

The future in their sites

OLYMPUS and the Art Bermondsey Project Space support the next generation of photographers from UAL.

January 2017 will see the first annual Olympus Photography Award given to current University of the Arts London students.

Responding to the theme Site/In Situ, students were asked to submit work in three categories: Print, Projection and Multimedia and the winner of each category will receive a camera from OLYMPUS. There will also be a viewer’s choice awarded.

The selected 30 finalists will exhibit work that places the artistic process in relation to the surroundings where students develop their skills and research and will showcase the many ways in which practitioners are using photography today.

The exhibiting artists are: Calum Barlow, Claire Barthelemy, Rachel Beeson, Marie Cognacq, Jasmine Nicole Da Costa, Cecilia Dumont, Pietra Galli, Claudia Greco, Glenn Michael Harper, Andrew Hart, Huxin Huang, Jae Youl Jeoung, Lukas Kay, Shrey Khandwala, Portia Legge, Nadia Lino, Tuli Gal Litvak, Hugo Lunet, Lucio Martus, Tamami Mizutani, Marcin Nowak, Toyé Pending, Danielle Sargeant, Rosa Saul, Dom Sebastian, Yuhwa Son, Georgina Stables, Guillaume Valli, Annabel Wicker and Yang Xu

Gavin Ramsey from the University of the Arts London Students’ Union said – “Olympus and Art Bermondsey Project Space are giving an invaluable opportunity to UAL students to exhibit their work, network and develop professionally. A Brand new camera will also be a massive help!”

Mike von Joel, Creative Director Art Bermondsey Project Space said – “We are very much looking forward to unrolling a complete programme of collaborations with UAL, of which this photo based competition is one. ABPS is a not for profit platform supporting the fusion of art, photography and culture and the students of the six UAL colleges are a perfect partners for this creative adventure.”

Georgina Pavelin, Marketing Manager Olympus said – “Educational initiatives and support to encourage artists working with visual media are prime co-ordinates of our international sponsorship programmes. The Bermondsey Project Space is a professionally run gallery that can foster and promote fresh ideas and those just beginning a career in the creative Arts. Olympus is pleased to contribute to what is a unique exhibition facility in the heart of London.”

In partnership with State Media

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The exhibition runs 17th – 28th January 2017, Tues-Sat 11.00 – 18.00

For more information contact –

sm@project-space.london / g.ramsey@su.arts.ac.uk

Art Bermondsey Project Space is a cutting edge, creative platform to encourage personal development through visual art and support the fusion of art, photography and culture.

University of the Arts London is in the top 5 universities in the world for art and design. They offer an extensive range of courses in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts. Their graduates go on to work in and shape creative industries worldwide.

UAL have launched the careers of many creative and cultural leaders with:

• Over half of all Turner Prize winners and nominees in the 30 years since its inception are UAL alumni
• 37 of the 80 Royal Academicians are UAL alumni; a further 17 are serving or former staff
• Over half of the recipients of British Designer of the Year are UAL alumni
• 10: the number of UAL alumni who are current Royal Designers for Industry for product or industrial design
• Over half of the fashion designers that showed a London Fashion Week A/W 2016 are UAL alumni
• Multiple winners in the most prestigious art and design awards: from the BP Portrait Award; Jerwood Prize; Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize; Minerva Medal; BAFTAs, Golden Globes and Oscars