Every year, ncas awards two prizes to Norwich University of the Arts Fine Art students, a Fine Art and New Makers prize, plus two commendations in each category. On 18 June members of the ncas committee were guided around ‘Gradfest’ the undergraduate degree show, in order to select these prizes.
Craig Barber, Head of Fine Art, took us around and his enthusiasm for the cohort of students and their dedication to producing an excellent degree show was infectious. It was incredibly difficult to select one winner for each of the prizes but we did come to a consensus with Harriet Atkinson winning the Fine Art Prize for her atmospheric paintings of guard dogs, with commendations in this category going to Brad Rumbl for his installation using AI to explore Yungian stereotypes and Yanni Ho for her installation of watercolour paintings.
The New Makers prize encompasses making in its broadest form and was won by Ewan Ormond with his sculpture, video and poetry exploring pagan belief and ritual and commendations went to Rollo Timothy George for his exploration of everyday signage in print, ceramic and timber and to Lauren Marie Wells for her tea table installation that included embroidery and bronze casting.
