Gray's Degree Show
Gray’s MA Postgraduate Show 2021 - Onwards
Gray’s School of Art’s MA Postgraduate Degree Show, Onwards, is a vibrant exhibition showcasing Masters’ students from Gray’s School of Art. This is the first physical degree show post-pandemic.
This showcase celebrates the 2021 graduating MA's together with progressing, part time master's students, in host of mediums from painting, contemporary art practice, fashion and textiles, communication design, photography and three-dimensional design.
The collection of work is wide ranging, but includes significant common themes with many focusing on the environment and COVID-19 pandemic.
![Iris Walker-Reid, MA Fine Art graduate with a giant sculpture 'The Palace of Facade' Iris Walker-Reid, MA Fine Art graduate with a giant sculpture 'The Palace of Facade'](/images/stories/flexicontent/mediaman/m_Iris_Walker-Reid_CASE_STUDY_.jpg)
RGU's Contemporary Art Practice Graduate in Residence draws on Aberdeen's cultural heritage and showcases a giant sculpture, 'The Palace of Facade' to explore our constantly changing landscape.
![Sculpture by Masters Textile Graduate, Julija Astasonoka Sculpture by Masters Textile Graduate, Julija Astasonoka](/images/stories/flexicontent/mediaman/m_Julija_Astasonoka_Sculpture_1.jpg)
The discovery of a family photo album capturing religious rituals in Soviet Latvia, inspired Julija whose work displays Soviet memorialisation, brutalist architecture and Russian Avant-garde.
![Matthew Wells painting, 'Emperor of his own universe'. Matthew Wells painting, 'Emperor of his own universe'.](/images/stories/flexicontent/mediaman/m_Matthew_Wells_Profile_Image_1_Joomla_8th_Nov.jpg)
Returning to part-time study after 14 years, mature student, Matthew Wells from Elgin has won the Royal Scottish Academy of Art (RSA), John Kinross Scholarship, to research and explore late medieval frescoes in Florence.
![Image to show Laura Nicholson ethically designed pine ring Image to show Laura Nicholson ethically designed pine ring](/images/stories/flexicontent/mediaman/m_Laura_Nicholson_Design_2.jpg)
Sustainable and ethical design is at the heart of Laura's handcrafted jewellery collection which uses locally gathered, fully recyclable materials with small hand tools.