General Office Gallery in association with The Contemporary Glass Society (CGS) present an exhibition for new graduates working in glass. This exhibition features works by emerging glass artists graduating from UK accredited courses in 2024 or an accredited MA or PhD course in 2023. The exhibition offers a great opportunity for these emerging makers to be exposed to an international audience during the weeks of the International Festival of Glass and beyond.
The exhibition will feature works by Dorothy Chan, Charis Constantinou, Roberta De Caro, Jiayun Ding, Maria Donnai, Nancy Farrington, Jo Guile, Suzie Lavender, Sophie Longwill, Kit Martin, Liz Waugh McManus, Lorna McNamara and Bethan Yates. Also exhibiting alongside these new graduates are Harry Chadwick (runner up) and Thomas Radburn (highly commended), two graduates from the 2022 and 2023 Glass Sellers’ Contemporary Glass Society Glass Prize.
The works on display span a broad range of techniques, exploring the materiality of glass from contemporary stained glass, Pâte de Verre, cast glass, laser engraved and blown glass, often incorporating geological compounds and elements, metals, ceramics and fabrics.