Congratulations to Tom Heatley one of our 2015 graduates who has won this year’s Platform Graduate Award with a new installation of his graduate work The Sculptors (2015).

“Now in its fourth year, the Platform Graduate Award represents the very best of young and emerging artists in the region. Tom was selected from a full cohort of 36 longlisted artists from seventeen universities across the south-east, nominated by directors and curators from Aspex, De La Warr, MK Gallery, Modern Art Oxford and Turner Contemporary galleries, whose work has been shown in a series of group exhibitions over the summer. The summer exhibition programme offered the Platform graduate cohort the opportunity to work closely with gallery programme teams and they will all benefit from an ongoing programme of support over the coming year.”

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“Tom, a 2015 graduate of University of Brighton’s BA (Hons) Photography, will receive a year-long professional development and creative mentoring award, lead by renowned artist Jonathan Parsons and supported by the participating Platform Graduate Awards galleries, and a cash bursary of £2500 to support creative and professional development.”

Read more on the Frame and Reference website.

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See more of Tom’s work The Sculptors on his website.