We are delighted to announce that BA (Hons) Fine Art graduate Daniel Owusu has won the prestigious Platform Graduate Award for 2016, and was presented with his award, a £2500 bursary and a year of mentorship from an arts professional, on 7th December at the Turner Contemporary. Having been selected to go forward from the South East regional exhibition at the Turner, Daniel was competing in the final against students from the universities of Northampton, Brighton, Reading and Bournemouth.
“We had another year of excellent graduate work and all those selected this year should be very proud of their achievements,” said Cara Courage, Contemporary Visual Arts Network, South East Manager.
The Platform Graduate Award showcases and mentors the very best of young and emerging artists in the south east. Daniel is the second School of Music and Fine Art student to win this award, with Fine Art graduate Sophie Dixon winning in 2014.
There is an interview with Daniel in the recent issue of Kent Alumni magazine (page 9). https://www.kent.ac.uk/alumni/news/kent/1611.html
For more info on SMFA’s success in the awards see the following news items:
https://www.kent.ac.uk/smfa/news.html?view=2222
https://www.kent.ac.uk/smfa/news.html?view=1658
https://www.kent.ac.uk/smfa/news.html?view=1528
For details on the 2014 awards, and winner, Sophie Dixon, go to http://www.cvan.org.uk/news/2014/11/10/sophie-dixon-wins-2014-platform-graduate-award