Final, not Over – again

Unit 1 Gallery | Workshop is very proud to present four exciting exhibitions of recent graduates from 4 art schools, exhibiting 78 artists over a 4-week period between 13 May and 7 June 2021, as an answer to their cancelled graduation shows.

We were sincerely hoping there would be no necessity for another series of cancelled grad show exhibitions, yet the need for Final not Over — again is clear. A second year of missing Fine Art graduation shows, an incalculable loss for all of us, but for the graduates in particular: they are unable to share and celebrate some of the most formative moments of their lives.

Last year Unit 1 Gallery | Workshop were the first to provide exhibitions for 64 artists from 4 different art colleges in the UK when their shows were cancelled. This year, again, we have been inviting applications from graduates for four more sessions of cancelled graduation exhibitions, and again, we received an incredible number and variety of applications from students.

Over the course of this complex year we have learned much more about this difficult problem and the extent of its impact on art students. In a live conversation with Pause or Pay on Instagram (see it here) we discussed their campaign to empower students, who received little to no support from their institutions in the Covid-19 climate and we concluded: the problem is of epic proportion.  

Whilst the condition for this exhibition series is really unfortunate, we love to be able to provide and celebrate this opportunity for graduates — to experience a final, physical show on a professional level, to see their works out of the studio and given the prestige they have worked so hard for to achieve.

Please be sure to book your visit to discover and applaud these artists for continuous strength in such challenging times.