Museum exhibitions

Agents of change: The Graduate Award 2025

16 June - 30 September 2026, Window Gallery

For 3 decades, CSM Museum & Study Collection has acquired work from graduating students, celebrating their contributions while enhancing teaching and learning. As the CSM community has expanded and evolved, so too have the ways in which we collect and teach. Today, the Museum collaborates with a paid graduate selection panel to identify projects that speak to the most urgent ideas and conversations emerging from our students.

The Graduate Award represents themes and issues that our students care about, such as gender, sexuality, health, and race. Collectively, the 2025 winners have created projects that push the boundaries of circular design, pay homage to their culture and identity, foster a sense of community and belonging, and advocate for a more equitable future.

The collection spans a wide range of approaches. These include a circular colour-sharing system that recovers synthetic indigo from denim waste and naturally occurring enzymes that degrade single-use plastic. It also covers performances exploring cultural reclamation and trans identities, and publications that critique the colonial foundations of Western arts education.

Together, the Graduate Award 2025 collection demonstrates how emerging creatives are reshaping systems and addressing global challenges.

See the projects online

You can also visit the collection on UAL Showcase.

2025 Selection Panel

Funmi Olawuyi, Makila Nsika-Nkaya, Maria Proshkovska, Tong Yin, Vidya Premraj

2025 Award Winners

Anca Sarb, Bhawana Jain, Bri Leung, Elie Al-Marji, Emily Gubbay, Freda Osayuki Igiogbe, Huayi Liao, Liberty Ayliffe, Myah Hasbany, Paula Dischinger, Ruby Rosier, Saravich Sungtrakankul, Suzanne Abell, Tegan Chinogurei, Thi-Uyen Nguyen, Tieran Dowd, Wang Jiangling, Wendi Jiang