L-R: Images of work by Aphra Beart-Albrecht, Noah Cole and Taiki Nakagawa
Each year UWE and Spike Island award prestigious Graduate Fellowships to outstanding students graduating from a UWE arts degree. Each Graduate Fellow receives access to a shared studio at Spike Island for a year – giving them space, funds and support to develop their professional practices within Bristol’s vibrant artistic community.
As part of their longstanding partnership, UWE and Spike Island also award bursaries covering membership to the Spike Island Associates Network to talented graduates of UWE BA and MA creative courses. These year-long bursaries support new graduates to continue to engage with the Bristol art scene and access a shared workspace, events and critical support.
The 2025-26 successful Graduate Fellows are:
Noah Cole (Photography)
Aphra Beart-Albrecht (Art and Writing)
Taiki Nakagawa (Fine Art)
Read more about the Graduate Fellows here.
The 2025-26 successful Associates Bursary holders are:
Noah Barraclough (Fine Art)
Dominic Baidoo (MA Animation)
Connie Ballantyne (Art and Writing)
Elle Basaran (Fine Art)
Lucy Bentley (Photography)
Shea Bower-Murphy (Illustration)
Evie Burrows (Art and Writing)
Rei Chinen (Illustration)
Izzie Cleall (Fine Art)
Aya Cohen-Rose (Fine Art)
Esme Convery (Fine Art)
Orla Cunningham (Illustration)
Apolline Derrien (Fine Art)
Harriet Edmondson (Art and Writing)
Harriett Goslyn-Jones (Fine Art)
Thomas Green (Photography)
Sarah Harper (Art and Writing)
William Hilless (Art and Writing)
Freya Hills (Graphic Design)
Amber Humphreys (Illustration)
Issy Jones (Art and Writing)
Hannah Madeleine Kelly (MA Printmaking)
Joe Keylock (Graphic Design)
Eloise Lifton (MA Multi-Disciplinary Printmaking)
Holly Lewin (Fine Art)
Matthew McLean (Art and Writing)
Eilis Menzies (Fine Art)
Brian Norman (MA Printmaking)
Dan Stace (Illustration)
Claire Taylor (MA Fine Art)
Florence Whyman (Photography)
Joanna Witecka (MA Graphic Arts)
Congratulations to all of these promising graduates!
