MMU Degree Shows 2025

Oof it's hot in Manchester this week! I'm here with some cooling white tones, floaty linen and dappled sunshine images from this year's Manchester Metropolitan University & Manchester School of Art degree shows. Different to last year's overall bolder, high contrast work some of 2025's collection appear like a minimalist idyll with larger scale flowing organic shapes, pithy calming philosophical notes, relaxed colours and lots of white. It would be interesting to know the motivations behind it, a response to over digitialisation or AI? I'm loving the dose of serenity in these pieces. Hope to follow up with some of the more colourful work shortly. 

MMU DEGREE SHOWS 2025 | EMILY HAUCK KARIKA NOVA

clockwise from the top left: 

erin norcross 'once upon a never' ba hons fine art, 

unfortunately i didn't catch the name of this artist - what's tricky to see on the photo but great in person is the white vinyl messages camoflaged on the white walls,  

ruby butler's the space inbetween poetry see more on instagram here, 

esme ballard's 'light through trees' fba hons fine art and art history,  

amy bradnock's fluid clay knots ba hons fine art - more on instagram, 

lucy evans ba hons fine art glass work seen here and on instagram, 

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