We had over 40 awards, with over 80 students receiving awards across 4 courses.
Thank you to our sponsors, partners and prize-givers.
BA (hons) in Visual Communication Student of the Year €100 (One for ALL Voucher):
Kane Curtin
BA (hons) in Creative Digital Media Student of the Year €100 (One for ALL Voucher):
Yanisah Marapao
Illustration Award €50 (One for ALL Voucher):
Frank Curtain
Book Design Award €50 (One for ALL Voucher):
Gariele Baranauskaite
Brand Design Award €50 (One for ALL Voucher):
Aoife La Rocque
Typography Award €50 (One for ALL Voucher):
Bryan Seale
Motion Graphics €50 (One for ALL Voucher):
Agata Laskowska
App Design Award €50 each (One for ALL Vouchers):
Emma O’Brien and Yanisah Marapoa (Food and Mood App)
Animation Award €50 (One for ALL Voucher):
James Cuthbert
Video Award €50 (One for ALL Voucher):
Ronan Burke
VR AR Award €50 (One for ALL Voucher):
Garvin Peck
Vouchers will be posted or emailed to the winners following the launch.
Winners:
Aoife La Roque
Claire Kirwan
Deirdre Coffey
Gerard Daly
Marley Healy
Meadhbh Healy
Nicola Sheehan
Siobhán O’Connor
The Arts Office will host an online showcase exhibition in September, including the Department of Media Communications and the Department of Fine Art and Applied Art graduate work.
€500 euro prize to each winner.
Winners:
Audrey Byrne
Becky Cunningham and Lara Haddaoui
Cillian Mitchell
Emma O' Brien and Yanisah Marapao
Gabriele Baranauskaite
Gregory Denysyuk
Grigoriy Geniyevskiy
Ioana Cretu
Josh Kenny
Luke O'Brien
Michaela Nagle
Shane O’Brien
This is a new Award developed for 2021. Winners of these awards will be profiled online during the next academic year, in relation to events and activities programmed by MTU Arts Office).
€100 euro prize to each winner.
The Arts Office will be in contact with the winners.
Bríanna Ní Léanacháin
Maitiú MacCárthaigh
Peggoty Ransley
Rachel Guilfoyle
Sarah Browne
Mary Whitty
Fionn van der Noll
Sarah Kelly
Winner:
Ioana Cretu, BA (hons) in Visual Communications, 4th year
In association with MTU Arts Office, the winner of the Dept of Biological Sciences and MTU Library Services (Cork): HEALTH SCIENCES IMAGE COMPETITION. The winning artwork is featured as the front cover of the International Undergraduate Journal of Health Sciences (IUJHS), to be launched later this month.
€1000 prize!
MTU President's Prize, based on outstanding studentship:
Maitiú MacCárthaigh: €1,000
MTU Registrar's Exhibition Award:
Rachel Daly
Graduate Residency Awards:
Ceramics - Rosemary Burke
Glass - Aine Ryan & Aleksandra Kowalczyk
Textiles - Pauline Kiernan and Lorraine Parker
Video/film - Rachel Daly
Printmaking/media - Brianna Linehan, Nicola Sheenan and Elana McSweeney
Sculpture - Peggoty Ransley
Drawing - Catherine Hennessey
Material Store - Siobhan O'Connor and Sonia Cahill
Photography - Meadhbh Healy and Jordan O'Brien
Thesis Prize:
Maitiú Mac Cárthaigh: €100 (One for ALL Voucher)
Backwater Artists Group - Ciaran Langford Memorial Bursary:
Bríanna Ní Léanacháin
Backwater Artists' Group - Moving Image Bursary:
Rachel Daly
Bloomers - Editor Award:
Eadaoin Flynn
Bloomers - Feature Award:
Elana McSweeney
Cork County Council Library & Arts Service Graduate Exhibition Prize - an exhibition at Cork County Council’s LHQ gallery. €1,000 bursary and mentorship/exhibition support to the value of €500:
Leah Lynch
Cork Craft & Design in partnership with the Friends of the Crawford and in collaboration with Benchspace: Selected for the Emerge exhibition at the 46 Grand Parade in August:
Rosemary Burke
Gerard Daly
Aleksandra Kowalczyk
Cork Film Centre Lens Based Art Award:
Bríanna Ní Léanacháin
Cork Printmakers - 12 month Bursary:
Christian Connolly
Cork Printmakers - 12 month Bursary:
Stephanie Brewster
Cork Textiles Network - €500, presentation to CTN & website spotlight presence:
Lorraine Parker
GOMA - selected for Group Show Exhibition:
Orla Courtney and Sarah Browne
Lavit Gallery Students of the Year - Exhibition & cash prize
Lorraine Poulter
Lorraine Parker
Fionn van der Noll
Luna Torresel Rave
Lismore Castle Arts - an opportunity to participate in the Graduate Award show 'Origins' later this year. This is a group exhibition highlighting the best from all the graduate shows from across Ireland:
Rachel Daly
Maclise Drawing Medal - Presentation of The Maclise Medal. The prizewinner will carry out a demonstration for the Maclise Society and will be promoted on their social media channels:
Siobhan O'Connor
National Sculpture Factory Residency - a 6 month Studio space, membership and support:
Rachel Daly
National Sculpture Factory Residency - a 3 month Studio space, membership and support:
Áine Ryan
National Sculpture Factory Residency - a 3 month Studio space, membership and support:
Lorraine Parker
Sample-Studios Graduate Studio Residency Award:
Kayleigh Maimaran
Sample-Studios Graduate Curatorial Residency Award:
Aimée Leahy
Sample-Studios Graduate Curatorial Residency Award:
Ava Hayes
Sternview Gallery | Nash 19 Exhibition Award:
Siobhan O'Connor
The Executive Institute - Annual Award of €1,000:
Áine Ryan
MTU Art Collection Purchase Prizes acquired for the MTU Art Collection:
Aimée Leahy
Brianna Lennihan
Christian Connolly
Catherine Hennessy
Deirdre Coffey
Elena Burke
Elana MacSweeney
Fionn van der Noll
Gerard Daly
Maitiú Mac Cárthaigh
Mary Whitty
Nicola Sheehan
Rachel Guilfoyle
Sarah Browne
Sara Gotowska
Stephanie Brewster
Sarah Kelly
Siobhán O'Connor
Cork City Council Arts Office Purchase Prize:
Nicola Sheehan
Eli Lilly Purchase Prizes:
Siobhan O'Connor
Joshua O'Driscoll
Pauline Kiernan
Tabja Erkkila
Marley Healy
PM Group Purchases:
Emma Price
Kevin O'Brien
Rachel Guilfoyle
Rosemary Burke
Tarja Erkkilä
Aleksandra Kowalczyk
Aimee Leahy
Jordan O'Brien
Tyndall Print Purchase Prize:
Nicola Sheehan