Vice-Chancellor's Art Prize 2025
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The summer degree shows at Goldsmiths, University of London are now well and truly underway, offering a dynamic and diverse showcase of work by graduating students across a range of disciplines.
As part of this annual celebration of emerging talent, the university is proud to announce the recipients of the Vice-Chancellor’s Art Prize 2025 —an accolade awarded to students whose work demonstrates exceptional creativity, critical insight, and artistic ambition.
We are pleased to announce this year’s prize-winners:
BA Fine Art
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Sid Binding
BA Fine Art and History of Art
Whether witty or profound, all of this year’s prize winners have produced work that is deeply engaged with the world around them. Their practices span a dazzling range of media and perspectives, reflecting the richness and diversity of our community here at Goldsmiths.
Professor Frances Corner OBE, Vice-Chancellor
Vice-Chancellor Professor Frances Corner OBE praised the winners, saying:
"This prize celebrates not only artistic excellence but also the courage to question, provoke, and imagine differently. Whether witty or profound, all of this year’s prize winners have produced work that is deeply engaged with the world around them. Their practices span a dazzling range of media and perspectives, reflecting the richness and diversity of our community here at Goldsmiths."
Reflecting on her award, prize-winner Oyinloluwa Ilesanmi said:
"I’m delighted that my installation Views from Eden – Postcards to Humanity has been awarded a Vice-Chancellor’s Art Prize. This installation is a series that invites exploration of various narratives encompassing innate mythological, ecological and cultural aspects of humanity’s increasingly distorted alignment with the natural world."
The degree shows continue throughout the summer across multiple venues on campus, and SE London, featuring painting, sculpture, video, performance, sound, and digital media. Visitors are encouraged to explore the full range of student work both in person and online.
Visit the Art Degree Shows page to learn more and view the full catalogue.
See the full listings of the Goldsmiths Summer Degree Shows.
2025 Award-Winning work
Zoe R Portela's Success Symposium: Bring Home the Bacon. A witty and emotionally resonant live performance exploring identity, queerness, and cultural memory through voice, humour, and song.
Oyinloluwa Ilesanmi: Close-up of Views from Eden – Postcards to Humanity, a mythic and ecological installation reflecting on humanity’s shifting relationship with the natural world.
Sid Binding's sharp, humorous, and thoughtful piece explores nostalgia, digital culture, and the changing character of the internet in the age of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Yoobin Lee's poetic textile installation delicately weaves memory, material, and the digital into a rich and textured visual language.
Idris Carney's striking sculptural installation uses recycled vape batteries to explore toxicity, value, and the tension between industrial waste and aesthetic form.
Juan Alejandre's contemplative multimedia installation meditates on memory, visibility, and erasure within urban and political landscapes.
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