Mia Takemoto, MA (Hons) Fine Art, won the top award of £3,000 for her work entitled ‘Roots and Routes’.
Three runners-up won prizes of £750 each: Imogen Luczyc-Wyhowska, MA (Hons) Fine Art; Olivia-Anna Boden, BA (Hons) Painting; and Ella Moore-Hughes, BA (Hons) Photography.
Mia said, “My artwork celebrates transnationality and cultural hybridity. In ‘Roots and Routes’, I examine the places I feel rooted in and the places I have routed through. I'm interested in how movement shapes a dynamic identity.
“My movements through England, Japan, Scotland, Australia and Canada are captured in these amalgamated yet fragmented landscapes, composed of my real and imagined memories. The figures in the paintings journey through these landscapes; their micro journeys reflect the macro migration paths taken by myself and my family.”