Images of Work

Please make sure that you have good quality images taken of your work (35mm transparencies, digital images for CDs or email), after all, you will be competing with practitioners that have been in business for several years and are firmly established as leading UK and International designers.  As a new and un-established maker take note that sending poor images/presentations reflects very badly on your approach and your work.

Sending Biography + Visuals

Send information to the gallery of your choice first, then, follow up with a telephone call.  Find out the contact name you need for the relevant department within the gallery, if you send something with no contact name your presentation can sit in a pending tray for months!

Research + Make Appointments

Dont just turn up at a gallery with your work.  Galleries plan their exhibition schedule at least two years in advance so they are busy most days with artists and dealing with important clients so it is always best to make an appointment first.

Pop in regularly to your local galleries, or research on the internet, that should give you an idea of the kind of designers they display, style and quality of work on show.

After the Degree Show Keep in Touch

Contemporary galleries are always looking for new original designers for their exhibition programme, so update the gallery regularly by sending emails, transparencies and CD (with images). 

It is especially important that the gallery can see how serious you are about your work, how it develops in style and that you are still exhibiting and producing work 2-5 years after your final degree show.

Advice provided by Lynn Park, Director of Applied Arts at the Roger Billcliffe Gallery in Glasgow.

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