MADE IT: THE ALUMNI STRIKES BACK AT PARADISE WORKS

➡️ 4 years ago in a galaxy far far away, before a plague, cost of living crisis and literal alien invasion, we started a little project to platform graduate artists called MADE IT, which debuted on the spaceship Paradise Works in 2019 🫡

➡️ Since then, we’ve kept platforming graduate artists and providing them with a crucial springboard opportunity through exhibitions and further opportunities across the region and nationally. Our alumni have gone on to achieve impressive things; residencies, solo shows, commissions, exhibiting internationally, bands, albums, podcasts, going viral, roles as producers and curators, collaborating with huge national organisations, working on hollywood films, starting a cooperative, winning awards, getting featured on TV and radio, being part of museum collections and continuing their study in some of the best art schools in the world - but knowing they started right here.

➡️ They say you’re only as good as the company you keep, and we’re in excellent company. When we started this show, we were frustrated with the lack of an emerging artists community we felt in the North West, but we were also frustrated with the lack of documentation for just what graduates in this region achieve. The proof is in the pudding, and we’re proud to show off a small handful of our alumni at Paradise Works this autumn 💥

Preview: 21st September 6-9pm

Exhibition continues: Thursday-Sunday 12-5pm until 15th October

Event link: https://fb.me/e/U0EoAUfi 🔗

MADE IT The Alumni Strikes Back is a selected showcase of artists from the Class of 2019-2022:

PRINCESS ARINOLA ADEGBITE

LUE CAMPBELL-SMITH

CANDICE DEHNAVI

EMMA DOLAN

OLIVER EAST

JASMINE GARDNER

MADELEINE ISMAEL

KOHENOOR KAMAL

GABRIEL KIDD

ANABEL-GARCIA KURLAND

ALICJA MROZOWSKA

SHIVANI PATEL

VIVIAN ROSS-SMITH

BABS SMITH

SANDEEP UBHI

Thanks so much to Paradise Works for having us back, and thanks to any artist who’s ever applied for MADE IT over these last 4 years. Keep your eyes peeled for this year’s 5th cohort coming to The Royal Standard with a show curated and produced by Ellsquared 💥