





For the tenth installment of the long standing ex, an annual exhibition profiling a selection of artists at the beginning of their careers, we are pleased to have now opened out the selection to be made from all 2016 graduates from all Fine Art BA courses throughout the country. Nominations were made by course leaders and teaching staff in order to compile a long list of some of the best artists graduating that year. From this list we invited Sally Tallant (Director of the Liverpool Biennial) and Juan Cruz (Dean of Fine Art at the Royal College of Art) to select their top ten.

Circle Time; Angelina Jesson and Jaron Hill, 2017; video installation; 00:20:16

Hoist! (The mark of the millennial); Grace Woodcock, 2017; mixed media; 100 × 1 × 70cm

Stand; John Flindt, 2017; microphone stand, lamp, electrical tape; dimensions variable

Turn; Xinran Du, 2016; video; 00:01:32

Backflip; Charlie Cook, 2016; cls, plywood, rope, chair; 318 × 192 × 158cm

Part 1 / Irving Berlin; Elaine Ang, 2017; video, text, reading

Part 1 / Irving Berlin; Elaine Ang, 2017; video, text, reading

Part 1 / Irving Berlin; Elaine Ang, 2017; video, text, reading

Part 1 / Irving Berlin; Elaine Ang, 2017; video, text, reading

Taut (in eight parts); Rene McBrearty, 2017; clay, bitumen, performance

Taut (in eight parts); Rene McBrearty, 2017; clay, bitumen, performance

Today has been Ruff; Raphaella Davies, 2017; dog hair, installation, performance

Today has been Ruff; Raphaella Davies, 2017; dog hair, installation, performance

Blue Angel II; Amy Gough, 2016; single channel video; 00:05:03
![Under the thumb (diptych); Grace Woodcock, 2016; oil on board and printed fabric; 85 × 55.5 × 10cm [×2]](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/1478be79-1234-4683-94a7-6561c888e1ba/5a1361d6-e29b-46d8-a1b3-4071d766d8dd_rw_3840.jpg?h=a63472d71fab60b44951e01527b5f7e1)
Under the thumb (diptych); Grace Woodcock, 2016; oil on board and printed fabric; 85 × 55.5 × 10cm [×2]

Slide to open; Grace Woodcock, 2016; Screen print on board, mesh and steel; 35 × 47 × 53cm

Hold; Grace Woodcock, 2016; oil on board, wax, mesh and steel; 112 × 49.5 × 35cm

Hold; Grace Woodcock, 2016; oil on board, wax, mesh and steel; 112 × 49.5 × 35cm

Inside (Version 2.4); Devon Forester-Jones, 2016 – ongoing; HTML file; theoretically infinite, in reality nonexistent
