Welcome to NCAD WORKS 2026, a window into the full breadth of work by our extraordinary graduates from across our four schools of Fine Art, Design, Education and Visual Culture, encompassing students graduating from our broad range of undergraduate, postgraduate and CEAD programmes.
NCAD WORKS 2026 is a chance to be introduced to our future creative leaders at the start of their journeys from College into the professional world. The work of this generation not only provides critical insights into society today, but reminds us that the possibility of transformation exists with fresh, solution-focused thinking. Their creativity reinforces the power of art and design to influence and inspire real change and imagination.
This year's show highlights a generation that is closely connected to the world. These students are bold and curious, willing to challenge ideas and push boundaries. They ask questions, take stands, and respond to the social, cultural and environmental issues they face.
Ranging from fashion to sculpture, interaction design to painting, our graduates utilise their deep specialist material and digital knowledge to create bodies of work that respond to our current moment and imagine a different future. In challenging times, their collective ambition to create, challenge and care reminds us of the power of the human imagination to inspire disruptive hope.
We hope you enjoy their inspiring work.
