National College of Art & Design Student receives prestigious international award

NCAD student Katie Watchorn has won The Undergraduate Award in the Visual Arts Category for her work entitled “A Softness Preserved You”.

The Undergraduate Awards (UA) has announced its 49 Winners for 2014. These are the brightest and most innovative undergraduate students in the world. Selected from nearly 5,000 submissions from over 200 universities worldwide, it is a huge achievement to be among these leading creative thinkers, problem solvers and future leaders. Over 270 academics from around the world took part in the judging process.


National College of Art & Design student Katie Watchorn has won The Undergraduate Award in the Visual Arts Category for her work entitled “A Softness Preserved You”. Katie is the overall winner of her category, which means that images of her work will be published in The UA 2014 academic Journal. As well as this Winner, 6 NCAD students were Highly Commended across 2 of the Categories. Congratulations to the Highly Commended students who are the top 10% in their field.