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After two years of the pandemic, Sheffield students have finally been able to stage their own art display as they look to kickstart their careers.

Joshua Joel Eteson, a fine art student at Sheffield Hallam University who goes by the moniker JJ, said the exhibition will run until Friday, March 11 at the city's Millennium Gallery on Arundel Gate.

He said that fine art students, who are normally associated with a 'really difficult' industry, could take advantage of the opportunity to establish their own reputations prior to entering the real world.

JJ, who is a second year bachelor of arts student, organised the exhibition alongside his course mates, Wren Foster and Chelsea Maria, who acts as the exhibition's curator.

Left to right, Wren Foster, Chelsea Maria and then JJ Eteson.

He said: "We'd usually have a gallery organised for you to present your work in an external gallery somewhere to give you that experience in the outside world but of course the last two years, we haven't got that.

"So this year, a couple of us decided that we should put on our own show and asked other students on the course if they wanted to be part of it."

He said the showcase is all self-funded, with everyone who has work displayed at the gallery chipping in to cover the cost of the rent.

Students at Sheffield Hallam University showcase own artwork after two-year hiatus due to Covid