7 Year Itch is an exhibition that reunites a group of designers, artists, illustrators, writers, musicians, animators and directors to celebrate the best of their professional and personal work since graduating together seven years ago. Over the last seven years, the Graphic All Stars (as they dubbed themselves with tongue wedged firmly in cheek), have gone on to pursue impressive careers and life paths. To reflect this, the 7 Year Itch exhibition is mounted as a series of room sets that present the work in a familiar way; Commercials on a TV, adverts in a magazine, paintings on a wall, platinum selling pop songs on a stereo, illustrations in a kids book and photos on a mantle piece.
 | | work by Sarah Simpson |
Many of the graduates have maintained close alliances and friendships. Tim Blackwell makes films for his course-mate Ricky Wilson and his rather popular beat combo, the Kaiser Chiefs. Steve Lewis works with fellow graduate Lee Walker for Virgin Media. Others have worked for a variety of clients from; the BBC to MTV, Prada to Per Una, Habitat to Tesco, Yahoo to the V&A gallery. The Leeds School of Contemporary Art and Graphic Design invites you to explore their achievements since graduating from the BA (Hons) Graphic Arts and Design course at Leeds Metropolitan University in 2000. The exhibition displays the way these graduates have, explicitly and less visibly, entered our everyday lives, from TV programmes and adverts through to platinum-selling pop albums, from community-based artwork to high circulation national magazines. 7 Year Itch runs from Friday 1 June until Saturday 9 June 2007 @ Leeds Metropolitan University Gallery & Studio Theatre, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. Admission is free. Opening times:
Monday - Friday: 11am - 5pm
Saturday - Sunday: 11am - 4pm
Late evening: Wednesday 6 June: open til 7pm | 
