Fourteen months on from the disastrous fire which destroyed their degree show, ninety graduates of the Glasgow School of Art have launched a group show of their work.

The Reid Building, opposite the currently shut Mackintosh Building in the centre of the city, is being utilised as an art gallery for the first time to show the work made by artists whose degree show was cancelled last year after the disastrous fire in May.

The show signals the final stage of the Phoenix Bursary programme, a grant project supported by £750,000 from the Scottish Government, which allowed artists affected by the fire to work in studios, use a travel budget and buy supplies and materials.

Of the 102 fine art graduates, 100 took up the offer, with half staying to work in Glasgow and others going to institutions elsewhere in the UK as well as the US, Europe, America and the far east.

Presented as a group show and not a degree show - as the artists have already graduated - the Phoenix Bursary Exhibition will run at the Reid Building from July 24 to August 2.

Professor Tom Inns, director of the school (GSA), said that fund raising for the redevelopment of the Mackintosh Building was going well but it will be autumn before the full cost of the revamp can be determined.

At present the building is being deep cleaned and architects Page/Park are formulating their plans for the building.

Professor Inns said the plan is for the Mackintosh Building to be re-opened in 2018, the 150th anniversary of the birth of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, its designer.

He said: "It's great to see the show happen, its the culmination of the year, so much has gone into it, and it is great that this set of graduates have engaged with this moment and brought their work here.

"It's the first time we have used the Reid Building to stage a contemporary art show - it pushes the boundaries of what the building can do, and it is interesting to see what they have done 12 months on from graduation.

"There is an awful lot we can learn from this as an institution, obviously we won't be repeating the exercise, but it had has proved very interesting in how to support artists once they have left the art school, what networks, what peer to peer support they need, and other lessons."

Of the Mackintosh Building, he added: "We will soon be able to work on site very soon with some elements of the restoration, but it will be 12 months before significant works begin onsite.

"2018 looks like the date for the re-opening."

The show involves a variety of art forms and disciplines on four floors of the Reid Building.

Sean McManus's large sculpture - which was partially damaged in the fire - features a working old Servis washer from the 1940s, bubbling with suds.

Rae-Yen Song has installed a large disjointed finger sculpture in one of the internal "voids" of the building while in another Katy Hassall has installed four drapes across each level, which move with a timed electrical fan.

Sam de Santis, who has run the programme for the GSA, said: "The bursary programme has been an incredible opportunity for the artists.

"It has helped them recover from the traumatic experience of the fire and the disappointment at losing their degree show which is a seminal moment for all art students.

"Equally importantly it has helped to smooth the difficult transition from full time study to professional practice."