Patron: His Majesty King Charles III

Honorary Member: His Majesty King Charles III

EXHIBITIONS

Forthcoming Exhibitions

RI Exhibition 2026

Mall Galleries

Wednesday 25 March to Saturday 11 April 2026

Please follow the link to view and buy paintings on show:  https://buyart.mallgalleries.org.uk/ri-2026/

Prize Winners 2026:

The Winsor & Newton Award £3,000 for an outstanding work. Winner: Maciej Urbanek, Silver Tide
 
The Winsor & Newton Product Prize £1,000 worth of Winsor & Newton art materials for an outstanding work. Winner: Nick May, Luca
 
The David Barker Award Two prizes of £1,000 each – one for an RI member and one for a non-member. The prizes will be awarded to works created from observed experience, with the condition that recipients commit to using the award to further their artistic development and education by undertaking residencies or courses of their choice. 
Winner (member): Mari French RI, Meditations on a Place 
Winner (non-member): Morven Stewart, Storm Floris IV, Isle of Harris
 
The Caran d’Ache Museum Aquarelle Prize Two financial prizes of £250 each – one for a member and one for a non-member – for works created wholly or partially using watercolour pencil. Each winner will also receive a set of Caran d’Ache watercolour pencils.
Winner (member): Delia Cardnell RI, Oliena
Winner (non-member): Thomas Mairs, The Dove
 
The West Dean Prize A residential course delivered by an RI member at West Dean College, West Sussex, including food and accommodation.
Winner: Louise Adams, The Glowing Beech
 
The West Dean Bloomsbury Prize A two day course delivered by an RI member at West Dean Bloomsbury, London.
Winner: Nina Tans, Lunga Bladderwrack
 
The Baohong Artists’ Watercolour Paper Prizes Two prizes of £250 worth of watercolour paper, awarded to a member and a non-member for excellence.
Winner (member): Hannah Woodman RI, Canal at Night, East London
Winner (non-member): Madeleine De Angelis, Standing Tall
 
The Cass Art Colour Award £200 of art supplies from Cass Art, awarded to a work demonstrating innovative use of colour.
Winner: Ann Blockley RI, Shining Sea and Tangled Hawthorn
 
The Chaoshan Watercolour Award £250 for the best classically inspired watercolour.
Winner: Mary Anne Aytoun Ellis, February, Ancient Limes
 
The Debra Manifold RI Memorial Award Presented by the Linda Blackstone Gallery, an award for the most innovative work in the exhibition.
Winner: Tracy Love, Sunshine in a Vase
 
The Dry Red Press Award The winning work will be published as a greeting card in the Dry Red Press ‘Prize Winners’ range, with royalties from the sale of the cards going to the artist.
Winner: Tracy Love, Sunshine in a Vase
 
The Escoda Barcelona Award A set of Escoda’s finest brushes for an outstanding landscape painting.
Winner: Fujiko Rose, Flowers from the Grave
 
The Frank Herring Easel Award An easel presented by Frank Herring & Sons for an outstanding work.
Winner: Mike Salt, The Roaches
 
The James Fletcher-Watson RI Award £500 for the best use of watercolour in the exhibition.
Winner: Srirangam Mohankumar RSMA, Sailing Into the Light
 
The John Purcell Paper Prize Paper to the value of £100, awarded by John Purcell Paper.
Winner: Alice Zakharenko, Down the Rabbit Hole We Go
 
The Megan Fitzoliver Brush Award A trophy, named The Pipe Fish, and bespoke brush awarded for a work that inspires a connection with the natural world.
Winner: Chris Myers RBA PPRI, Flight of the Bumble Bee. Damblainville
 
The Michael Harding Award A varied selection of Michael Harding watercolour sets.
Winner: Vicente Garcia Fuentes RI, Akureyri L
 
The President’s Choice Award An award of £750.
Winner: Jack Candy-Kemp, I’m Still in Love with Phoebe Cates
 
The RI Young Artist Award sponsored by Daler-Rowney £1,000 and materials to the value of £1,000 RRP to be awarded to an artist aged between 18 and 25.
Winner: Zifan Sun, White Tree
 
The Richard Plincke RI Prize for Colour An award of £250 for creative use of colour.
Winner: Stephen Redpath, Cacophony 
 
The Schmincke Prize A Horadam Aquarell Artists’ Watercolours set to an outstanding exhibitor.
Winner: Jack Haslam, Sing Your Song
 
The Trevor C Hart Memorial Award A 3-5 night artist’s retreat near Sandyhills Bay, on the beautiful South West Coast of Scotland, for a member of the RI.
Winner: Deborah Walker RI RSMA, Wavering Imitation