Evolutions Group Exhibition of award winners

RSA Lower Galleries
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Open Monday to Saturday 10am to 5pm, Sun 12-5pm

This September we are pleased to present Evolutions, an exhibition of new work from nine recent recipients of RSA awards. The exhibition will include winners of our travel awards for graduating students, the RSA Barns-Graham and David Michie Awards, alongside recipients of the RSA Morton Award for Lens-Based Media and the RSA William Littlejohn Award for Water-Based Media.

 Evolution Island Series

Grauls’ Evolution Island series stems from a residency on a renowned Hiroshima archipelago. Inspired by the haunting remnants of an abandoned hotel, she delved into the islands’ unique histories, translating their complexities into abstracted visual languages. Her use of early British Admiralty naval surveys (1932) as a source material positions the viewer as an outsider peering into intricate historical layers.

Based on her experiences at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and the Royal College of Art, Grauls’ practice continues to evolve, shaping a distinctive visual vocabulary. This project is made possible through the generous support of the David Michie family.

Landsale 2.0 considers the violence of maps and the vested interests held by those that design these land surveys.

This series of paintings looks at the relationship between South Africa and Britain, and their respective legacies of how these countries view themselves through the history of invasion.

PV 11th January, 6-8pm

Date:11 January - 10 February 2024

• Location: Upper Gallery

• Opening hours: Tuesday - Sunday, 10am - 4pm

Annual Open at South Park Gallery

Empire: Pipe & Bones, selected for the 49th Annual Open at South Park Gallery

Exhibition Dates: Sat 11 Nov – Sat 9 Dec ,Wed – Sun, 11am – 4pm
Opening Reception: Sat 11 Nov, 1pm – 4pm

• Time ｜11:00 〜 19:00 (until 17:00 on the last day)

• Participating artists｜Ava Grauls, Makiko Shimizu Harris, Megumi Ohata

Three graduates of London's Royal College of Art will present a collective exhibition in Japan on the theme of "boundary" using paintings and sculpture installations.

Artists with different backgrounds, Ava Grauls (Belgium/South Africa), Makiko Shimizu Harris (Japan/US), and Megumi Ohata (Japan/Korea), cross the land and through the cultural experience of living in their own skin, It explores the theme of the boundary between macro and micro.

A shared interest in creative activity surrounding immigration issues has led the artist collective to the 'Edge' exhibition in Hiroshima. These artists aim to bring as an artistic expression what it means to live within and without boundaries in terms of our bodies and territories.