INAUGURAL DRAWING EXHIBITION Awarded to an exhibitor who shows distinctive promise and in the opinion of the jurors will benefit from this residential opportunity. 2025 Winner – David Jamieson ‘Pathologist – Portrait of Dr Maurice Jamieson’
INAUGURAL DRAWING EXHIBITION The RP is delighted to announce that the De Laszlo Foundation has generously agreed to provide a fund of £1,000 to be awarded to an artist or artists under the age of 35 years old who demonstrate(s) excellence in drawing. 2025 Winners – Sam Clayden, ‘Rob Cleaning a Glass’ & Leah Davis,…
INAUGURAL DRAWING EXHIBITION Prize for Drawing: £5,000 2025 Winner – Caroline Burraway,’Tarik: The Face of a Modern Diaspora’
INAUGURAL DRAWING EXHIBITION The RP Purchase Prizes: A fund sponsored by the RP with which the curator of the University Art Gallery in Hull can purchase work for the University collection. 2025 Winners – Anastasia Mironova, ‘Self Portrait’ Florence Yuqing, ‘Self, For now’ Laura Arenson, ‘Before Life’ & Manny Woodard, ‘Iris’
ANNUAL EXHIBITION £20,000 for the most timeless portrait with a real feeling for paint and its aesthetic potential. 2025 Winner – Rogier Willems, ‘Elvan’ 2025 Shortlist: Uri Blayer, ‘Self Portrait at 53’ James Hague RP, ‘Woman in Red Jumper’ 2024 Winner – Mark Shields, ‘Companion’ 2024 Shortlist: Jamie Coreth, ‘My Life: Portrait of…
ANNUAL EXHIBITION The Raw Umber Studios Prize: Raw Umber Studios believes that the most exciting contemporary portraiture lies at the intersection of technical excellence and creative expression. Their annual prize, inaugurated in 2023, encourages and rewards such work. Value £2,000. 2025 Winner: Florence Yuqing, ‘Self: Familiar Yet Unknown’ 2024 Winner: Nashunmenghe, ‘Elizabeth 2024’ 2023 Winner: Simon…
ABOUT BENJAMIN Benjamin studied mathematics and physics at university because he was interested in them. His long-term plan throughout, though, was to become a painter and his artistic training happened concurrently through experimentation, practice, and reading. Benjamin has been a full-time artist since 2011, and as well as the RP, he is an elected member…
ABOUT TIM I am a London based oil painter specialising in portraits. I work with impasto paint to create an image that portrays more than a simple likeness; the character of the sitter and the story that their portrait tells is just as important. Beyond individual commissions I work with international charities and NGOs to…
ABOUT MARTIN An accomplished portrait painter and draughtsman, Yeoman has undertaken many notable portrait commissions, including HM The Queens Grandchildren, Sir Alan Hodgkin OM, Dr Courtney Phillips, Sir James Whyte Black and a young Edward Sheeran (Ed Sheeran) and Mathew Sheeran. Most recently he was commissioned by HRH The Prince of Wales to paint D-Day…
ABOUT HERO Hero Johnson is a London-based artist, originally from Cornwall. After a degree in International Studies (Politics, History and Economics) she completed the Postgraduate Diploma in Fine Art at the Cyprus College of Art and the Portraiture Diploma at the Heatherley School of Fine Art. Her past exhibitions include The BP Portrait Award, The…
