We are delighted to announce a full list of award winners in this year's RSA New Contemporaries. We would like to extend a huge thank you to our external award givers for their generosity and support.
External Awards
The Glenfiddich Artist in Residence Award
£5,000 for three-month residency including studio space, accommodation and a material allowance of up to £10,000. Exhibition opportunity at Glenfiddich with a work accessioned to the Glenfiddich Collection.
The Walter Scott Award
£2,000
David and June Gordon Memorial Trust
£750 for exhibitors from the Grampian region.
Fleming-Wyfold Art Foundation Award
£1,500 for a painter, draughtsperson or sculptor
Arusha Gallery Award
£1,000 for painting
Edinburgh Printmakers Residency Award
30 sessions (the equivalent of 1-month free studio use), 1 year membership, a printmaking course, accommodation in our artists apartment and £100 materials budget
Glasgow Print Studio Publication Award
The opportunity to work 1:1 with a GPS Master Printer to publish an editioned work.
National Library of Scotland Purchase Prize
£1,500 purchase prize for moving image.
The Skinny Prize
A two-page presentation of the artist's work in the print publication and shared online, an interview feature with the artist, timed to best coincide with promotion of future projects.
NHS Lothian Charity Tonic Arts Award
Purchase prize for an artwork/works suitable for an NHS Lothian hospital setting.
Scottish Parliament Purchase Prize
Purchase prize for artwork to join the Scottish Parliament Art Collection.
Internal Awards
RSA Sir William Gillies Bequest Award
£2,000, split £1000 each
RSA Patrons Award
£1,000
RSA Friends Award
£1,000, split £500 each
RSA Art Prize
£400 plus the Maclaine Watters medal
RSA Art Prize
£400
RSA Architecture Prize
£400
RSA New Contemporaries Medal for Architecture
£100 plus medal
RSA Carnegie Scholarship
£200 for painting
RSA Adam Bruce Thomson Award
£150
RSA Landscape Award
£150 for a drawing, oil or watercolour
RSA Chalmers Bursary
£150
RSA Stuart Prize
£150
RSA Chalmers-Jervise Prize
£150
Now in its fifteenth year, RSA New Contemporaries offers a unique opportunity to see some of the most promising talent in Scotland in one single, large-scale exhibition in the heart of Edinburgh. On view untill Wednesday 24 April 2024.