RSA Lens-Based Media Award

Asqa Arif, Her Wild Reflections, 2021, multi-media installation (Jupiter Artland)
About
The RSA Lens Based Media Award (£4,000) is open to artists working in lens-based media (including film and photography) in Scotland. The award consists of:
- A monetary award of £4,000 to research, develop and produce a new body of work in a lens-based medium
- Exhibition of selected completed work at the RSA at a future date.
- The acquisition of work into the prestigious RSA Permanent Collection.
Alicia Bruce, Sim Man, NY Sim, Bellvue Hospital, Manhattan, New York, 2014, archival photographic print [2015.067]
Eligibility
Artists must be working in a lens-based media (includes digital & analogue photography, film and video)

Artists must have been born in Scotland, or have studied at a Scottish art school, or have been resident in Scotland for at least 3 years.

Undergraduate or postgraduate students are not eligible.
How to apply
- The application deadline has passed for 2024 and selection is underway.
- Contact: opportunities@royalscottishacademy.org / jennymason@royalscottishacademy.org
Daniel Cook, Love Letters From Aberdeenshire - Ricky Babes, 2021, archival pigment print
Previous Winners
Listed below are recipients of the RSA Morton Award, our previous award for lens-based media between 2006 and 2023:
- Aqsa Arif, 2023
- Flannery O'kafka, 2022
- Oana Stanciu, 2021
- Sekai Machache, 2020
- Daniel Cook, 2019
- John Wallace, 2018
- Mairi Lafferty, 2017
- Paul Duke, 2016
- Gair Dunlop, 2015
- Alicia Bruce, 2014
- Oliver Mezger, 2013
- ROGER + REID, 2012
- Paul Rooney, 2011
- Christine Borland, 2010
- Philip Braham, 2009
- Rory Donaldson, 2008
- Leena Nammari, 2007
- Alexander & Susan Maris, 2006
Banner image: Asqa Arif, Sohni ki Shaadi Sohnis Wedding, 2022, digital photograph
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ROGER + REID, End of Message, 2013, film still [2014.659]

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RSA Lens-Based Media Award: Deadline has now passed for 2024

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Banner image: Asqa Arif, Sohni ki Shaadi Sohnis Wedding, 2022, digital photograph

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