Brand New!! Final Telephone Telephone - Annual Opened Upward Exhibition 2018 Of The Regal Lodge Of Portrait Painters

The deadline for the Call for digital entries for the adjacent annual exhibition of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters is Friday nineteen Jan 2018, 12 noon.

This is an OPEN exhibition which whatsoever serious portrait painter should mean value rattling seriously nigh entering due to the high lineament of the non-members exhibits in addition to the range to attract commissions for futurity portraits.

RP Annual Exhibition 2017 - Threadneedle Space

The RP seeks submissions of novel in addition to traditional artistic models in addition to perspectives inward portraiture

Below y'all tin find:

a review of the chances of getting exhibited
reasons why y'all SHOULD move into the exhibition if y'all are a serious portrait painter
details nigh the exhibition
details of the prizes
summary of the telephone band for entries

Exhibition Metrics

Things y'all ask to know - based on the plant hung inward the 2017 exhibition

about one-half the portraits exhibited are yesteryear artists who are non-members
only nigh 5% of the plant submitted were selected for display inward the exhibition - 102 artworks yesteryear 89 non-members were selected from 1,963 entries submitted yesteryear non-members
your move needs to live rattling goodness to teach selected. You are competing with the move yesteryear portrait painters who are non members for a house inward this exhibition - because of its reputation equally a store front end for commissions

As commons at that spot are enough of goodness non-member paintings inward the exhibition. (my comment inward in conclusion year's review of the exhibition)

Portrait drawings in addition to fine fine art prints inward in conclusion year's exhibition

Reasons why y'all should move into the RP's annual exhibition

For those wondering why they should submit an entry to this exhibition, bring a expect at the following.

Entry is digital

You alone ask to become to the expense of framing in addition to carry if invited to progress to the minute phase of selection.

The Importance of Exhibitions to Portrait Commissions

Take a expect at my 2015 postal service Top ten portrait painters - in addition to a commissions checklist - which highlights that this exhibition generates a LOT of portrait commissions. This exhibition is rattling much a marketing store window.
Exhibiting artists are invited to display additional material
An skillful Commissions Consultant service runs throughout the show

Some pregnant prizes

This is an exhibition with some heavyweight cash prizes - see

the listing of prizes above
last year's winners in Prizewinners at the 126th Annual Exhibition of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 prestigious exhibition in addition to an Online Exhibition

This is a rattling prestigious exhibition in addition to is run inward all iii galleries at the Mall Galleries on the Mall inward London.
The exhibition is too lay online in addition to hence it tin live seen all over the world

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 changing exhibition

Last twelvemonth inward my Review: Annual Exhibition of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters 2017 I noted that this was a changing exhibition - for the better!

Why it compares favourably to the BP Portrait

My 2016 weblog post Comparison of the RSPP Open in addition to BP Portrait Award Competition which analysed the similarities in addition to differences in addition to concluded that more artists should submit to this Open

2018 Annual OPEN Exhibition

Venue: Mall Galleries - across all iii galleries due to its size.
Dates: Th tenth May 2018 in addition to closes at 5pm on Fri 25th May 2018.
Hours: Open to Earth every 24-hour interval from 10am - 5pm

Wall inward the Main Gallery (2017)

2018 Prizes

The prizes include:

The Ondaatje Prize for Portraiture: £10,000 plus the Society’s Gold Medal awarded for the most distinguished portrait inward the Society’s annual exhibition
The de Laszlo Foundation Award: £3,000 plus a Silver Medal for the most outstanding portrait yesteryear an creative individual aged 35 years or under
NEW The RP Award: a novel £2,000 prize for portraiture

All plant shown inward the Annual Exhibition volition live eligible.
winner volition live the creative individual whose move best represents the year's chosen subject - ‘Friends’.
The judges volition live looking for the most interesting in addition to engaging interpretation of the thought of ‘Friends’ inside the parameters of portraiture.

The Prince of Wales's Award for Portrait Drawing: £2,000 in addition to framed certificate for a portrait inward whatsoever recognised drawing medium
The Burke’s Peerage Foundation Award: £2,000 in addition to framed certificate for the most classically inspired portrait inward the exhibition
The Smallwood Architects Prize: £1,000 for a portrait inward which architectural or interior features play an of import part

Below y'all tin discovery a summary of how to move into the adjacent annual exhibition.

You tin too follow my summary of the Calls for Entries for the diverse exhibitions of the national fine art societies inward the U.K. on my weblog PAGE U.K. Art Societies: Open Exhibitions.

Call for Entries

This is an OPEN EXHIBITION. Artists are invited to submit plant for exhibition amongst members of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters at their Annual Exhibition 2018.

All entries are via digital submission
The deadline for entries is 12 noon on Fri 19th Jan 2018
The entry fee is £15 per move payable at the fourth dimension of submitting (£10 per move for artists aged 35 or under).

Details of how artists tin apply via the opened upward entry procedure are develop out below.

Who tin Submit?

Any creative individual - over the historic menses of xviii - living anywhere inward the footing tin submit artwork to this exhibition.

Some of the portraits exhibited inward the North Gallery in conclusion year

What y'all tin submit

Media: whatsoever medium including master copy prints but excluding sculpture in addition to photography.
Number: a maximum of iii plant (of which a maximum of iii volition live selected)
Dry: Paintings MUST live completely dry out at the fourth dimension of delivery.
Size: Works should non live larger than 2.4m along the longest dimension.
Exhibitions: Work must non receive got been exhibited previously.
For Sale: All move must live for sale.
Price & VAT:

The minimum toll is £300 (Works tin NFS - non for sale).
The toll of plant must include committee of 45%+VAT irrespective of whether the creative individual is registered for VAT
Artists from exterior the U.K. may ask to register for VAT, delight depository fiscal establishment agree with HM Revenue in addition to Customs: https://www.gov.uk

RP Annual Exhibition 2017 - Main Gallery (Private View)

Generic Information nigh submitting to the Annual Exhibition 2018

This is the touchstone information relevant to whatsoever exhibition at the Mall Galleries yesteryear a social club which is a fellow member of the Federation of British Artists. The General Terms in addition to Conditions are universal. The ones which are specific to this exhibition are inward "What y'all tin submit" above

You tin discovery Information nigh the exhibition on the Mall Galleries Website

The Call for Entries Terms in addition to Conditions are applicable to ALL FBA exhibitions at the Mall Galleries. These cover:

Some of the portraits exhibited in conclusion year

The RP Exhibition 2018

With abide by to the RP Annual Exhibition y'all ask to use:

Digital Submission in addition to Detailed Entry requirements specific to this exhibition ( located at http://mallgalleries.oess.uk )
Artist Registration - for the digital submission
Login Page - for those who receive got previously registered

How to Submit

The procedure plant equally follows

Read the generic price in addition to atmospheric condition - full general in addition to specific
Read the specific entry requirements for this exhibition
Register for digital submission - if y'all receive got never entered before
Login to the Open Exhibition Entry website
Submit your entry online prior to the deadline of 12 noon on Fri 19th Jan 2018

You ask to consummate the form, pay the fee in addition to upload images of work
Images must live inward JPEG format in addition to nether 5MB

Pre-selection is based on online entries in addition to associated digital images
Notification of Pre-selection: Fri 26 January, 12 noon
Deliver pre-selected entries ONLY to Mall Galleries, 17 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5BD for in conclusion alternative on Sat 24 February, 10am to 5pm
Final alternative - inward front end of a Panel of Members of the RP
Notification of Acceptance Tuesday 27 February, 12 noon
Collect move non accepted for exhibition from Mall Galleries, 17 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5BD on Th 1 March, 10am to 5pm
Collect unsold work: Th 31 May, 10am to 5pm

The selectors' decisions are in conclusion in addition to no feedback is offered.

More nigh Past Annual Exhibitions

2017

2009-2016