Ri Annual Exhibition 2019 - Awards Together With Candidates

The Royal Institute of Painters inward Watercolours (RI) 207th Annual Exhibition at the Mall Galleries opened today after its Private View yesterday - at which the awards were announced.

Group of Paintings yesteryear the overstep prizewinner - on the left
The RI industrial plant rattling difficult at making certain at that spot are a broad gain of awards for meritorious artwork inward their exhibit - in addition to at that spot are thus many awards I've had to dissever them into iv groups.
  • cash awards
  • art materials awards
  • publication awards
  • recognition awards
Below you lot tin laissez passer on notice come across which industrial plant won which prizes.

At the terminate are photos of the operate yesteryear Candidates for Membership of the RI.

Cash Awards


The Winsor & Newton Award - Tianya Zhou


Tibetan Ama yesteryear Tianya Zhou 
Watercolour 99 x 78cm £6,700
Tianya Zhou was the winner of the overstep respect - the £3,000 Winsor & Newton Award.  He is is a traditional watercolourist specialising inward icon Portraits & Figures. He mainly paints the people of Tibet.

Tianya Zhou was born inward 1973 inward Jingzhou, China, he was awarded Bachelor’s Degree from Hubei Institute of Fine Art, currently he lives in addition to paints inward Shenzhen in addition to industrial plant every bit a curator in addition to Professional creative individual of Luohu Cultural Center, likewise every bit Founder in addition to organizer of Shenzhen International Watercolor Biennial Exhibition.
He's a fellow member of
  • Royal Institute of Painters inward Water Colours (RI), 
  • China Artists Association (CAA), 
  • American Watercolor Society (AWS), 
  • National Watercolor Society of USA (NWS), 
  • Canadian Society of Painters inward Water Colour (CSPWC), 
  • Honorary Member of Australian Watercolour Institute(AWI).

The Leathersellers' Prize - Junwei Dai


Tuscan Sunshine yesteryear Junwei Dai
Watercolour lxx x 50cm £5,000

Junwei Dai won the £1,000 prize awarded yesteryear The Worshipful Company of Leathersellers to an creative individual aged betwixt xviii in addition to thirty years old.

Junwei is a landscape architect. He comes from Danyang, Jiangsu, lives inward Singapore in addition to is a Signature membership of National Watercolor Society (USA).  According to his Facebook Page he's completely self-taught in addition to solely started icon watercolour 3 years ago.
I experience actually honored to exhibit my icon inward such a peachy event! Thanks for the jury in addition to supporters of RI in addition to the proposition from Suzchiang Tan! After becoming signature fellow member of NWS, this is absolutely to a greater extent than or less other big encouragement for my exploring of watercolor since I learned it yesteryear myself 3 years ago. Next finish is to achieving membership of RI in addition to signature membership of AWS including dolphin scholarship inside 3 years!


The Matt Bruce RI Memorial Award - Tim Gustard


The Little Pasta Tin by Tim Gustard
acrylic (48 x67 cm) £7,200

Tim Gustard won the respect of £500 for what is considered the most outstanding utilization of calorie-free in addition to color inward a watercolour. He describes himself on Twitter as 

Still life artist, happy inward his footling Wendy house, icon inward acrylic supplying Beckstones gallery inward Cumbria, Wykeham Gallery inward Hampshire in addition to Jack Fine Art
You tin laissez passer on notice persuasion a rattling interesting video close the artists in addition to his fine art on YouTube which explains why he has sell out solo shows.

His operate has been exhibited at the Royal Academy, Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Royal Scottish Academy, Royal Institute of Painters inward Watercolour, Royal Scottish Society of Water Colour Painters in addition to other prestigious venues. He is currently a Candidate for membership of the RI.

The James Fletcher-Watson RI Memorial Award - Geoffrey Wynne RI


Revolution inward the Academy
Geoffrey Wynne won The James Fletcher Watson RI Memorial Award for £500 for the best utilization of watercolour inward the exhibition. His yesteryear awards include winning The Singer Friedlander Dominicus Times Watercolour Competition.

I personally thought his icon of soldiers wounded yesteryear mustard gas inward the showtime World War (see photograph at overstep of the post) was stunning in addition to has peachy touching on inward the Gallery - but I'm non certain it's a icon I'd desire inward my home. Whereas his icon of the courtyard of Burlington House, the dwelling of the RA is rattling reminiscent of many times I've walked into that persuasion - although non necessarily that poster! It's a peachy dependent area for appreciation yesteryear artists.

The Neil Meacher RI Watercolour Award - Matthew Phinn


Runswick Bay yesteryear Matthew Phinn
watercolour 49x113cm £1,300
Matthew Phinn won the Neal Meacher Award (£250) for an outstanding watercolour.

Matthew Phinn studied Fine Art at the University of Leeds, after which he moved to Japan. He worked for vii years inward the Hiroshima expanse every bit an creative individual in addition to icon teacher.  He is a permanent fellow member of the Japanese National Watercolour Society

The Richard Plinke RI Prize for Colour - Delia Cardnell RI


Evening Light yesteryear Delia Cardnell RI
Delia Cardnell won the showtime Richard Plinke RI Prize for Colour (£250).

In 2000 she was elected every bit the youngest ever fellow member of the Institute in addition to was in addition to then voted onto the Council inward 2001.

Richard Plinke was rattling good known for his brilliant in addition to colourful paintings. I good recall sketching him i time patch he demonstrated on a rattling busy Sabbatum inward the middle of an RI Annual Exhibition. He John Wiltshire won The John Purcell Paper Prize in addition to won newspaper to the value of £100 awarded to a operate chosen yesteryear John Purcell.

He lives inward Folkstone in addition to his paintings are frequently filled amongst items he has found.

The Escoda Barcelona Award AND The Megan Fitzoliver Brush Award - Lillias August RI


Empty Nests yesteryear Lillias August RI
Watercolour 53 x 113 £2,900 (sold)
Lillias August won
  • a ready of Escoda's finest brushes for an outstanding watercolour icon (The Escoda Barcelona Award)
  • AND Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 trophy, named The Pipe Fish, awarded for a operate that most inspires a connective amongst the natural globe (The Megan Fitzoliver award)
Lillias wrote a weblog post Nesting concluding summertime close this painting
For those who may endure interested, from the left, I am reliably told that no.3 is a long tailed tit’s in addition to no. vi is a blackbird’s. No.5 came out of a tit box. Nos.1 in addition to 4 are a mystery – all that’s left is the twiggy scaffolding that was in all likelihood lined amongst softer things. No.2 is likewise a mystery – it is merely a tiny remnant of something mainly made from feathers intertwined amongst a few footling twigs – whatever ideas?

The Frank Herring Easel Award - Yellow Ran Huang


The City You in addition to I alive inward 2A yesteryear Yellon Ran Huang
Ink in addition to watercolor  75 x142cm  £7,000
Yellon Ran Huang was presented amongst an easel or an outstanding operate inward the exhibition yesteryear Frank Herring & Sons

Born inward China, Yellon Ran at i time lives in addition to industrial plant inward the UK. She late participated inward the Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year - readers may recall her working on a a beach inward Kent on a rattling sunny twenty-four hours concluding summer.



The Schmincke Award - Paul Murray


Paul Murray won a Schmincke watercolour ready to an outstanding exhibitor

I'm afraid I didn't uncovering this icon - despite 3 tours of the exhibition!

Publication Awards


The Dry Red Press Award - Julia Trickey


The Last Rose yesteryear Julia Trickey GM SBA (Fellow) ASBA
Watercolour 46 x 46cm £480
Julia Trickey won The Dry Red Press Award - but was unable to brand the awards ceremony - but arrived afterwards after her didactics commitments inward Bath where she lives

Julia industrial plant every bit a professional person botanical creative individual in addition to lives in addition to tutors close Bath. She has iv RHS Gold Medals in addition to v Silver Gilt Medals for her botanical artwork. She is a Fellow of the Chelsea Physic Garden Florilegium Society, the Society of Botanical Artists in addition to a fellow member of the American Society of Botanical Artists. She won the Bates Award for Excellence at the ASBA 19th Annual International Exhibition. Her artwork has likewise been commissioned for Royal Mail stamps. ​

The winning operate volition endure published every bit a greeting bill of fare inward the Dry Red Press 'Prize Winners' range, amongst royalties from the sale of the cards going to the artist.

Awards yesteryear Art Galleries et al


The ArtsBox Solo Prize - Deborah Walker RI


Group of operate yesteryear Deborah Walker RI
This prize, won yesteryear Deborah Walker RI RSMA, is a solo exhibition inward The ArtsBox, Vincenza, Italy

Deborah has a showtime shape honours marking inward Fine Art from De Montfort University. She was elected a fellow member of the Royal Institute of Painters inward Watercolours (RI) inward 2011; elected to the RI Council inward 2014. In 2016 she founded 'fRIends of the RI' in addition to inward 2017 was elected the Friends Secretary.  She wasl likewise awarded the Tuner Medal inward 2015 in addition to elected a total fellow member of the RSMA inward 2018.

The Anthony J Lester Art Critic Award - David Gleson


The Vanishing Museum, Kelvingrove by David Gleeson
Watercolour 86 x 66cm £2,550
David Gleeson was awarded a certificate of commendation for an outstanding operate chosen yesteryear the fine art critic in addition to broadcaster Anthony J Lester

The Debra Manifold Memorial Award - Gary Denny


Celt yesteryear Gary Denny
Acrylic fifty x 70cm £1,200
Gary Denny won the Debra Manifold Memorial Award, presented yesteryear the Linda Blackstone Gallery, for the most innovative operate inward the exhibition

Candidates Wall


The Candidates Wall
As usual, the RI accept a Candidates Wall inward the Annual Exhibition which makes it slow for their members to review the operate in addition to create upwardly one's heed whether to cast a vote for an creative individual to endure elected to membership.

Although everything is downwards to the votes of existing members I would commonly approximate the issue of industrial plant hung every bit indicative of their prospects for membership - in addition to whether their operate looks sufficiently dissimilar from the operate of other members.


ARCHIVE: RI Annual Exhibition 2007-2018


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2017
2016
2015
The role of this video isn't to laissez passer on you lot an in-depth persuasion of all the paintings thus much every bit to laissez passer on you:
  • an thought of the overall size of the exhibition
  • a notion of how big the paintings are that acquire selected via the opened upwardly entry
  • a persuasion of the paintings that were selected this year
2013
This exhibition has ever been rattling pop amongst the provincial fine art societies whose members acquire inward in droves - on coaches!
2012 
2011
2010
2008
2007

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