Richard Thomas | Artist | Royal Academy of Arts

Richard Thomas

Richard Thomas previously studied at Goldsmiths College, University of London, before completing his Postgraduate Diploma at the Royal Academy Schools in 2008.

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RA Schools student from 2005 to 2008

Gender: Male

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Installation view of work by Richard Thomas in RA Schools Show 2008

Photo: © Marcus J Leith, Royal Academy of Arts

Installation view of work by Richard Thomas in RA Schools Show 2008

Photo: © Marcus J Leith, Royal Academy of Arts

Installation view of work by Richard Thomas in RA Schools Show 2008

Photo: © Marcus J Leith, Royal Academy of Arts

Installation view of work by Richard Thomas in RA Schools Show 2008

Photo: © Marcus J Leith, Royal Academy of Arts

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Opinion

5 months ago

Six trends we spotted at the biggest art fair in the UK

We went to Frieze London to see what’s going on in the contemporary art world. Here’s what we learnt.

Inside the Academy

10 months ago

10 RA Schools stories through the centuries

Mark Hampson tells the stories of some of the former students of the RA Schools, from its inception in 1769 to the present day.

Inside the Academy

> 1 year ago

Six spots to visit around the RA this summer

If you’re visiting our exhibitions this summer why not explore some of our other favourite places around the RA?

RA Exhibitions

< 2 years ago

RA Schools Show 2023: Nancy Allen

In Deptford Market, Nancy Allen searches for objects she can transform in her sculptural work.

RA Exhibitions

< 2 years ago

RA Schools Show 2023: Louis Morlæ

During the pandemic, Louis Morlæ taught himself how to make a virtual world from scratch and created a nightclub as an antidote to an infectious world.

RA Exhibitions

< 2 years ago

RA Schools Show 2023: Motunrayo Akinola

While training in a martial arts gym in Islington, Motunrayo Akinola explains how art and fighting require the same discipline.

RA Exhibitions

< 2 years ago

RA Schools Show 2023: Anna Higgins

In St James’s Piccadilly, Anna Higgins finds solace within the walls of a Wren church, where William Blake – a favourite artist and a former student at the Schools – was baptised.

RA Exhibitions

> 2 years ago

Meet four artists in the RA Schools Show 2022

As the Royal Academy Schools Class of 2022 open up their studios for their final show, they reflect on how the building – from its Mayfair location to its crumbling corners – has influenced their practice.

Artists

> 3 years ago

Starr Fellow Kevin Gallagher on Rodin, rural Illinois, and his RA Schools residency

The Starr Fellowship provides a bursary and a studio at the RA Schools for a U.S. artist to develop their practice – we met 2021 Starr Fellow Kevin Gallagher.

RA Exhibitions

< 4 years ago

Meet three artists in the RA Schools Show 2021

From PVC-clad performance art to site-specific sculptural interventions, the work of RA Schools students has thrived despite the pandemic. Charlotte Jansen meets three of the artists as they prepare their long-planned final-year show.

Our Collection

4 years ago

Victorian women and the fight for arts training

19th-century women faced an uphill struggle to get equal access to training at the Royal Academy Schools. Here, we delve into the RA Archive to learn more about women’s fight for equality.

Inside the Academy

5 years ago

12 books to influence creativity, picked by RA Schools students

Ahead of their mid-course show, ‘Premiums’, the Academy’s second-year post-graduate students reflect on the writing that has informed their practice.

Artists

> 5 years ago

Rebecca Salter PRA: “Do not tell young people they can’t do things”

Meet Rebecca Salter PRA – the first female President in the RA’s 251-year history. Speaking in 2017 upon her election as Keeper of our Schools, she talks art and the next generation, trying a new culture and swimming in the winter.

Inside the Academy

> 5 years ago

Rebecca Salter PRA: the first female President of the Royal Academy of Arts

In an historic vote, the leading painter and printmaker, Rebecca Salter, has been elected the RA’s 27th – and first female – President.

Inside the Academy

> 5 years ago

Behind the scenes in Britain’s oldest art school

The RA Schools has been nurturing, challenging and championing art students for 250 years. Before work begins on a big anniversary renewal, we took a look inside to find out what it’s like studying there in 2019.

Inside the Academy

< 6 years ago

Art under threat: why teaching’s in decline in our schools

Amy Sherlock addresses the slump in art teaching in Britain’s schools, and the effect this has on the art education ecosystem.

Artists

< 6 years ago

Art under threat: the growing crisis in higher education

Britain’s reputation as a creative country is at risk, as threats mount to the education pathway that leads potential artists from school to university to professional life. Sam Phillips reports on the political challenges facing higher education.

Opinion

6 years ago

Debate: can you teach art?

Eliza Bonham Carter, Curator and Head of the RA Schools, and RA Schools student Ewan Macfarlane share their thoughts. Cast your vote below.

Artists

< 8 years ago

Eileen Cooper: “Artists love to say they’re unique. We’re not”

With two solo shows this year, her final months as the Keeper of the Royal Academy Schools and the job of coordinating this year’s Summer Exhibition, it’s a busy time for Eileen Cooper. In the latest in our ‘As I see it’ series, the artist talks bad reviews, good dogs, and what she’ll do once all this work is done.

RA Exhibitions

< 8 years ago

The studios behind the Summer Exhibition

How are the capital’s artists using their working spaces today? In the spirit of this year’s Summer Exhibition, which is encouraging artists who have not shown before at the RA, Skye Sherwin visits first-time exhibitors at work to see what they are bringing to the Academy.

Artists

> 8 years ago

Eddie Peake: “I wanted to do anything but be an artist”

Marking a solo show at White Cube Hong Kong, RA Schools alumnus Eddie Peake spoke to us about football, finding himself and “ferocious attention seeking.”

Inside the Academy

9 years ago

New rules and new tools: life at the RA Schools

At the RA Schools, post-graduate students have three years to develop their ideas and work. Here second-year students reveal how the course is changing their art, as they prepare their first group show at the RA, Premiums: Interim Projects.

Artists

> 9 years ago

Lessons in life, love and art from Marina Abramovic

From losing consciousness to sitting motionless every day for three months, the inimitable artist pushes her body to its limits. Watch her in conversation with Bryan Appleyard.

Artists

< 10 years ago

Preview: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye at the Serpentine

The imagined portraits by this RA Schools alumna and Turner Prize nominee are revelations from another world, says Kelly Grovier.

Inside the Academy

< 10 years ago

Catching up with… Lucy Williams

As she launches her new book, Lucy Williams discusses her time at the RA Schools and tells us how her block colour, architectural collages bring a fresh perspective to urban landscapes.

Inside the Academy

< 10 years ago

Catching up with… Mary Ramsden

Before she departs for a residency in Connecticut, Mary Ramsden discusses her time at the RA Schools and tells us what she’s been up to since graduating in 2013.

Artists

> 10 years ago

Catching up with… Grace O‘Connor

From her studio in Southwark, the former RA Schools student Grace O’Connor describes how her experience at the Academy formed her future painting practice.

RA Exhibitions

< 11 years ago

RA Schools students discuss their upcoming final show

As students from the RA Schools prepare for their final show, what are their feelings about leaving after three intensive years of study? Some of them discuss the issues they face with Schools tutor Brian Griffiths and Phyllida Barlow RA, who has been involved in art education for 45 years.

Inside the Academy

> 11 years ago

Nicolas Bourriaud: What is the exform?

Culture, history and rejection in the Google era.
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